December 22 - 4:40pm EST   AT&T announced on Monday that its mobile division has finalized the swap of wireless assets with Verizon Wireless, as the agreement was approved by the FCC and Department of Justice. Under the deal, AT&T Mobility has acquired former Rural Cellular Corporation properties that were bought by Verizon Wireless. The deal includes licenses, network assets and subscribers in metropolitan and rural service areas (RSAs) in Burlington, VT, RSA-2 in New York, RSA-1 and RSA-2 in Vermont, RSA-2 and RSA-3 in Washington and portions of Kentucky's RSA-6. The deal gives AT&T its first presence in the state of Vermont. [full story]

August 6 - 1:20pm EDT   Residents of Vermont should finally be able to gain direct access to the iPhone in the near future, a local television station reports. WCAX notes that all important divisions of the federal government have approved Verizon's acquisition of Rural Cellular Corporation, the operator of regional carrier Unicel. Aside from Vermont, Unicel sells service in several other states, such as Alabama, New York and Washington. [full story]