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Alltel to Consolidate Mahoning Valley operations
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Alltel is consolidating its Mahoning Valley operations at the former Ames Department Store building on Route 224 in Boardman. The new location, 476 Boardman-Canfield Road, will include administrative offices, a retail store and the company's sales action group and financial services call center.About 380 Alltel employees will relocate from existing locations at 7206 Market St. in Boardman and at 3701 Boardman-Canfield Road in Canfield. The move will begin in mid-October and should be completed before the end of the year, the company said, once extensive remodeling of the building is completed."Grouping these business units into a common building will allow our company to function more efficiently and create more room for call center growth," said Jay Ortman, vice president of retail services in Ohio.Alltell provides wireless, local telephone, long-distance, Internet and high-speed data services to residential and business to nearly 13 million customers in 26 states. The company reports $8 billion in annual revenues. "