Update on War between the carriers, Goodbye Alltel
I have been writing about how the carriers are battling and we have another victim this morning. Verizon announced over night they are buying Alltel. About 18 months ago I read an article which said we will have only 3 wireless carriers in the US shortly, well we are down now to 4 majors.
Sprint gobbled up Nextel, Verizon adding Alltel that leaves justone more to go, T-Mobile. It was rumored last year T-mobile was looking for investors from across the pond but nobody would bite. With T-Mobile being GSM (Group Special Mobile) the only US company that could swallow them without too much pain is AT&T. GSMis the worldwide standard with 82% of the world operating on that format, just to give you something to think about the GSM Association says 3 Billion people in 212 countries use GSM.
So other then AT&T who might be interested in T-Mobile? Rogers from Canada or an European group wanting to enter the US market. If that were to happen it would be good for all of us as we would then have a strong 4th company offering cell service in the US.
For those Alltel user out there relax it will be months before you notice any changes. Wonder what Chad from the TV commercials will do now?
Dick Betts
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