Atlantic Tele-Network, which bought some parts of the former Alltel wireless phone operation, has sold its Little Rock-based Allied Wireless Communications Network to AT&T for $780 million. The company operated in rural areas of six states (not Arkansas). No immediate word on the impact on some 200 Allied employees in Little Rock.

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