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AT&T announces intent to acquire full ownership of Edge Wireless
Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 05:38 PM EDT

AT&T Inc. has announced that the company, through an affiliate, has entered into a definitive agreement with Edge Wireless Holding Company to acquire full ownership in Edge Wireless, a regional wireless company with approximately 172,000 subscribers that operates in several markets in the Pacific Northwest.

Under the terms of the agreement, AT&T, which has held a minority ownership interest since Edge Wireless' inception in 2000, will acquire the remaining 64.3% of the company.

The addition of Edge Wireless' GSM network will complement AT&T's existing GSM networks in Northern California, Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming. AT&T customers will enjoy broader in-network coverage in these areas, and Edge Wireless customers will gain access to AT&T's full portfolio of products and services as well as AT&T's fully integrated GSM network, which now covers more than 290 million people in 13,000 U.S. cities and towns.

The transaction is contingent upon regulatory approval and is expected to close by mid-2008.

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Dec 04, 07 - 06:44 pm Comment from: TowerTone

So the Edge network on the Edge Wireless makes this a....a....dadgum, I know there is a silly joke in there somewhere.....and if you have a Razr phone...dammit, I lost it....

Dec 04, 07 - 06:48 pm Comment from: Tremor

So people in the Northwest with a Razr on AT&T;will have a double-edged Razr???

Dec 04, 07 - 06:49 pm Comment from: Tom Strong

Please stop the bad jokes.

Dec 04, 07 - 06:50 pm Comment from: TowerTone

did you have to make it look so easy, Tremor?

Dec 04, 07 - 06:52 pm Comment from: Tremor

What can I say... Sometimes, I can be on the cutting edge of comedy...

Dec 04, 07 - 06:57 pm Comment from: Centris650

Tremor, you are walking a razor's edge with this silly puns.

Dec 04, 07 - 06:59 pm Comment from: TowerTone

"Tremor, you are walking a razor's edge with this silly puns."

Pretty sharp, isn't he?

Dec 04, 07 - 07:04 pm Comment from: Tremor

I've honed my skill at dry, Pythonesque humor to a fine point.

However, I will refrain from some of the more risque or edgy humor lest I cut the thin skin of some of our more uptight readers.

Dec 04, 07 - 07:16 pm Comment from: ndelc

Tremor, you have quite the rapier wit smile

Dec 04, 07 - 07:16 pm Comment from: TowerTone

"lest I cut the thin skin of some of our more uptight readers."

I suggest they use Edge shaving gel....

Dec 04, 07 - 07:22 pm Comment from: William

So these people are finally free to sign up for 3G service?

Dec 04, 07 - 07:46 pm Comment from: Tremor

"Tremor, you have quite the rapier wit "

My father always told me I was sharp as a tack...

I know I may be aproaching the edge with these jokes, but I just can't help myself. But perhaps it is time we cut to the heart of the subject at hand, and sever ourselves from these painful puns.

Dec 04, 07 - 07:47 pm Comment from: Brau

A great way for AT&T;to Razor their profile and 'Edge their bets! Doh!

Dec 04, 07 - 08:00 pm Comment from: Bono

Does this mean U2 are sellouts?

Dec 04, 07 - 08:00 pm Comment from: Anonymous©

bawdy, we want bawdy!

Dec 04, 07 - 08:01 pm Comment from: Anonymous©

Who cares for "pythonesque", I want Shakespearean!

Dec 04, 07 - 08:08 pm Comment from: Macromancer

So this thing will suck twice as bad now?

Sorry, but the Edge network the iPhone uses is quite frankly the weakest link BY FAR of the iPhone. The rest is pretty solid in fact.

Dec 04, 07 - 08:10 pm Comment from: Jim - TIV

Where's Occam's Razor to comment when we need him.

Dec 04, 07 - 08:54 pm Comment from: BiZarRo BaLlmEr

i've been edged out by funnier people.

Dec 04, 07 - 08:54 pm Comment from: Pete

Where's Occam's Razor to comment when we need him.

He's out probably shaving what's left of Schrödinger's cat.

Dec 04, 07 - 09:11 pm Comment from: ParisRamada

I believe Britney already did that.

Dec 04, 07 - 09:37 pm Comment from: Hg Wells

While the Northwest has IMPROVED coverage, they're still missing a state entirely lacking ANY service!

Dec 04, 07 - 10:41 pm Comment from: Cum On Up North

Now if AT&T;will buy Primus Canada, the other GSM phone provider in Canada, they could have 93% of the Canadian market available to iPhone.

Dec 04, 07 - 10:51 pm Comment from: bond co. stooge

"A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless one thinks of it first"

Oscar Wilde

Dec 04, 07 - 11:34 pm Comment from: mike

"I've honed my skill at dry, Pythonesque humor to a fine point."

That must get you a lot of girls.

Dec 04, 07 - 11:54 pm Comment from: alansky

Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, AT&T;'s coverage is inexcusably spotty. There may be more "dead spots" than there are subscribers! Any improvement would certainly be appreciated. What's an iPhone user to do?

Dec 05, 07 - 12:07 am Comment from: Martin

OMG!
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2311958

Dec 05, 07 - 12:20 am Comment from: @martin

Ah yeah! WTH?

Dec 05, 07 - 09:50 am Comment from: Timbo

Enough of this Schick humor!

Dec 05, 07 - 11:29 am Comment from: Ampar

"He's out probably shaving what's left of Schrödinger's cat."

That's funny fur what it's worth!


“The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability.”
- Edgar Allan Poe

Dec 05, 07 - 01:49 pm Comment from: Logan

Looks like AT&T;is scrambling to figure out a strategy in retaliation to Google's impending ownership of the 700MHz spectrum.

I hope Google cuts AT&T;off at the knees.

Dec 05, 07 - 02:41 pm Comment from: walter

Word up idiots. I live in the NW and have Edge Wireless. I've been waiting for this... and an iPhone. I've used an iPhone up here. It works fine and I imagine it will only get better. Competition for interent access is huge here in rural America. If you telework, you might consider moving.

Dec 05, 07 - 02:49 pm Comment from: Ampar

Martin:
"Una rosa sobre el piano"

Interesting. Is that better than tulips on an organ?

Dec 05, 07 - 04:54 pm Comment from: Crabapple

Lovely reading folks!!

It is very difficult to craft dry humour if your Razr is on Occams edge with no wit to woo!

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