WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn two decisions from a federal appeals court that said bankruptcy court did not have jurisdiction when the case involved the Federal Communications Commission's regulatory powers."Unless overturned by this court, the will...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will delay the re-auction of C-and F-block licenses to give the wireless industry time to digest rules that allow large carriers to bid, said Ari Fitzgerald, legal adviser to FCC Chairman William Kennard.The FCC said it has tentatively concluded it...
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. last week said the Federal Communications Commission is attempting to re-auction its licenses before a federal appeals court can rule whether it has the authority to do so."There is no reason to believe that the will issue a decision within...
WASHINGTON-Yet another court will have to decide whether the Federal Communications Commission has the authority to re-auction the 90 personal communications services licenses once owned by NextWave Telecom Inc.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled a bankruptcy court could not stop...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission got support for its actions regarding the 90 personal communications services licenses of NextWave Telecom Inc. from one of NextWave's competitors in the 1996 C-block auction."While we have not always supported PCS licensing decisions, on the license cancellation issue...
SignalSoftSteven Adams was appointed vice president of operations for SignalSoft Corp., a developer of wireless location services. Adams will oversee product deployment and installation, product technical support and customer training for all geographic areas, including North America, South America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Prior...
WASHINGTON-Heavy lobbying by NextWave Telecom Inc. to have Congress stop the Federal Communications Commission from taking back NextWave's 90 personal communications services licenses failed Thursday when the congressional leadership agreed to strip it from a bill to reform bankruptcy law."We agreed that if an...
NEW YORK-Excluding the third-generation wireless impact, the number of cell sites for mobile communications in the United States likely will reach 140,000 in the next two years, said Ric Prentiss, senior vice president of equity research for Raymond James & Associates.Citing Cellular Telecommunications Industry...
WASHINGTON-Apparently not able to get a majority of the commission to agree with him, Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard has directed staff to release proposed rules that would allow large carriers to bid on some of the spectrum scheduled to be re-auctioned in...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission asked for Capitol Hill's blessing to delay until September the 700 MHz auctions after large wireless carriers said the spectrum was too heavily encumbered to be of any value."I have serious concerns about the compressed timing for these auctions ......
WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) early this week plans to ask the Justice Department to investigate alleged lobbying violations by the Federal Communications Commission.The lobbying activity in question involves faxes sent by the FCC to congressional staff positioned against a bill passed...
WASHINGTON-The government stepped closer to opening its July 26 auction of personal communications services licenses to large wireless carriers that may pay high dollar for spectrum in key markets like New York and San Francisco."Perhaps it is time for the commission going forward in...
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau appears willing to remove some, if not all, of the small business restrictions on the licenses it reclaimed from NextWave Telecom Inc.This during the same week a House subcommittee signaled it would pass legislation returning the licenses to NextWave...
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. appears to have gotten the attention of the House Judiciary Committee with a letter sent to its chairman last week complaining that the Federal Communications Commission is knowingly conducting a misinformation campaign."The March 23rd letter is designed to divert attention away...
NEW YORK-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. is prepared to wage war on two fronts in the battle of the titans for transnational control of wireless telecommunications, John Stanton, VoiceStream's chairman and chief executive officer said.Although focused on expanding its domestic footprint through acquisitions of carriers and...
The flurry of consolidation in the wireless industry leads the industry observer to believe a nationwide presence is a necessity to compete in this market going forward.AT&T Wireless Services Inc. raised the bar in 1998 offering its nationwide plan, the Digital One Rate plan....
WASHINGTON-Some see the eventual fate of license winners in the 1996 personal communications services C-block auctions as one of strategy and planning; others see it as the Federal Communications Commission treating everyone the same in a way that negatively hurts everyone.Which views are expressed...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected this week to issue a public notice that will include in the July 26 scheduled re-auction of personal communications services C- and F-block licenses the licenses of most, if not all, of the bankrupt C-blockers.At press time, a...
WASHINGTON-Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), chairman of the appropriations subcommittee that controls the Federal Communications Commission's purse strings, last week signaled he would like the FCC to waive spectrum cap and small business eligibility rules for the re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s wireless licenses...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's decision to delay until June 7 the auction of broadcast spectrum has raised questions about the agency's motives and intentions.The spectrum, freed up as a result of TV broadcasters transition from analog to digital technology, is known as 60-69 because...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit last week prohibited bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s counsel from arguing a crucial opposition to the Federal Communications Commission.The court is set to hear oral arguments from NextWave soon. The bankrupt C-block company opposes a petition...
Qualcomm Inc. said it may seek a stay of the upcoming channel 60-69 auctions if the Federal Communications Commission denies its petition that requested spectrum from this auction as a remedy for a pioneer's preference license it was denied in the last decade.As it...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. has settled a lingering shareholder class-action lawsuit for $29 million, according to lawyers for the shareholders.The settlement, which RCR first learned of last week, was reached on Feb. 17.Nextel did not return calls for comment.The lawsuit, filed in March 1995, accused...
NEW ORLEANS-The Federal Communications Commission will decide by early April whether to restrict bidding in the scheduled re-auction of personal communications services C- and F-block licenses to small businesses-known as designated entities-and those who do not exceed the spectrum caps, top FCC staffers told...
