It took a good, long while, but AT&T has finally closed on its acquisition of the markets Verizon was required to divest in order to get the government to agree to its purchase of Alltel early last year. For most customers, the move has no practical impact — the markets are mostly rural — but for affected folks, it means that they’ll be able to “select a device comparable to their existing device at no additional cost” as markets get upgraded over the course of the next 12 months. Interestingly, all of the markets will be getting the 3G treatment, a sharp departure from AT&T’s typical strategy of keeping unpopulated areas on EDGE — but it probably makes sense to get them up and running on 3G since the network’s got to be built up from scratch anyhow. Follow the break for the full press release.
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