Verizon Wireless's acquisition of Alltel Corp. isn't a "game-changer" that will throw the carrier off, said Verizon Communications President and Chief Operating Officer Dennis Strigl in a conference call Tuesday.

With Sprint still pushing hard to roll out their WiMAX-based XOHM data network (unfortunately labelled as a 3G tech), the other big-dogs in the US wireless landscape should be worrying about possible loss of data-revenue to Sprint. But, it turns out that Verizon Communication's President and COO, Dennis Strigl, isn't at all worried about Sprint's impact on Verizon's choice of LTE as their 4G data