M&A Deal Summary

AT&T Acquires Edge Wireless

On April 18, 2008, AT&T acquired communications company Edge Wireless

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AT&T’s 12th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is AT&T’s 17th transaction in the United States.
  • This is AT&T’s 1st transaction in Oregon.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-04-18
Target Edge Wireless
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) AT&T
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Edge Wireless

Bend, Oregon, United States
Edge Wireless LLC, is a provider of wireless communications services in Oregon, northern California, Idaho and Wyoming.

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Buyer

AT&T

Dallas, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1983
Sector Communications
Employees148,290
Revenue 122.4B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
AT&T's corporate headquarters in downtown Dallas, Texas.
AT&T's corporate headquarters in downtown Dallas, Texas.

AT&T is a provider of telecommunications services in the United States and the world. AT&T offers services and products to consumers in the US and services and products to businesses and other providers of telecommunications services worldwide. AT&T's services and products include wireless communications, local exchange services, long-distance services, data/broadband and Internet services, video services, telecommunications equipment, managed networking, and wholesale services. AT&T was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 37
Sector (Communications) 12 of 19
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 16 of 30
State (Oregon) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 17 of 32
Year (2008) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-03-17 AT&T - NEC TDM Voice CPE Business

Dallas, Texas, United States

AT&T - NEC TDM Voice CPE Business is a provider of telephone, voice and data network services..

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-11-07 Centennial Communications

Wall, New Jersey, United States

Centennial Communications Corp. was an independent cellular telephone operator in the U.S. and an operator of both wireless and wireline systems in the Caribbean. Centennial Communications was formed in 1988 and was based in Wall, New Jersey.

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