LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Alltel Corp. (AT), the sixth biggest U.S. cellular carrier, has agreed to buy Western Wireless Corp. (WWCA), a Northwest regional carrier which owns the Cellular One brand, for ...

Shares in rural wireless provider Alltel surged more than 6% on Monday after it agreed to a $25 billion buyout by TPG Capital and the buyout arm of Goldman Sachs in one of the largest-ever private ...

Bellevue-based Western Wireless reached a deal last night to be acquired by Alltel for $4.4 billion — a move that will uproot yet another wireless company from the Puget Sound area. Executives from ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Alltel Corp., the nation’s fifth-largest wireless carrier, was taken private Friday to complete a $24.7 billion buyout by two private equity groups. The deal earlier won approval ...

With so many telecom stocks bumping along at single-digit levels, value investors are tempted to take a closer look at this beaten-down sector. These stocks are nothing if not cheap, and some of them ...

LITTLE ROCK — Scott Ford, chief executive officer of Alltel Corp., earned almost $194 million last year in income and other pay in connection with the Little Rock telecommunications company's sale to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Alltel Corp., the nation’s sixth-largest wireless company, said Monday that it would buy Western Wireless Corp. for $4.32 billion in cash and stock to add sales in 19 states, including California, and ...

Alltel ’ s Board of Directors has unanimously approved the merger agreement after a comprehensive review of the company ’ s strategic options, and has recommended the approval of the transaction by ...

As first rumored yesterday, Verizon is acquiring Alltel equity and debt in a transaction worth $28.1 billion. Verizon Wireless issued a press release just moments ago, detailing the transaction ...