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• Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700 MHz spectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan.(News)

  - 2006-05-15

  Byline: JEFFREY SILVA Law enforcement and first-responder groups asked key Senate lawmakers to consider a private-sector plan to designate a block of spectrum in the 700 MHz band for a national wireless broadband public-safety network, one th Byline:...

  Tags: broadband, FCC, Nextel Communications Inc., public safety, spectrum

• Sprint Nextel adds Samsung's WiMAX to 2.5 GHz test.

  - 2005-09-19

  Byline: DAN MEYER Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a deal with Samsung Telecommunications America L.L.P. to jointly test network equipment based on the 802.16e WiMAX standard using Sprint Nextel's 2.5 GHz spectrum. The companies said the agr...

  Tags: network, Nextel Communications Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., spectrum, Sprint Nextel Corp., WiMAX, wireless

• Sprint Nextel combo clears legal hurdle.

  - 2005-08-08

  Byline: DAN MEYER Sprint Corp. received an important endorsement for its pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. as the Federal Communications Commission granted its approval for the deal, which will solidify the new Sprint Nextel C Byline: DAN...

  Tags: agreement, FCC, Nextel Communications Inc., spectrum, Sprint Communications, Sprint Nextel Corp.

• Consumer groups say Sprint Nextel should divest 2.5 GHz spectrum.(BUSINESS)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-04-01

  Consumer groups said federal regulatory approval of Sprint Corp.'s proposed $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. should be conditioned on the merged entity's divestiture of 2.5 GHz wireless licenses. "FCC approval of this transaction will harm consumers by allowing one entity to...

  Tags: America, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, merger, Nextel Communications Inc., spectrum, Sprint Communications, Sprint Nextel Corp.

• US telecoms face a shake-up after the merger of AT&T and Cingular

  - 2005-03-01

  The face of US telecoms has changed dramatically in the past year. Following the consolidation of the cellular sector with the mergers of Cingular Wireless with AT&T Wireless, and then Sprint with Nextel, the most dramatic of them all has been agreed--the acquisition of AT&T by SBC, one of the...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., broadband, Cingular Wireless, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, MCI Inc., merger, network, Nextel Communications Inc., spectrum, Sprint Communications, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Verizon Communications Inc., Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• Nextel eyes new spectrum possibilities.(management of Nextel Communications Inc.)

  - 2005-03-01

  While Nextel Communications works out its planned "merger of equals" with Sprint, the company is juggling several spectrum balls in the air. Fresh off of its acceptance of the FCC's offer to swap 800 MHz spectrum with emergency service providers, Nextel is...

  Tags: FCC, Government, Nextel Communications Inc., spectrum

• Nextel to end Flarion trial; Pending Sprint merger prevents contract, at least at 1.9 GHz.(News)

  - 2005-02-14

  Byline: DAN MEYER After more than a year of network trials, Nextel Communications Inc. said it plans to shut down its Flarion Technologies Flash-OFDM based Wireless Broadband service June 30. The trial has been running in select North Carolin ...

  Tags: merger, network, Nextel Communications Inc., spectrum, Sprint Communications

• Nextel and FCC agree plan to end mobile phone interference

  - 2005-02-08

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-8 February 2005-Nextel and FCC agree plan to end mobile phone interferenceC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Mobile phone operator, Nextel Communications, has agreed a deal with the US Federal Communications Commission FCC to end the interference that some Nextel mobile phones cause to public safety communications systems. The...

  Tags: FCC, Government, MARKETING, mobile, Nextel Communications Inc., phone, spectrum

• Nextel OKs FCC deal on wireless spectrum

  - 2005-02-08

  Nextel Communications agreed Monday to a deal in which it will begin using new wireless spectrum so its cellphones will stop interfering with public-safety radios across the USA. Under an agreement with regulators, Nextel will give up its old airwaves and, in the next three years, shift to more...

  Tags: airwave, FCC, Government, MARKETING, Nextel Communications Inc., radio, spectrum, wireless

• Technology winners & losers: the Sprint-Nextel merger raises questions about the future of Flarion's Flash-OFDM, WiMAX and even CDMA.(Nextel Communications Inc.)(Optical Frequency Division Multiplexing )(Code Division Multiple Access)(Worldwide Intero

  - 2005-01-01

  A part from the obvious issues related to the integration of two disparate networks, the Sprint Nextel merger has longer-term technology implications, especially related to emerging wireless broadband solutions. The two networks will continue along their separate paths for the ...

  Tags: broadband, CDMA, FINANCE, Flarion Technologies Inc., Investment, merger, Motorola Inc., network, Nextel Communications Inc., spectrum, Sprint Communications, Sprint Nextel Corp., technology, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS