In a move that could have have quite an impact on us here in northern Michigan, AT&T is purchasing Dobson Communications. The significance is that Dobson Communications is the parent company of Cellular One. Of course, Cellular One is one of the main mobile phone players throughout northern Michigan.

These mergers/acquisitions can take some time to play out, so exactly how quickly any of this will have an impact on Cellular One customers and AT&T product availability, and the iPhone in particular, remains to be seen. But it will absolutely have an impact eventually.

Stay tuned…as more info becomes available, we’ll pass it on.

CNN Money has the story here