Verizon to Buy Alltel ?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/te...ref=technology

Verizon Communications is near a deal to buy Alltel for about $27 billion, including the assumption of debt, creating the nation’s largest cellular telephone provider, people involved in the negotiations said. A deal could be announced as early as Thursday, these people said.