NextWave

More than a year after announcing plans to sell off or find a partner for its wireless division, Qwest Communications International Inc. last week reported a deal with Sprint PCS …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. officially announced it has reached an agreement with bankrupt license holder NextWave Telecom Inc. to purchase spectrum licenses covering 34 markets and 83 million potential customers for …

Second-quarter results from public tower companies reflect improved financial stability and greater optimism that cell-site additions will ramp up in the coming months. Crown Castle International Corp. released its second-quarter …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s rumored $1.4 billion purchase of 34 PCS licenses from NextWave Telecom Inc. was semi-announced last week as NextWave’s public-relations agency distributed a press release claiming the two …

Despite a press release from NextWave Telecom Inc.’s public relations company that a deal had been reached, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it is still in negotiations to purchase wireless licenses …

NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has reportedly agreed to purchase $1.4 billion worth of wireless spectrum licenses from bankrupt license holder NextWave Telecom Inc., according to Bloomberg News, citing people familiar …

Siemens AG said it will expand Russian mobile operator MegaFon’s mobile-phone network under a $94.2 million contract. The agreement covers the extension of the carrier’s GSM network with switching and …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. on Monday passed the final regulatory hurdle when the Federal Communications Commission said it was not in violation of foreign-ownership rules. “We’re glad that it’s now put …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. came out of nowhere to win the auction of bankrupt WorldCom Inc.’s wireless assets with a $144 million bid, more than doubling the original offer by BellSouth …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee passed by voice vote a bill meant to keep the NextWave Telecom Inc. bankruptcy saga from happening again. “The bill would ensure that valuable spectrum would …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday passed by voice vote a bill meant to keep the NextWave Telecom Inc. bankruptcy saga from happening again. NextWave filed for bankruptcy in 1998 after …

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved NextWave Telecom Inc.’s partnership plan with venture capital firm Clarity Partners in an attempt to acquire additional spectrum …

NextWave Telecom Inc. said it filed for permission with its bankruptcy court to form a partnership with California-based venture capital firm Clarity Partners L.P. to acquire additional spectrum. The partnership, …

NextWave Telecom Inc. is reportedly close to an agreement to sell approximately 20 percent of its recently recovered spectrum licenses to Cingular Wireless L.L.C. for nearly $1.5 billion. While neither …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Monday certified that bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. has met the five-year build-out requirement on its licenses. “The construction notifications that [NextWave] they have supplied to …

WASHINGTON-President Bush has appointed Janice Obuchowski to head the U.S. delegation to the World Radiocommunication Conference this summer in Geneva. The expected appointment of Obuchowski, a former telecom policy-maker and …

NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless, the joint venture between Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group plc, has withdrawn plans for an initial public offering of up to $5 billion this year because it …

NEW YORK-Fitch Ratings affirmed its A+ senior unsecured rating for Verizon Global Funding and A+ implied senior unsecured rating of Verizon Communications Inc., noting progress Verizon made last year in …

WASHINGTON-Eldorado Communications L.L.C. asked the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to allow winners in the re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s licenses to …

Fresh off the government’s decision to release all participants from the financial responsibility related to the ill-fated auction of NextWave Telecom Inc.’s wireless spectrum, Verizon Wireless Inc. purchased 50 wireless …

WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. …

spectrum in Northcoast buy Fresh off the government’s decision to release all participants from the financial responsibility related to the ill-fated auction of NextWave Telecom Inc.’s wireless spectrum, Verizon Wireless …

WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. …

Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investor Services downgraded its senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Verizon Communications Inc. from A1 to A2 and the long-term debt ratings of Verizon Wireless Inc. from A2 …