Justice Department clears AT&T’s acquisition of Centennial

The U.S. Department of Justice has cleared AT&T Inc.'s $2.8 billion acquisition of Centennial Communications Corp., the carriers said Tuesday, Oct. 13. The DOJ is requiring the telecoms to divest operations in eight markets in Louisiana and Mississippi. AT&T already has a deal in place to sell five of the problematic systems to the wireless joint venture of Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group plc. This is a free content preview. Subscribers enjoy access to all stories in