Alltel

Alltel NYSE: AT is a telecommunications company located in Little Rock, Arkansas. As of November 2005 the company claimed over 15 million customers and $10 billion in annual revenue. more...

Alltel provides wireless, local telephone, long-distance, Internet and high-speed data services to residential and business customers in 36 states.

Alltel, who owns and operates the nation's largest wireless network, is the largest regional mobile phone company in America with over 15 million customers. The wireless group provides service in parts of 36 states. The company mainly focuses on small to medium-sized cities.

Executive team

• President and CEO, Scott T. Ford
• Executive Vice-President and CFO, Kevin Beebe
• Chairman, Joe T. Ford

Network Technology

Alltel operates primarily 800 MHz CDMA using equipment manufactured by Lucent, Motorola and Nortel. Alltel has recently added a few 1900 MHz PCS sites in various places, such as Jacksonville, Florida. Their original network of AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Service) cellular is still in place, but the company acknowledges that they are agressively converting analog customers to digital. In 2005, an Alltel spokesman stated that only 15% of their customer base still uses analog. Alltel has yet to release official plans for the FCC decision stating that by March 1, 2008 A and B side carriers are no longer required to support analog.

Current Network Coverage

This map represents Alltel-owned and operated networks. Alltel currently has roaming agreements with every major provider in the US to provide coverage in all 50 States. Alltel also has agreements with cellular providers in Canada.

Alltel owned and operated Network map (as of December 2005):

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