Om did the story on Alltel going private. My quote was in the story

Chetan Sharma pointed out that wireless world is following the rule of three and since Verizon, Cingular and Sprint account for 75% of the total wireless market in the US, the buyout shouldn’t come as a surprise. Alltel has been looking to merge with Sprint or Verizon but both were not interested at this time.

Nevertheless, Alltel isn’t that bad a buy, and has a EV-DO Network in place. Sharma says, “My sense is that the private equity group will continue to operate the company and start offloading bits and pieces (by regions) when the timing is right for Verizon and Sprint.”