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• States take creative approach to E911 deployment. (Focus: E911).

  - 2002-06-24

  WASHINGTON--While the Federal Communications Commission turns its attention to enforcing the wireless enhanced 911-buildout schedule, some states are doing more to foster the buildout by encouraging deployment and educating their residents about the differences between wireline and wireless E91 1, and some states are...

  Tags: carrier, E911, FCC, Government, Indiana, VoiceStream Wireless, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• FCC approves priority access. (Tracking The FCC).

  - 2002-04-08

  WASHINGTON--Wireless priority access service is coming soon to New York and Washington, D.C. As expected, the FCC last week approved VoiceStream Wireless Corp.'s waiver request to provide priority access to federal, state and local governments in the two cities. With priority access,...

  Tags: carrier, FCC, Government, VoiceStream Wireless

• E911: some shine, but most carriers still falling flat - Global News - FCC's Phase II caller location requirement met by Sprint PCS and Verizon

  - 2002-03-01

  WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Two carriers have implemented E911 services in a pair of markets, creating a gap between those emerging as leaders in meeting the FCC's Phase II caller location requirement and those seen as dragging their feet. Sprint PCS and Verizon are widely seen as the most cooperative in...

  Tags: carrier, E911, FCC, Government, GPS, GSM, handset, network, Sprint PCS, TDMA, Verizon Communications Inc., VoiceStream Wireless

• Spectrum cap relaxed.

  - 2001-11-12

  FCC ruling might spark final round of mergers While consolidation has been a continuous process in the wireless industry since its inception, the Federal Communications Commission's decision to allow operators an additional 10 megahertz of spectrum in urban markets, and unlimited capacity...

  Tags: AT&T Wireless, carrier, Cingular Wireless, FCC, Nextel Communications Inc., PCS, spectrum, VoiceStream Wireless

• NextWave Fires Return Barrage.(FCC licensing protest launched by rivals)(Government Activity)

  - 2001-08-06

  By now, industry observers might have kinks in their necks from trying to follow the legal serves and returns in the fight over NextWave Telecom Inc.'s licenses. NextWave last week added to the paperwork already amassed in the case by firing a...

  Tags: carrier, FCC, Government, petition, Verizon Wireless, VoiceStream Wireless

• E911 Waivers Flood FCC.(Company Business and Marketing)

  - 2001-07-30

  By Wireless Week Staff The list of wireless carriers seeking more time to implement their enhanced 911 solutions is growing. Verizon Wireless, Qwest Wireless and TeleCorp PCS Inc. last week petitioned the FCC for waivers that...

  Tags: carrier, E911, FCC, Government, marketing, VoiceStream Wireless, waiver, WIRELESS

• Carriers Seek Speedy NextWave Settlement.(Dobson Communications Corp., Verizon Wireless, VoiceStream Wireless, Alaska Native Wireless and Salmon PCS)(Company Business and Marketing)

  - 2001-07-30

  By Wireless Week Staff Five wireless companies that won licenses in January's PCS auction are asking the FCC, Department of Justice and Office of Management and Budget to expedite a settlement with NextWave Telecom Inc. over licenses the carrier successfully sued to...

  Tags: carrier, FCC, Government, marketing, PCS, settlement, Verizon Wireless, VoiceStream Wireless, WIRELESS

• `Tear Down This Wall'.(Company Business and Marketing)

  - 2000-07-31

  Deutsche Telekom's proposed $50+ billion merger with VoiceStream Wireless backed the two carriers against the Wall Street last week, with both issues trading significantly lower. But the self-protective reaction of stockholders--some of them skeptical about the common sense of a high price-per-share transaction--was an ineffectual...

  Tags: carrier, Deutsche Telekom AG, Government, marketing, NETWORKING, telecommunications, Telephony, U.S., U.S. Congress, VoiceStream Wireless, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS