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WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau late Thursday said it is going forward with plans to auction Jan. 12 the licenses returned by bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. and other PCS licenses …

LAFAYETTE, Calif.-Mobex Communications Inc. acquired Regionet Wireless, which holds more than 3,900 channels in the Automated Maritime Telecommunications System band in states and metropolitan areas along the United States’ East …

WASHINGTON-The No. 1 issue for the wireless telecommunications industry is access to additional spectrum, whether it is the incumbent cellular operators wanting the spectrum cap lifted (and start-up operator attempts …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department has urged U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan to relax a 1995 antitrust consent decree imposed on Nextel Communications Inc., saying competition likely will occur in the …

WASHINGTON-New allegations surfaced last week that the Federal Communications Commission is giving Nextel Communications Inc. preferential treatment, claims that come on the coattails of a proposed antitrust settlement between Nextel …

WASHINGTON-Just days before going to trial last month, high-level Justice Department officials may have overruled government antitrust lawyers who appeared ready to make a strong case in federal court against …

WASHINGTON – Nextel Communications Inc. last week met stiff opposition to efforts to secure private wireless spectrum and approval for the transfer of 900 MHz dispatch licenses from bankrupt Geotek …

WASHINGTON-In reaching an out-of-court antitrust settlement with Nextel Communications Inc. last week, the Department of Justice found itself defending a deal on grounds that its own antitrust lawyers shot down …

Andrew Andrew Corp. elected Guy Campbell group president of wireless products and distributed communications systems. Campbell joined Andrew from Ericsson Inc., where most recently he was vice president of wireless …

Striking nerves Dear Editor: I have been in the two-way radio communications business for over 35 years. Regardless of my field, one thing I have noticed over the past 35+ …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc., already up against strong opposition from the Justice Department and dispatch radio operators, faces a heavy legal burden in convincing a federal judge here to vacate a …

WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan last week rejected the Justice Department’s motion to deny Nextel Communications Inc.’s lawsuit to vacate a 1995 antitrust consent decree, opening the way for …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. lawyer Thomas Cullen, attempting to convince U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan last Friday to accept the dispatch giant’s request to vacate a 1995 antitrust consent decree, …

WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Hogan later this week could rule on the Justice Department’s expected motion for summary judgment against Nextel Communications Inc.’s lawsuit to vacate a 1995 antitrust …

WILMINGTON, Del.-A bankruptcy court here last week approved Nextel Communications Inc.’s $150 million purchase of Geotek Communications Inc.’s 191 dispatch radio licenses, setting the stage for a fierce fight in …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. Friday said it plans to sell to Nextel Communications Inc. its portfolio of 191 specialized mobile radio 900 MHz licenses. The deal is valued at $150 …

WASHINGTON-Geotek Communications Inc., in conflict over competing bids for its 900 MHz dispatch radio licenses, may be ready to end weeks of delay and speculation by announcing a buyer at …

LAFAYETTE, Calif.-Mobex Communications Inc. announced it acquired Indianapolis-based Communications Maintenance Inc. and Richmond, Va.-based Radio Communications for its Commercial Services sector, expanding the reach of its specialized mobile radio and …

WASHINGTON-The bankruptcy sale of Geotek Communications Inc.’s 900 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses continued to be embroiled in uncertainty last week as company officials and creditors struggled over whether to …

WASHINGTON-Rothschild Inc. this week will learn whether bulk bidders can top the $54 million fetched from bidders for Geotek Communications Inc.’s 900 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses in a bankruptcy …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department’s denial of Nextel Communications Inc.’s request to modify a 1994 antitrust consent decree kept the nation’s top dispatch radio operator from bidding on bankrupt Geotek Communications Inc.’s …

LAFAYETTE, Calif.-Mobex Communications said it will centralize mobile phone services for San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. The first phase of the project will consolidate about 8,000 of the …

ORLANDO, Fla.-To paraphrase a Bell Atlantic commercial, “wild things are happening” in dispatch radio, according to speakers at the recent PCS ’98 show. Just outside the spotlight, which is focused …

NEW YORK-Venture-backed investments in the second quarter reached an all-time high of $3.7 billion, breaking the prior record of $3.3 billion set in the last quarter of 1997. These investments …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. is on its way to a rout in the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio auction, leading its closest competitor in the race for licenses by nearly $29 …