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• States take creative approach to E911 deployment. (Focus: E911).

  - 2002-06-24

  WASHINGTON--While the Federal Communications Commission turns its attention to enforcing the wireless enhanced 911-buildout schedule, some states are doing more to foster the buildout by encouraging deployment and educating their residents about the differences between wireline and wireless E91 1, and some states are...

  Tags: carrier, E911, FCC, Government, Indiana, VoiceStream Wireless, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• VoiceStream can provide priority access.

  - 2002-04-08

  WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission last week granted a waiver to VoiceStream Wireless Corp. to provide wireless priority access service to local, state and federal officials in the nation's capital and New York. The waiver will expire on Dec. 31 or sooner if...

  Tags: FCC, Government, VoiceStream Wireless, waiver, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• FCC Grants Priority Access Waiver

  - 2002-04-04

  Priority wireless access for government officials is important enough to avoid delaying a pilot program by VoiceStream Wireless until after the carrier and its technology vendors offer priority access precisely how the Federal Communications Commission wants it. The FCC on Wednesday said it will allow VoiceStream, a unit of...

  Tags: FCC, Government, VoiceStream Wireless, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• VoiceStream Announces Voice Enabled Blackberry and PC Data Card Available

  - 2002-03-04

  Business Editors & Technology Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 4, 2002 Global Wireless Data to be National Master Dealer as Customers GET MORE options for Nationwide High-Speed Data Access VoiceStream Wireless announces the availability of the BlackBerry 5810TM wireless handheld email solution with Integrated Phone and the...

  Tags: E-mail, Handhelds, HARDWARE, network, PC Data Online, VoiceStream Wireless, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• VoiceStream pushes priority access. (News).(Brief Article)

  - 2002-02-25

  In a filing with the FCC, VoiceStream Wireless Corp. says it is in final negotiations with the National Communications System, a group of federal agencies responsible for emergency communications, to enable wireless priority access in Washington, D.C., and New York City. The GSM community in the...

  Tags: FCC, FINANCE, Government, VoiceStream Wireless, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• 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

• 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