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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

• VoiceStream can provide priority access.

  - 2002-04-08

  WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission last week granted a waiver to VoiceStream Wireless Corp. to provide wireless priority access service to local, state and federal officials in the nation's capital and New York. The waiver will expire on Dec. 31 or sooner if...

  Tags: FCC, Government, VoiceStream Wireless, waiver, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• FCC Grants Priority Access Waiver

  - 2002-04-04

  Priority wireless access for government officials is important enough to avoid delaying a pilot program by VoiceStream Wireless until after the carrier and its technology vendors offer priority access precisely how the Federal Communications Commission wants it. The FCC on Wednesday said it will allow VoiceStream, a unit of...

  Tags: FCC, Government, VoiceStream Wireless, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Statement Regarding FCC Grant of Partial Temporary PAS Waiver

  - 2002-04-03

  WASHINGTON, April 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following should be attributed to Gary Jones, director of standards policy for VoiceStream Wireless Corp, in relation to the Federal Communications Commission's grant today of a temporary Priority Access Service PAS waiver in order to allow VoiceStream to provide a priority access service...

  Tags: FCC, Government, VoiceStream Wireless, waiver

• 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

• VoiceStream pushes priority access. (News).(Brief Article)

  - 2002-02-25

  In a filing with the FCC, VoiceStream Wireless Corp. says it is in final negotiations with the National Communications System, a group of federal agencies responsible for emergency communications, to enable wireless priority access in Washington, D.C., and New York City. The GSM community in the...

  Tags: FCC, FINANCE, Government, VoiceStream Wireless, Wi-Fi, 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

• SignalSoft Corp. Selected by VoiceStream Wireless for Nationwide Emergency Services - Business - Brief Article

  - 2001-11-01

  SignalSoft announced that VoiceStream Wireless Corp., a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom has licensed SignalSoft's Gateway Mobile Location Center GMLC product, called Location Centre, as well as its W911 product for its GSM network. The agreement will help VoiceStream comply with the FCC's Phase II mandate for Enhanced 911 (E911) and...

  Tags: FCC, Government, SignalSoft, 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