Wireless carrier AT&T has announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Centennial Communications Corp., and that the deal will improve its network coverage in the Midwest and Southeast United States, in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. According to the company, it plans on integrating Centennial’s networks and products with the existing AT&T offering. At the same ...

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... [

Sprint Nextel asked the FCC to require AT&T keep in place CDMA roaming agreements in Puerto Rico for at least 18 months as part of AT&T's still-pending $944 million purchase of Centennial Communications. The FCC is still reviewing the deal, the approval of which has dragged on longer than AT&T had initially expected. In a filing with the FCC, Sprint made it clear it is...

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...

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...

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. (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...

AT&T announced it will acquire regional provider Centennial Communications for $944 million in cash. Centennial brings with it 1.1 million subscribers, the majority of them in rural areas--according to AT&T, the transaction will enhance its wireless coverage for customers in the central and southeastern U.S. as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The operator notes the...

In its second wireless deal in two days (after buy WiFi company Wayport), AT&T announced Friday evening that it would buy Centennial Communications, a regional wireless phone company, for $944 million in cash, a price that is more than double Centennial’s stock market value. It will also expand its wireless network in Puerto Rico and