AT&T, Verizon Complete Asset SwapAs required as part of AT&T's acquisition of Dobson
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old news - 08:03AM Tuesday Dec 23 2008)
tags: legal · competition · business · wirelessIn 2007, AT&T acquired Dobson Communications
for $3 billion, ending that company's thirty year stint in the industry. AT&T announced on Monday that they'd
completed a wireless asset swap with Verizon Wireless that was required as a condition of the Dobson deal. The asset swap expands AT&T Mobility's coverage and services in New York, Vermont, Washington State and Kentucky.