ALLTEL Corporation (Alltel) is a customer-focused communications company providing wireless, local telephone, long-distance, Internet and high-speed data services to more than 15 million residential and business customers in 36 states.

The Company owns subsidiaries that provide wireless and wireline local, long-distance, network access and Internet services.

A subsidiary also publishes telephone directories for affiliates and other independent telephone companies.

In addition, a subsidiary provides billing, customer care and other data processing and outsourcing services to telecommunications companies.

On December 9, 2005, Alltel announced the approval of the spin-off of its wireline telecommunications business to its stockholders and the merger of that wireline business with Valor Communications Group, Inc. (Valor).