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Windstream to buy Iowa Tel for $1.1bn
25 November 2009
Former Alltel landline unit Windsteam continues its acquisitive habit by buying Iowa Telecom for $1.1 billion
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[Windstream]
[Alltel]
[Iowa]
[CenturyTel]
[Embarq]
Comment: As the giants — particularly AT&T and Verizon — get more powerful in the US market the little guys are banding together. CenturyTel has merged with Embarq — which used to be Sprint’s fixed network division — and now Windstream, hived off from Alltel...
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