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Verizon Wireless acquires West Virginia Wireless

Verizon Wireless has acquired the spectrum licenses and other operating assets of West Virginia Wireless, wahich was owned by Key Communications, LLC and managed by PC Management, Inc.

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Financial terms are not being disclosed. RBC Daniels represented Key Communications in the deal.

The acquired licenses cover a population of 1.2 million people, include 22 counties in West Virginia, five in Kentucky, three in Virginia and two in Ohio, and also contain the Interstate 64 and 77 corridors from Ashland, Kentucky, to the Huntington, Charleston, Bluefield and Beckley areas of West Virginia.

Verizon Wireless will continue to use the West Virginia Wireless brand name in those market. Over the next 15 months, Verizon Wireless will convert the existing GSM network in phases to a new high-speed CDMA network, according to a company statement.

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