AT&T today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Centennial Communications Corp. The acquisition enhances AT&T’s network coverage across the Midwest and Southeast United States and in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The combination of the two companies’ wireless networks will allow AT&T to deliver broader wireless coverage, including to approximately

Acquisition Enhances AT&T's Wireless Network Coverage in Rural Areas, Service for Businesses Operating in Puerto Rico. AT&T* announced that it has completed its acquisition of Centennial Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CYCL). The acquisition enhances AT&T’s network coverage across the Midwest and Southeast United States and in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The combination of the two... [

Today, the FCC gave their stamp of approval on At&ts purchase of Centennial Wireless, a small US carrier of about 893,000 subscribers. The deal is for $944 million. Centennial Wireless had coverage in the midwest, southwest, and Puerto Rico. Centennial shareholders will get $8.50/share and At&t says the Centennial stores will be

Today AT&T announced that it has fully acquired Centennial Communications. By purchasing the rural wireless provider, AT&T has bolstered its coverage footprint in the Midwest and Southeast United States (specifically, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio and Texas), and in Puerto ...

AT&T Mobility has struck a deal with the startup TerreStar Networks, which plans to launch a satellite July 1. TerreStar is developing handsets that use both cellular and satellite technologies. AT&T is set to resell satellite services and phones from TerreStar. The satellite will provide service across the United States and Canada (including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and th...

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Centennial Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CYCL) today announced that AT&T plans to acquire Centennial, a regional provider of wireless and wired communications services, for $944 million in cash. The transaction will enhance AT&T's wireless coverage for customers in largely rural areas of the Midwest and Southeast United States and in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. W...

The FCC has approved the new Genus hybrid cellular-satellite phone by TerreStar and AT&T. With this phone one can make close-range calls over AT&T's cellular network, while being able to seemlessly swich to the satellite network for coverage in remote areas of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and in territorial coastal waters.The FCC documents confir...

Bargaining teams for AT&T and the Communications Workers of America on March 2 reached a tentative agreement on a collective bargaining agreement for about 20,000 wireless employees covered by the Mobility Orange contract. The employees are in all parts of the United States with the exception of the Southwest and Southeast regions and Puerto Rico, which have separate contracts. AT&T feels the... [

AT&T Inc. said Friday that its acquisition of smaller wireless carrier Centennial Communications Corp., has closed after several delays due to the regulatory process.AT&T bought Wall, N.J.-based Centennial for $944 million in cash. The deal was announced a year ago, and was initially expected...

The FCC approved AT&T's $944 million acquisition of Centennial Communications, clearing the way for the deal to close and giving the nation's No. 2 wireless carrier around 893,000 new customers. The commission voted 5-0 to approve the deal, but placed several conditions on it. The FCC, like the Justice Department, is requiring AT&T to divest some of Centennial's asse...