Western Wireless Corp.

Recent Events

News & Analysis

fcc and western wireless corp. - All News and Analysis

• Alltel sets July 21 for Western Wireless shareholders to vote on merger.(News)

  - 2005-07-18

  Byline: JEFFREY SILVA Alltel Corp. set a July 21 deadline for Western Wireless Corp. shareholders to vote in favor of Alltel's pending acquisition of Western Wireless if they want to receive consideration in cash or shares of Alltel common stock. Alltel noted...

  Tags: Alltel Corp., E911, FCC, Government, merger, shareholder, Western Wireless Corp.

• The Federal Communications Commission last week approved Little Rock-based Alltel Corp.'s $6 billion acquisition of Western Wireless Corp of Bellevue, Wash

  - 2005-07-18

  The Federal Communications Commission last week approved Little Rock-based Alltel Corp.'s $6 billion acquisition of Western Wireless Corp of Bellevue, Wash. The FCC order contains no conditions beyond the divestitures required by the Department of Justice on July 6. The Justice Department granted tentative approval on condition that the two...

  Tags: acquisition, Alltel Corp., FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, Western Wireless Corp.

• FCC requests more detail from Alltel on Western Wireless buy.(News)

  - 2005-03-14

  The Federal Communications Commission has asked Alltel Corp. to provide additional information in regard to its pending $6 billion acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. The request, which was filed March 1 and released yesterday, follows a similar request by the Department of Justice earlier this month....

  Tags: acquisition, Alltel Corp., FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, Western Wireless Corp.

• Rural phone service fund under siege

  - 2005-01-20

  Paul Reynolds was in cellphone Siberia. His cellphone worked fine in Sioux Falls, S.D., where he worked. But it was useless in his tiny hometown of Parker, 25 miles southwest. Neither of the state's two main carriers -- Western Wireless, Reynolds' provider, and Verizon Wireless -- felt it would...

  Tags: carrier, FCC, phone, Western Wireless Corp., Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• D.C. Briefs.(Briefs)

  - 2005-01-17

  President Bush has withdrawn certain trade benefits accorded Cote d'Ivoire, the western African nation that stormed Western Wireless Corp.'s offices in 2003 and forced the firm to shut down mobile-phone operations. The White House took action in December, removing Cote d'Ivoire from the list of countries...

  Tags: FCC, Government, handset, Western Wireless Corp., Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Murky tower ruling: Western Wireless' fine is canceled, but tower industry finds curious loophole for existing structures under FCC guidelines.

  - 2005-01-01

  WASHINGTON--Western Wireless' 2-year battle over a transmission tower in rural North Dakota came to an end recently in a unique ruling from the FCC that most likely won't be repeated again. Still, the decision leaves some unanswered questions for tower companies. ...

  Tags: FCC, Government, tower, Western Wireless Corp.

• Lower 700 MHz auction set to start, rural auction ends. (News).

  - 2002-06-10

  WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission's auctions could bring advanced wireless services to rural America through a recently completed auction and one slated to start next week. The FCC completed the sale of three rural cellular licenses with affiliates of Western Wireless Corp. and...

  Tags: auction, Cingular Wireless, FCC, Government, Western Wireless Corp.

• LIBERTY, JUSTICE AND TELEPHONE SERVICE FOR ALL : The concept of universal service has been a linchpin of telecommunications policy. Can that policy be modified to fit a competitive market?

  - 2001-11-01

  Regent, N.D., is a small farming town in the southwestern part of the state with three claims to fame. The first is that it is the hometown of Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan. The second is its proximity to the Enchanted Highway, a 32-mile road linking Interstate 94 and Regent. The...

  Tags: carrier, FCC, phone, telecommunications, Western Wireless Corp.

• FCC grants Western Wireless ETC status to serve Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

  - 2001-10-15

  WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission recently granted Western Wireless Corp. eligible telecommunications carrier status to provide service on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. ETC status is necessary for competitive local exchange carriers to receive universal-service subsidies. ...

  Tags: FCC, Government, Western Wireless Corp.

• Court ruling could hurt wireless carriers wanting universal-service subsidies.

  - 2001-08-13

  WASHINGTON--A recent federal appeals court decision might make it even more difficult for wireless companies, such as Western Wireless Corp., to obtain subsidies from the universal-service fund. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit July 31 reversed rules created by...

  Tags: carrier, FCC, Government, subsidy, Western Wireless Corp., wireless