Verizon Wireless Snaps Up Qwest Spectrum, Network
Jul 1, 2004, 5:42 PM by (staff)
Qwest and Verizon Wireless today announced an agreement for Verizon Wireless to purchase all of Qwest's current wireless network equipment and spectrum. The $418 million cash deal includes 62 major markets spanning 14 states. Qwest will keep its customers, and continue to offer wireless service via Sprint's network. The deal will allow Verizon to offer service for the first time in Rochester and St. Cloud, MN; Lincoln, NE; and Longview, WA. In the remaining areas, the assets will be used to enhance existing service and add capacity. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year or early 2005.
Comments
The shape of things to come?
I think its going to end being verizon vs. cingular vs. nextel/sprint.
Sprint and nextel MUST develop some sort of partnership to use the MMDS spectrum which they share. Both are investigating flarion for tha...
(continues)
X9 said:...
Someone stop me when I'm wrong but it seems as though Verizon is buying up Qwest like Cingular did with ATTWS. With both Quest and AWS using the Sprint Network. So if my crystal ball is correct (which it seldom is) The Mar
(continues)