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• US Department of Justice requests more information from Alltel and Western Wireless

  - 2005-03-03

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-3 March 2005-US Department of Justice requests more information from Alltel and Western WirelessC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Telecomms companies Alltel Corp and Western Wireless Corp have received a request from the US Department of Justice to provide additional information on Alltel's acquisition of Western Wireless. Alltel said...

  Tags: Alltel Corp., FINANCE, Investment, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Justice, Western Wireless Corp., WIRELESS

• 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  President Bush has withdrawn certain trade benefits accorded Cote d'Ivoire, the western African nation that stormed Western Wireless Corp.'s offices in 2003 and forced the firm to shut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

• Court ruling could hurt wireless carriers wanting universal-service subsidies.

  - 2001-08-13

  WASHINGTON--A recent federal appeals court decision might make it even more difficult for wireless companies, such as Western Wireless Corp., to obtain subsidies from the universal-service fund. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit July 31 reversed rules created by...

  Tags: carrier, FCC, Government, subsidy, Western Wireless Corp., 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

• Western Wireless Wins 100 Additional PCS Licenses in 23 States Through Recent FCC Auctions

  - 1997-01-17

  ISSAQUAH, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 17, 1997-- -- Largest markets include Seattle and Phoenix; seven additional licenses secured through partnership with Cook Inlet -- Western Wireless Corp. (NASDAQ:WWCA) was the high bidder for 100 new personal communications...

  Tags: auction, FCC, PCS, Western Wireless Corp., WIRELESS