ABI Insight

Implications of the Verizon Wireless / ALLTEL merger

Authors: Dan Shey, Practice Director, Mobile Services
Nick Holland, Principal Analyst, Mobile Content

Published: 23 Jun 2008

Recently, Alltel and Verizon announced that they will merge with a transaction amounting to $28.1 billion. The merger will create the largest mobile telecommunications company in the United States with nearly 80 million customers. In this ABI Insight, we evaluate the impacts on customers and competition, and unpack future implications.

The full text of this Insight is available to subscribers of the Mobile Operator Strategies Research Service and the Mobile Networks Research Service.

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