M&A Deal Summary

AT&T Mobility Acquires New Cingular Wireless Services

On October 26, 2004, AT&T Mobility acquired communications company New Cingular Wireless Services for 41.0B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AT&T Mobility’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is AT&T Mobility’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is AT&T Mobility’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is AT&T Mobility’s 1st transaction in Washington.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-10-26
Target New Cingular Wireless Services
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) AT&T Mobility
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 41.0B USD

Target

New Cingular Wireless Services

Redmond, Washington, United States
New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., doing business as AT&T Mobility, provides wireless communications service in the United States.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

AT&T Mobility

Atlanta, United States
Category Company
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

AT&T Mobility LLC provides wireless voice and data communications services and products to individual, business, and government users in the United States.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Communications) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Washington) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2004) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-01-09 Alltel

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Alltel Corp. is an owner and operator of a wireless network and has approximately 12 million wireless customers, both individuals and businesses. Alltel owns a majority interest in wireless operations in more than 100 metropolitan service areas and a majority interest in more than 200 rural service areas.

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