AT&T to Buy Alltel Wireless in S.C.

 By James T. Hammond
jhammond@scbiznews.com
Published Jan. 22, 2013
AT&T has agreed to buy the assets of the Alltel wireless system, a transaction Alltel officials said would give Alltel customers access to a nationwide system and expand AT&T’s reach into Alltel’s mostly rural territories in six states, including South Carolina.