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• Simpatico? Will Verizon's Puerto Rican Telecom Sale Pass FCC Muster?

  - 2006-06-26

  The Federal Communications Commission FCC is examining a Verizon Communications proposal to sell its Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico Inc. Telpri holdings to Mexico's America Movil SA (TelecomWeb news break, April 3). The agency's process of evaluating asset/license-transfer applications surrounds Telpri and its wholly owned subsidiaries of...

  Tags: acquisition, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Intelsat Ltd., Investment, Mexico, NETWORKING, Nextel Communications Inc., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Verizon Communications Inc.

• Sprint completes 35 billion dollar acquisition of Nextel

  - 2005-08-12

  WASHINGTON AFP — Sprint completed its 35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications, creating a telecom giant with some 44 million wireless customers, the two firms said. The combined firm will be known as Sprint Nextel Corp. and will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday under...

  Tags: acquisition, Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Investment, NETWORKING, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Sprint Nextel Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Stocks on the Rise.

  - 2005-06-03

  M2 PRESSWIRE-3 June 2005-WallStreetGrapevine: Stocks on the RiseC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03062005 Wall Street, NYC--Today, wallstreetgrapevine.com, named; TelePlus Enterprises Inc. (OTC BB: TLPE), Alamosa Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq NM: APCS), Nextel Communications Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NXTL), and Primus Telecommunications Group (Nasdaq...

  Tags: acquisition, Alamosa Holdings Inc., Company, FINANCE, Investment, Mexico, Motorola Inc., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NETWORKING, Nextel Communications Inc., phone, stock, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, U.S., VOIP, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Pate to resign from Justice Department.(News)

  - 2005-05-16

  The Justice Department said antitrust czar Hewitt Pate will resign next month, creating a vacancy amid a pending $35 billion merger between Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. and other large telecom deals. "It has been a great honor to serve...

  Tags: antitrust, NETWORKING, Nextel Communications Inc., SECURITY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, U.S. Department of Justice

• Wireless communication sector heating things up: RVWS, NXTL, TOMO, BRCM, VZ.

  - 2005-05-05

  M2 PRESSWIRE-5 May 2005-InvestSource Inc.: Wireless communication sector heating things up: RVWS, NXTL, TOMO, BRCM, VZC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05052005 Stocks in the News: RV Wireless Incorporated (OTC: RVWS), Nextel Communications Incorporated (Nasdaq: NXTL), TOM Online Incorporated (Nasdaq: TOMO), Broadcom...

  Tags: DSL, FINANCE, Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Nextel Communications Inc., stock, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TOM Online Inc., Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• 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

• Telecom Merger Mania.(Verizon Communications Inc. and MCI Inc.)(Qwest Communications International Inc. and MCI Inc.)(Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc.)

  - 2005-02-24

  Daryl Schoolar, In-Stat Senior Analyst Daryl Schoolar, In-Stat Senior Analyst

  Tags: In-Stat, MCI Inc., Nextel Communications Inc., Qwest Communications Inc., telecommunications, Verizon Communications Inc.

• Looking Back: The Telecom Year In Review

  - 2004-12-22

  The Whos, Wheres, Whens, Whats And Whys That Shaped 2004 There was something for everyone in 2004 when it came to regulatory and legislative issues: mergers, acquisitions, resolution of court cases, incumbents versus competitive carriers, the take-off of disruptive technology and the push by decision makers to treat new...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., broadband, commission, FCC, Government, Nextel Communications Inc., spectrum, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP

• Cingular opposes Nextel plan.(Business)(Wireless telecommunications services)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-12-01

  Cingular Wireless has urged communications regulators to reject a request by rival Nextel Communications Inc. to lower the cost of its plan to swap airwaves with the government, which is aimed at reducing interference with public safety communications. The FCC in July approved a...

  Tags: airwave, Cingular Wireless, FCC, Government, Nextel Communications Inc., telecommunications, wireless

• AGREEMENT CLEARS WAY FOR POLICE TELECOM

  - 2004-11-20

  Two telecommunications corporations reached agreement on access to high-fidelity radio frequencies that removed the final impediments to clear channel radio for law enforcement and first responders.The Federal Communications Commission in July adopted a plan to dedicate the 700- and 800-megahertz radio bands for public safety agencies.The decision required Nextel Communications...

  Tags: agreement, FCC, Government, MARKETING, Nextel Communications Inc., radio, telecommunications