FCC Approves Verizon Wireless Acquisition of Alltel
Verizon acquires Alltel - could this pave the way of an AT&T buyout of U.S. Celluar?
While I know that U.S. Cellular is a CDMA carrier, they have announced plans to upgrade to LTE for 4G technology, which AT&T has announced prior to U.S. Celluar's announcement. I am sure that AT&T would keep the U.S. Cellular CDMA network up and running, although they will try and convert the existing customers to GSM/UMTS/LTE. U.S. Celluar's TDMA/AMPS network would probably be shut down, but hardly anyone uses those networks anymore. I think that U.S. Cellular and AT&T would be a good combination.
And before anyone says that Sprint should buy out U.S. Cellular, remember that S...
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I am inclined to think AT&T would not be interested in US Cellular. It does not seem like a good fit and Alltel was looking for a buyer for awhile. Alltel did solicit AT&T and they did not bite.
Who knows.
hmm.... 🤨 🤨 🤨
while i like the thought of ATT trying such a manuever and having it succeed Just as well as Sprint's takeover of nextel, I doubt it would happen. 👀
In Puerto Rico, Verizon sold their network to America Movil and was rebranded as Claro. Claro in Puerto Rico is gradually converting the Verizon CDMA network to GSM/UMTS.
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