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Paritosh Bansal
Verizon in talks to buy Alltel for about $27 billion
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 5, 2008 - 7:45amLast updated: June 5, 2008 - 7:49am
Verizon Wireless is in talks to buy rural mobile service provider Alltel Corp for about $27 billion in debt and cash to create a company that would overtake AT&T Inc as the No. 1 U.S. mobile service
