NEW YORK - Verizon Wireless agreed yesterday to buy Alltel for $28,1bn in cash and debt to overtake AT&T as the biggest cellphone company in the US. The deal is worth 2,1% more than the $27,5bn TPG and Goldman Sachs paid last year to take Alltel private. The acquisition included about $5,9bn in cash and $22,2bn in debt, the company said yesterday. Verizon Wireless is jointly owned by Verizon Communications and Vodafone. Verizon Wireless has vied with AT&T for new customers as they ditch land lines in favour of cellphones. Alltel has 13-million clients and its wireless network has the largest...
Soon, cellphone towers may not be allowed atop houses
DNA India
DNA India
Mumbai: Following in the footsteps of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to appoint experts to conduct a study on cellphone towers and gauge if they should...
MoSoNex Inc. brings cellphones into broadcast picture and video
The Business Review
The Business Review
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Larissa Riquelme Gives Best Nokia E71 Product Placement Ever at World Cup
Newsvine
Newsvine
Riquelme isn't only not shy about showing off her body, but...
Nokia Q2 2010 net Sales EUR 10.0 Billion, non-IFRS EPS EUR 0.11 (Reported EPS EUR 0.06)
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Nokia Operating Cash Flow of EUR 944 Million...
2010 ESPYs at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE (PHOTOS)
The Examiner
The Examiner
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Nokia Shareholders Outraged By Pathetic Performance, Want CEO Booted Immediately
Business Insider
Business Insider
After the complete and total humiliation Apple has bestowed upon incumbent competitors RIM and Nokia in the last three years, it's no wonder that shareholders of the latter companies are pissed. And now Nokia...
Cellphone found in crash driver's hand
NZ Herald
NZ Herald
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The Technology Newsbucket: Android taking off in China, plus is Nokia's N93 really a 'superphone'?
The Guardian
The Guardian
A quick burst of 15 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team. Who will be the billionaires in the new app economy? >> Wired UK Unnamed HTC Smartphone Shown Running Windows Phone 7, Sans Sense UI...
Verizon Droid 2 leak confirms release date
The Examiner
The Examiner
Verizon leak outlines Droid 2 as next major release. Courtesy of BGR...

