Alltel to eliminate analog network support
With the FCC no longer requiring wireless companies to maintain analog networks after February 2008, Alltel is the first big player to officially announce that it will drop all analog support beginning in March 2008.
The bottom line? This is a good move for the company who became famous for it’s commercials mocking Sprint, Verizon, AT&T and Cingular networks. Who really uses analog phones anymore?
Expect other carriers to follow suit in the near future — it just doesn’t make economic sense to maintain these networks for end-use. The real question is — with the sale of Alltel to the Goldman-Sachs group – what is next for the company vying to be the innovator in the telecom industry?
Only time will tell…