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Articles tagged with: Alltel
UPDATED: Verizon Wireless lays off former Alltel workers
Verizon Wireless laid off more former Alltel Corp. headquarters workers Thursday, saying the jobs were redundant after its acquisition of the Arkansas-based wireless provider. more
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Verizon Wireless lays off former Alltel workers
Verizon Wireless is laying off former Alltel headquarters workers in Little Rock. more
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Verizon Wireless lays off 50 former Alltel workers
Verizon Wireless has laid off 50 workers in Arkansas who were part of the former Alltel, which Verizon acquired in January. more
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Florida Residents to Get Mobile Content Refunds from Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless and alltel customers in Florida, USA are to get refunds for unauthorised costs for mobile content, the Attorney General Bill McCollum has announced. Verizon Wireless has also agreed to adopt a series of "best practices" standards which will protect consumers from third-party charges, including charges for "free" ringtones and other cell phone content customers either didn't order or didn't realize would result in a monthly charge. more
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Verizon Communications Quarterly Profit up 5.3%
Verizon Communications has reported that its first-quarter revenues jumped 11.6 percent to US$26.6 billion, compared with the first quarter 2008 - largely thanks to the acquisition of alltel earlier this year. Excluding the alltel boost, revenues would have grown by 3.3 percent. more
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Telecoms dealmaking on hold in 4Q '08
According to a new study from Ovum, global economic downturn depressed valuations and dealmaking in the telecom sector in 4Q 2008. Based on Ovum's report, M&A deal count was 129 in 4Q08, from 192 in 4Q07, with only four deals valued above US$1 billion, from 10 in 4Q07. more
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USA Saw Lowest Ever Annual Subscriber Growth in 2008
Although the American market did not suffer quite so badly as the Canadian market in the fourth quarter, it did see a disappointing figure for net additions. The quarterly gain of 4.15m represented the lowest increase since 2002, and it was 58% lower than the 6.55m recorded in Q4 07. The total market reached 271m customers, equivalent to a penetration rate of 88.8%. Meanwhile, the inexorable decline in annual growth continued: 2008 saw an uplift of just 6.1%, the lowest figure ever recorded in the market in more than 25 years of service. more
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Shareholders Pushing for Sale of US Cellular to Larger Rival
Further consolidation in the USA's telecoms market could be imminent as shareholders are reported to be pressuring U.S. Cellular to seek a buy-out from one of its larger rivals. The company is 81% controlled by Telephone & Data Systems (TDS), which is itself facing pressure from several large shareholders to put itself up for sale. more
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Six Millionth Subscriber for Mobile TV Provider
Managed Mobile TV service provider, MobiTV says that it has now passed the six million subscriber mark for its services. Available across 20 carrier networks, including AT&T and alltel in the U.S., MobiTV attributes its accelerated growth to increasing consumer demand for "television events" on mobile devices, the proliferation of smart phones and a growing trend toward bundling TV and radio services in the operators' wireless tariffs. more
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T-Mobile USA Tops Customer Care Survey
On average, wireless carriers that quickly and seamlessly transfer their customers from automated systems to live service representatives during service calls outperform carriers that handle the process less efficiently, according to a J.D. Power report. more
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