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phonescoop.com - 8/6/2008

FCC Clears Verizon Wireless's Acquisition of Rural Cellular

— phonescoop.com — The FCC has given Verizon Wireless permission to acquire Rural Cellular Corporation. In order to complete the... purchase, one of the two companies will need to divest wireless licenses and assets in six different markets, one in New York, ... (follow ... (more) FCC Clears Verizon Wireless's Acquisition of Rural Cellular

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engadgetmobile.com - 8/7/2008

FCC conditionally approves Verizon's Rural Cellular acquisition

— engadgetmobile.com — Verizon Wireless announced its intentions to snap up Rural Cellular way back in July of last year... , and as these things tend to go , it has taken a full 13 months for the FCC to green light the deal. Said agency has just issued a "conditional ... (more) FCC conditionally approves Verizon's Rural Cellular ...

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Verizon wraps up acquisition of Rural Cellular
Engadget — Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessIt's taken more than a year, but Verizon has just officially announced that it has completed its purchase of Rural Cellular, which you may also know by its business name, Unicel. This latest announcement follows a conditional approval from the FCC earlier this week, which required one of the two companies to sell licenses in six markets in order to "improve competition" -- a compromise Verizon seems to have been more than willing to accept. All told, Verizon will be forking over $2.66 billion in cash and assumed debt for the company, which will increase its customer base by more than 625,000, and expand ...

Verizon wraps up acquisition of Rural Cellular
Engadget Mobile — Filed under: Verizon WirelessIt's taken more than a year, but Verizon has just officially announced that it has completed its purchase of Rural Cellular, which you may also know by its business name, Unicel. This latest announcement follows a conditional approval from the FCC earlier this week, which required one of the two companies to sell licenses in six markets in order to "improve competition" -- a compromise Verizon seems to have been more than willing to accept. All told, Verizon will be forking over $2.66 billion in cash and assumed debt for the company, which will increase its customer base by more than 625,000, and expand its coverage ...