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• 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

• FCC Approves DT Merger.

  - 2001-04-30

  WASHINGTON--Finally the long-awaited union is official. In a widely anticipated move, the FCC last week approved 4-0 the merger of Deutsche Telekom with VoiceStream Wireless and Powertel Inc. The merger wasn't entirely free from objections, however--primarily over the issue of the German...

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

• No More Merger Angst for Deutsche Telekom

  - 2001-04-26

  By Malcolm Spicer, mspicer@pbimedia.com The FCC's approval yesterday of Deutsche Telekom's [DT] takeover of VoiceStream Wireless [VSTR] not only signals the commission's willingness to allow foreign ownership of a U.S. telco, but also its preference for letting the market and not regulations determine what telecom services will be...

  Tags: commission, Deutsche Telekom AG, FCC, Government, merger, NETWORKING, SALES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, U.S., VoiceStream Wireless, wireless

• VoiceStream Wireless Announces Receiving FCC Approval of VoiceStream, Deutsche Telekom, and Powertel Mergers

  - 2001-04-25

  Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 25, 2001 FCC Approval of License Transfers Represents Important Milestone for VoiceStream/Deutsche Telekom Merger that will Bring More Wireless Competition and Service to American Consumers and Businesses Today, VoiceStream Wireless Corp. (NASDAQ:VSTR) announced that the Federal Communications Commission FCC...

  Tags: Deutsche Telekom AG, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, merger, PowerTel, VoiceStream Wireless, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• 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

• Hollings, Dingell discount VoiceStream/DT merger.

  - 2001-03-12

  WASHINGTON--Congressional opponents of the proposed $30 billion acquisition of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. by Deutsche Telekom AG have struck again, just weeks after VoiceStream was successful in getting members of its congressional delegation to urge support for the deal. "In recent days, a...

  Tags: chairman, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, merger, Rep., U.S. Department of Justice, VoiceStream Wireless, Washington

• Hollings foreign-ownership amendment dead.

  - 2000-10-30

  Gorton credited with helping to ax measure WASHINGTON--Aggressive industry lobbying and strong bipartisan backing by the Washington state congressional delegation in this election season of giving helped win removal of a measure that would have killed the VoiceStream Wireless Inc.-Deutsche Telekom AG...

  Tags: Democrat, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, merger, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, U.S. Senate, VoiceStream Wireless, Washington

• 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

• Foreign-ownership fireworks.

  - 2000-09-11

  WASHINGTON--Is Deutsche Telekom AG's proposed purchase of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. a case of foreign investment or a protectionist grab of a foreign government? This was the question examined last Thursday by the House telecom subcommittee in a five-hour hearing. "We know...

  Tags: FBI, FCC, Government, investment, merger, SOFTWARE, telecommunications, VoiceStream Wireless