Alltel General Information
ALLtel is U.S. based telecommunications company with headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas. ALLtel is not national carrier yet but operates in more than 35 states. 2007, ALLtel is fifth largest cell phone company overall. The company focuses on small to medium population cities, utilizing Verizon wirelsss and sprint CDMA signals. ALLtel no long maintain GSM footprint. On March 1, 2007 ALLtel announced that they were the first U.S. carrier to offer AskMeNow across all handsets. The partnership provides customers, including those with smart phones, immediate access to the AskMeNow question-answer service. Also, ALLtel launched a unique program call "My Circle". With allte's 'My Circle' program, customers can pick number of people they call the most. Both incoming and outgoing calls to those people are free as long as they maintain working contract with ALLtel services.
Alltel Highlights:
- Started in 1943, Allied Telephone Co. in Arkansas, installing telephone
poles.
- Using Verizon and Sprint as CDMA roaming partners in the U.S.
- Strong in Small to medium sizes cities.
- No longer supporting GSM technologies.
- First one to launch 'MyCircle'
- Simple Freedom is prepaid branch of the business.
Most Popular Alltel Phones for 2007, Q1 :