Tag archive: Alltel

Verizon Wireless has announced it plans to acquire U.S. regional mobile operator Alltel in a transaction valued at $28.1 billion. In geographic terms, Alltel's service area is one of the largest in the United States, encompassing areas of 34 states in the southeast, midwest, and northern plains regions of the country, including many rural areas not currently served by Verizon. Although Alltel only handles about 13 million subscribers,… Read More

Although contact management compnay Plaxo isn't naming any names in its press release, the company has, in conjunction with Zingy, rolled out its new Plaxo Mobile Plus to Verizon Wireless customers, with more additional carriers like Alltel and U.S. Cellular schedules to come online by the end of the year. The idea is that users will be able to synchronize their mobile phone's contact list with their email address book,… Read More

Mobile phone operators are increasingly trying to diversify their service offerings away from voce-only service to bring in more revenue, and today Alltel took an interesting step in that direction, announcing it will offer channels from XM satellite radio to its mobile phone users for $7.99 a month. According to AllTel, users will be able to select between 20 commercial-free XM music channels, including “decades” channels for… Read More

Alltel, a cellular provider, and Kyocera today announced two new phones for users of the Alltel service. The Kyocera Slider Remix KX5, priced at $129.99 with a mail in rebate and two year service agreement, and the Kyocera Candid KX16, priced at $29.99 with a two year agreement, are both available now. The Kyocera Slider Remix KX5 comes in a black handset and silver keypad combo which brings together the functions of a digital music player… Read More