Western Wireless Corporation
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Western Wireless was a wireless telecommunications (i.e. cellular) provider in the western United States that specialized in rural service.
Western Wireless primarily operated under the Cellular One brand. It had offices in the Factoria area of Bellevue, Washington and in Amarillo, Texas. The company provided cellular services in 19 western, midwestern, and southwestern states.
Originally, VoiceStream Wireless PCS was a division of Western Wireless which was spun off in 1999. VoiceStream later became T-Mobile USA and is still headquartered in Bellevue, Washington where its former corporate parent was based out of as well.
On January 10, 2005, Little Rock, Arkansas-based telecommunications provider Alltel announced it would buy Western Wireless in a $6 billion stock-and-cash transaction. The merger closed in August 2005.
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