AT&T purchase of Alltel approved by the FCC

HSPA+ and LTE network required to be deployed in new spectrum areas; Alltel customers get new handsets without a contract After temporarily putting the process on hold to make sure AT&T had plans to transition customers over after the acquisition, the FCC has approved AT&T's buyout of the rest of Alltel. The total movement of assets to AT&T includes spectrum licenses for 700, 850 and 1900MHz, along with other networking assets throughout the midwestern US and over 600,000 customers. The FCC's a...