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Federal government prevented AT&T from taking certain Dobson markets In Texas, Oklahoma, and Kentucky along the Ohio border and the I-75 corridor, due to the potential monopoly this would create in this area. After placing these markets in a trust for one year, the Kentucky markets were sold
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Communications originally operated a small wireline telephone network in Oklahoma. Over 70 years, Dobson evolved to become the nation's largest independent rural wireless provider to expand operations into 60 markets, following acquisitions over the last 10 years.
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Michigan. It was also the exclusive provider of GSM technology in many of its markets and has a few resellers such as
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Cellular division. The closing price was $ 2.8B USD or $ 13 per share. AT&T also agreed to assume the outstanding debt of $ 2.3B USD.
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