Verizon Wireless to buy a portion of Centennial Comunications from AT&T

By on May 9, 2009 at 4:40 PM
News May 9, 2009

A funny thing happened on the way to acquisition. The two largest carriers in the US, Verizon Wireless and AT&T, have commanded and conquered some smaller carriers and are now seemingly sharing the spoils. As already reported, AT&T announced on Friday that it will purchase a substantial portion of Verizon’s divested Alltel assets. On the same day, AT&T also announced that it will be selling certain portions of Centennial communications to Verizon Wireless as AT&T seeks final regulatory approval for the its acquisition of the small, rural carrier. Verizon will pony up $240 million for Centennial assets that include nearly 120,000 current subscribers in five service areas across Louisiana and Mississippi. In the end, we have AT&T buying assets from Verizon and Verizon buying assets from AT&T while T-Mobile and Sprint are nowhere to be found.

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  • Vincent

    Sprint has the biggest pricing scam going today and always have. They tell you they have a “plan” for say 49.99 then you get bill and its 97.00.

  • Morris

    Wonderful. Will Verizon offer current Centenniel customers the option of new contracts and DROID?

    • http://www.verizonwireless.com VZW

      Yes we will. Have you heard anything new on this? I haven’t. It may be because I am in AL.

  • Curious

    Does anyone know which company will get the Alexandria, La. market? The people at the stores say they were excluded from the merger.

    • ka

      from what i have been told by AT&T us central La centennial customers will be possibly merging with verizon b/c AT&T was not able to take over in that zone

  • Morris

    Hey Verizon,
    When can I switch from Centenniel to Verizon and either have current centennial contract voided and open up to you? Hurry Please!!!

  • Monica

    I just want to know what is going to happen to all the Centennial people who have gsm equipment. Are we going to be allowed to keep our current phones or will we be forced to buy new equipment?

  • H. Walker

    Can you hear me now?

  • B. Walker

    Will Verizon offer coverage in the Leesville, LA area including Fort Polk?

  • Bill Berry

    I’m over at Fort Polk this week from Alabama; I have T-Mobile and my wife has Verizon Wireless. Prior to this visit my cellphone said “Centennial Communication” and now as of October 23, 2010 it says AT&T. My wife’s Verizon Wireless phone says “Extended Network” and no data service. I understand must of the changes were completed as of September 2010. What I find interesting were our prior visits where my wife had Verizon Wireless. I’ve read the info on AT&T’s divested zones as well as Verizon Wireless’s having to divest in certain areas…funny thing is while all this public feuding was going on in regards to 3G behind the scenes they were taking care of one another’s divested interests per FCC. This is nothing new; it goes on all the time. Bottom line is T-Mobile continues to have AT&T as a roaming partner; more specifically GSM which was exactly what Centennial Communication’s network is…GSM. Where I’m from, near Auburn, AL; there is Unicel; which is a GSM carrier bought out by Verizon Wireless and it too is GSM; however they continue to have “Unicel” as the carrier on these phones.

  • Reginald clayton

    i think verizon or at&t should buy centinneial because centinneial sucks, and i like both verizon and at&t!!!!

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