Alltel Looking To Sell
T-Mobile should be asking Deutsche Telekom to buy Alltel
That's MY opinion anyway.
algorithmplus said:
BUT...Alltel does have a GSM network. The network was build for T-Mobile and Cingular roamers.
The GSM network was built out primarily in areas where there is no GSM service at all. So only those areas could easily be converted to GSM service for Cingular/AT&T or T-Mobile. But the rest of the network is CDMA, & would involve major switchover to GSM, and would cost more than it might be worth to most of the GSM carriers. But if Verizon were to acquire Alltel, the divested areas might still go to a GSM carrier, and would still cost a lot of money to switchover the network, but wouldn't be as much, as it would be if a GSM carrier acquired most of the network. I believe in the case of ...
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