In my area, there are only two cell carriers, Alltel and the new Cingular. Verizon is not licensed to sell in my area...yet anyway. Is it possible for Verizon to begin offering their services in areas where Cingular just moved in, for competition sake?

Or will other smaller carriers like Alltel and US Cellular merge in with Verizon to expand the overall CDMA "digitial" service, to replace the smaller carrier's analog network?