NextWave

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard last week told the House of Representatives’ top telecommunications lawmaker, Rep. Thomas Bliley (R-Va.), that a letter signed by the FCC general counsel does …

WASHINGTON-For the second straight week, Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) hammered the Federal Communications Commission over questionable wireless licensing activity and opened a new probe into the proposed merger …

WASHINGTON-The saga of the NextWave Telecom Inc. bankruptcy, like a hurricane in the ocean, kept churning last week as a variety of activities here and in New York had players …

WASHINGTON-With lawmakers back at work, the wireless industry will shift gears to push for passage of pending bills and try to position other legislation for congressional approval in 2000. Before …

If you want clout in Washington, the only thing better than being a top board member of either of the two largest wireless trade associations is not being a member …

WASHINGTON-Despite a vow to veto the Republican tax-cut bill when it is sent to the president, the White House Chief of Staff said the Clinton administration will still support the …

Bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. have tentatively agreed to again extend terms of a temporary restraining order banning Nextel from proposing its own reorganization plan to NextWave’s …

NEW YORK-Deutsche Telekom, which bought England’s One-2-One last month, considers its 10-percent stake in Sprint Corp. too minuscule a toehold in the burgeoning and beckoning American market, company executives said …

WASHINGTON-After weeks of refusing to publicly explain its deal with Nextel Communications Inc., the Federal Communications Commission is being forced to tell all to the top House telecommunications policy maker …

NEW YORK-Chalk one up for the Federal Communications Commission, which received a stay Aug. 31 of several lower-court decisions that affirmed key aspects of the bankruptcy reorganization of C-block carrier …

FCC Chairman Bill Kennard had an excellent opportunity last Tuesday to set the record straight on the side deal his top legal officer cut with the Justice Department and Nextel …

Having returned from Cape Cod and read about the ill-fated hostile takeover attempt by Nextel Communications Inc., the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department, I got to thinking: Had …

WASHINGTON-Geotek Communications Inc. creditors blasted the proposed antitrust settlement between the Justice Department and Nextel Comm-unications Inc., while government lawyers continued to fight to limit the creditors’ participation in the …

Everywhere you look it seems wireless companies are declaring bankruptcy. Iridium, NextWave and Metro PCS all are trying to beat their way through the complex jungle of Chapter 11 bankruptcy …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-The government late Friday was granted a last-minute emergency stay in its appeal against the bankruptcy reorganization of NextWave Personal Communications Inc., despite a stinging rebuke from another …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission received two rebukes from the Senate last week regarding the agreement its general counsel signed Aug. 10 that seemed to pave the way for Nextel Communications …

WASHINGTON-The major trade associations representing mobile phone carriers are staying out of the legislative battle over whether the Federal Communications Commission should be able to take back radio-frequency spectrum licenses …

Anyway you slice it, the Nextel-government-NextWave thing is weird. Nextel Communications Inc. gets government approval to go after NextWave Telecom Inc. licenses, even though NextWave has no intention of giving …

While Nextel Communications Inc.’s pursuit of personal communications services licenses held by bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. appears to have come to an end, the Federal Communications Commission continues to search …

News that Nextel Communications Inc. received government approval to pursue 95 personal communications services licenses held by bankrupt designated entity NextWave Telecom Inc. dumbfounded and angered several large carriers last …

WASHINGTON-Whether the spectrum cap should stay or go-one issue that distinguishes incumbent cellular operators and upstart personal communications services operators-“will hopefully” be decided by the Federal Communications Commission at its …

The fallout from the C-block debacle continued last week as Wisconsin-based C-blocker Airadigm Communications filed for chapter 11 protection at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Madison, Wis. Meanwhile, C-block winner …

WASHINGTON-A wild flurry of lobbying on telecom appropriations bills late last week ended with Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) withdrawing an amendment to relax the spectrum cap and House subcommittee members …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-NextWave Personal Communications Inc. may find its bid to keep its C-block personal communications services licenses more challenging as the case goes to appeals court. “I don’t see …

WASHINGTON-At the root of two remaining legal battles from the personal communications service C-block debacle is one word-money. If the Federal Communications Commission is not after money, it should not …