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<content mode="escaped" type="text/html" xml:base="http://www.pkpe.net/" xml:space="preserve">&lt;h3 class='post-title'&gt;Alltel News - Alltel Customers Can Text Donations to Hurricane Katrina &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://finanzen.net/news/news_detail.asp?NewsNr=331996" id=r-3_0&gt;Alltel Customers Can Text Donations to Hurricane Katrina Relief&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Finanzen.net,&amp;nbsp;Germany&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;Alltel wireless customers can support Hurricane Katrinarelief efforts by text messaging donations to the American Red Cross. Customers   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2005/08/04/businesswire20050804005369r1.html" id=r-0_0&gt;Alltel Reports Solid 2nd Quarter Results, Wireless Revenue up 16  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Forbes&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;  &amp;quot;Alltel&amp;#39;s wireless business delivered another strong performance, demonstrated by our industry-leading ARPU growth,&amp;quot; said Scott Ford, Alltel president and CEO.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/business/12551139.htm" id=r-11_0&gt;JUST 20 YEARS AGO, PHONES WERE BIG, NETWORKS SMALL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Charlotte Observer,&amp;nbsp;NC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 3, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;  Chicago pioneered it. Alltel and a predecessor of Verizon Wireless were Charlotte&amp;#39;s original providers. Those carriers and Cingular   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/08/05/News/325447.html" id=r-13_0&gt;Alltel earnings jump more than 50 percent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Arkansas News,&amp;nbsp;AR&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 5, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;  &amp;quot;Alltel&amp;#39;s wireless business delivered another strong performance  ,&amp;quot; Alltel President and CEO Scott Ford said in a statement.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=23983" id=r-14_0&gt;FCC reviews wireless roaming&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;RCRNews.com,&amp;nbsp;CO&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 1, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;Rural wireless carriers unsuccessfully tried to make roaming an issue during the recent mergers between Alltel Corp. and Western   &lt;/font&gt;</content>
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<content mode="escaped" type="text/html" xml:base="http://www.pkpe.net/" xml:space="preserve">&lt;h3 class='post-title'&gt;Alltel News - Alltel Works to Restore Wireless Service to Gulf &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20050902005323&amp;newsLang=en" id=r-6_1100848751&gt;Alltel Works to Restore Wireless Service to Gulf Coast; Free  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Business Wire (press release),&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;  Meanwhile, Alltel&amp;#39;s Hurricane Recovery Team is making significant progress restoring wireless service and reopening retail stores.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0805/248486.html" id=r-13_0&gt;Alltel Wireless Merges With Western Wireless&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;KATV,&amp;nbsp;AR&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 1, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;Alltel Wireless has merged with Western Wireless a 6.5 billion dollar transaction means more wireless capabilities for Alltel customers and more jobs in Little   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&amp;c=MGArticle&amp;cid=1031784840876" id=r-14_1100862733&gt;New phone firm offers its plans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Richmond Times Dispatch,&amp;nbsp;VA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;  the two largest mobile providers: Cingular Wireless, with 50 million subscribers, and Verizon Wireless, with 47.4 million. T-Mobile USA Inc. and Alltel Corp.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://www.lincolntribune.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1862" id=r-8_0&gt;Alltel completes merger with Western Wireless&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;The Lincoln Tribune&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 1, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;  The merger increases Alltel&amp;#39;s wireless revenue mix to nearly 70 percent and expands the company&amp;#39;s wireless operations into nine new states.   &lt;/font&gt;</content>
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<content mode="escaped" type="text/html" xml:base="http://www.pkpe.net/" xml:space="preserve">&lt;h3 class='post-title'&gt;Alltel News - Alltel wraps up Western Wireless buy RCRNews.com,&amp;nbsp;CO&amp;nbsp;- Aug &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=23606" id=r-3_0&gt;Alltel wraps up Western Wireless buy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;RCRNews.com,&amp;nbsp;CO&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 1, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;Following shareholder compensation voting last Friday, Alltel Corp. said it closed on its $6.5 billion acquisition of Western Wireless Corp.   &amp;quot;Alltel&amp;#39;s wireless   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B9D308BA5-FCCA-4820-809D-9D25D7E22099%7D&amp;siteid=google" id=r-1_0&gt;Alltel profit up 53% on wireless&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;  Thomson First Call. Revenue in Alltel&amp;#39;s wireless segment rose to $1.5 billion, with income rising 17% to $307 million. The unit added   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0805/248486.html" id=r-8_0&gt;Alltel Wireless Merges With Western Wireless&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;KATV,&amp;nbsp;AR&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 1, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;Alltel Wireless has merged with Western Wireless a 6.5 billion dollar transaction means more wireless capabilities for Alltel customers and more jobs in Little   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2005/08/04/businesswire20050804005369r1.html" id=r-0_0&gt;Alltel Reports Solid 2nd Quarter Results, Wireless Revenue up 16  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Forbes&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;  &amp;quot;Alltel&amp;#39;s wireless business delivered another strong performance, demonstrated by our industry-leading ARPU growth,&amp;quot; said Scott Ford, Alltel president and CEO.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href="http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_34616" id=r-14_1100862135&gt;Communications Law Bulletin July/August 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Mondaq News Alerts,&amp;nbsp;World&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=-1&gt;  (Sprint also agreed to offer wireless broadband service using the new entity�s large holdings of 2.5-GHz spectrum.) The Alltel/Western Wireless deal closed   &lt;/font&gt;</content>
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