Western Wireless Corporation
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Western Wireless was a wireless telecommunications (i.e. cellular) provider in the western United States that specialized in rural service.
Western Wireless primarily operated under the Cellular One brand. It had offices in the Factoria area of Bellevue, Washington and in Amarillo, Texas. The company provided cellular services in 19 western, midwestern, and southwestern states.
On January 10, 2005, Little Rock, Arkansas-based telecommunications provider Alltel announced it would buy Western Wireless in a $6 billion stock-and-cash transaction. The merger closed in August 2005.
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