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• Rural phone service fund under siege

  - 2005-01-20

  Paul Reynolds was in cellphone Siberia. His cellphone worked fine in Sioux Falls, S.D., where he worked. But it was useless in his tiny hometown of Parker, 25 miles southwest. Neither of the state's two main carriers -- Western Wireless, Reynolds' provider, and Verizon Wireless -- felt it would...

  Tags: carrier, FCC, phone, Western Wireless Corp., Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• D.C. Briefs.(Briefs)

  - 2005-01-17

  President Bush has withdrawn certain trade benefits accorded Cote d'Ivoire, the western African nation that stormed Western Wireless Corp.'s offices in 2003 and forced the firm to shut down mobile-phone operations. The White House took action in December, removing Cote d'Ivoire from the list of countries...

  Tags: FCC, Government, handset, Western Wireless Corp., Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• OPIC's board approves $50 million for expanded wireless service in Bolivia. (Bolivia).(Overseas Private Investment Corporation)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-02-01

  The Overseas Private Investment Corporation, an agency of the US government, approved a US$50 million loan guarantee for Western Wireless that will enable the company, through its local subsidiary NuevaTel, to expand a wireless network in Bolivia NuevaTel will use the OPIC guarantee to expand its...

  Tags: board, Bolivia, network, NETWORKING, U.S. Government, Western Wireless Corp., Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Arizona May Confer ETC On Smith Bagley.(Government Activity)

  - 2000-10-02

  WASHINGTON--In what will become the first ruling of its kind, regulators in Arizona are preparing to give Smith Bagley Inc. access to federal subsidies to provide wireless service on Indian tribal lands. For several years, the FCC has been exploring ways to improve...

  Tags: Arizona, carrier, FCC, Government, regulator, subsidy, Western Wireless Corp., Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• If You Help Us, We'll Help Them.(Industry Trend or Event)

  - 2000-03-27

  WASHINGTON--Working for his client's cause, a consultant to Western Wireless soon will publish a report on barriers to phone service on Indian reservations. Presumably, the document also will detail, or will imply, how Western Wireless could surmount those hurdles if it is granted "Eligible Telecommunications Carrier"...

  Tags: FCC, Government, Western Wireless Corp., Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Western Wireless Breaks ETC Barrier For Wireless Providers

  - 1999-10-05

  Western Wireless Corp. [WWCA] has a foot in the door of universal-service funding with its designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier by Minnesota telecom regulators. Now, the Issaquah, Wash.-based carrier looks to push the door wide open across the states in its coverage area. The Minnesota Public Utilities...

  Tags: barrier, FCC, Government, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Western Wireless Corp., Wi-Fi, WIRELESS