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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): October 19, 2007


Alltel Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-4996                                     34-0868285
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)


One Allied Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)


(501) 905-8000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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Item 2.02       Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On October 19, 2007, Alltel Corporation (“Alltel” or the “Company”) issued a Press Release announcing the Company’s third quarter 2007 unaudited consolidated results of operations.  The Press Release presents the Company’s consolidated results of operations measured under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and its results of operations from current businesses.

“Results of operations from current businesses” include the following:

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Operating income from current businesses

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Income taxes from current businesses

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Net income from current businesses

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Basic and diluted earnings per share from current businesses

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Equity free cash flow from current businesses

The current business measures are non-GAAP financial measures that differ from their respective GAAP counterparts in that they exclude the effects of discontinued operations, amortization expense related to acquired, finite-lived intangible assets, gain (loss) on exchange or disposal of assets, debt prepayment expenses, reversal of certain income tax contingency reserves, costs associated with Hurricane Katrina, and integration expenses, restructuring and other charges.

Alltel’s purpose for excluding items from the current business measures is to focus on Alltel’s true earnings capacity associated with providing wireless communications services.  Management believes the items excluded from the current business measures are related to strategic activities or other events, specific to the time and opportunity available, and, accordingly, should be excluded when evaluating the trends of the Company’s operations.  For these reasons, Alltel believes that presenting the current business measures assists investors in assessing the true business performance of the Company by clarifying for investors the effects that certain items such as asset sales, restructuring expenses and other business consolidation costs arising from past acquisition and restructuring activities had on the Company’s GAAP consolidated results of operations.  The Company uses results from current businesses as management’s primary measure of the performance of its business operations.  Alltel’s management, including the chief operating decision-maker, uses the current business measures consistently for all purposes, including internal reporting purposes, the evaluation of business objectives, opportunities and performance, resource allocation and the determination of management compensation.

 
 
 
 
Equity free cash flow from current businesses is a non-GAAP financial measure that is computed as net income from current businesses plus depreciation expense less capital expenditures including capitalized software development costs.  The Company believes that reporting equity free cash flow from current businesses assists investors in understanding Alltel’s ability to generate sufficient positive cash flows to fund its ongoing cash operating requirements including capital expenditures, payment of dividends and debt service obligations.  Equity free cash flow from current businesses should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for cash flow from operations prepared in accordance with GAAP.

The financial tables of Alltel’s Press Release include a reconciliation of each of the non-GAAP financial measures discussed above to its most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.  A copy of Alltel’s Press Release dated October 19, 2007 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99(a) and is furnished as a part of this filing.


Item 9.01       Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit 99(a)       Press Release dated October 19, 2007 of Alltel







SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
                                                    
                                                       ALLTEL CORPORATION


                       By: /s/   Sharilyn S. Gasaway           
                       Name: Sharilyn S. Gasaway
                       Title: Executive Vice President -
                       Chief Financial Officer

 
 
Dated: October 19, 2007




EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.                          Description

Exhibit 99(a)                        Press Release dated October 19, 2007 of Alltel