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• 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

• Merger Gets Final Green Light.(Company Business and Marketing)

  - 2001-05-07

  WASHINGTON--German wireless behemoth Deutsche Telekom got the final OK from U.S. officials last week to buy out VoiceStream Wireless and Powertel Inc., even as a powerful lawmaker vowed to try to scale back the deal. The U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment, which...

  Tags: Deutsche Telekom AG, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, marketing, merger, U.S., U.S. Senate, VoiceStream Wireless, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Powell Adviser: VoiceStream Merger Is Guideline.(Company Business and Marketing)

  - 2001-05-07

  WASHINGTON--With the final regulatory hurdle for the merger of Deutsche Telekom AG and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. cleared, VoiceStream's network is expected to grow as fast as the spring blossoms budding in Washington. But what does the merger's approval signal for future...

  Tags: FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, marketing, merger, VoiceStream Wireless, Washington

• VoiceStream, Powertel Await FCC Decision.(Company Business and Marketing)

  - 2001-03-19

  NOW that shareholders of VoiceStream Wireless and Powertel Inc. approve of merging with Deutsche Telekom, the wait begins for another major approval--the FCC's. Many observers think new FCC Chairman Michael Powell will make a decision by April 8 to avoid getting the...

  Tags: chairman, Deutsche Telekom AG, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, marketing, merger, PowerTel, VoiceStream Wireless

• Wireless in Alaska - Company Business and Marketing

  - 2001-03-19

  A tiny company teams up with a corporate giant to get a chunk of spectrum. But in the partnership between Alaska Native Wireless and AT&T Wireless, who should be thanking whom? FLOYD PETERSON HAS LIVED HIS entire life in Hoonah, on Chichagof Island in remote southeast Alaska. A native...

  Tags: Alaska, AT&T Wireless, auction, FCC, marketing, Peterson, shareholder, spectrum, telecommunications, VoiceStream Wireless, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Congressman Set To Back VoiceStream Merger.(Company Business and Marketing)

  - 2000-09-25

  If a South Carolina senator has his way, the merger of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and Deutsche Telekom will have a tough time making it through the regulatory process. But fortunately for VoiceStream, a congressman in the company's home state is mounting an...

  Tags: FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, marketing, merger, 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

• FCC Okays Two Mega Wireless Networks.(Cellco Partnership, VoiceStream Wireless)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)

  - 2000-04-03

  The FCC approved the transfer of Bert Atlantic and Vodafone AirTouch wireless licenses to their new Cellco Partnership and the transfer of Aerial Communications Inc.'s licenses to VoiceStream Wireless Inc. Cellco is slated to cover 90 percent of the United States, with...

  Tags: FCC, Government, marketing, network, Vodafone AirTouch, VoiceStream Wireless, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• A Deal, With Conditions.(Company Business and Marketing)

  - 2000-02-21

  VoiceStream And Omnipoint To Wield GSM Power WASHINGTON--The regulatory go-ahead for Voice--Stream Wireless to amass the largest GSM network in the United States, covering 175 million potential customers, comes with a few strings attached. The FCC's order last...

  Tags: FCC, FINANCE, Government, GSM, Investment, marketing, VoiceStream Wireless