At 26 Feb 2007 08:50:57 -0500 Larry wrote:

> Verizon can't buy Alltel in SC. Verizon is on A-800, Alltel is the B-
800
> carrier. FCC won't permit it.

Sadly, while true years ago, that probably wouldn't stop the dal today!
IIRC, when Cingular consumed AT&T Wireless, they were able to retain both
A&B licenses in a few markets.


Besides, even if they couldn't have both, the FCC could allow a "buy first,
divest later" merger giving them a reasonable amount of time to sell the
duplicate licenses.