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CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications said it will supply a temporary Global System for Mobile communications digital network in New Orleans during the Personal Communications Industry Association’s Personal Communications Showcase ’99 …

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-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 …

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 …

WASHINGTON-At a time when policy makers are wrestling with how best to reform the Federal Communications Commission in the Digital Age of Competition, the agency is quietly undergoing a transformation …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard denied improperly lobbying for legislation to prevent wireless licenses from becoming mired in bankruptcy litigation, but now-in a new flare up-has drawn sharp rebuke …

WASHINGTON-While Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard distanced himself from charges at a recent congressional hearing that his agency lobbied for legislation to recover scores of mobile phone licenses entangled …

WASHINGTON-Rural America may be left out of the re-auction of personal communications services licenses. At the end of round six on Thursday, 37 percent of the C-block licenses had not …

A story in the March 8 issue indicated there were no personal communications service provid-ers in Las Vegas. Las Vegas was included in the Metropolitan Trading Area for Los Angeles-San …

WASHINGTON-Continuing its strategy to get some of Pocket Communications Inc.’s personal communications services licenses, National Telecom PCS Inc. last week offered to pay $13 million for the 12 C-block licenses. …

BALTIMORE-Judge E. Stephen Derby last week denied a motion by Pocket Communications Inc. to reverse its election, thus allowing the re-auction of all but 12 of Pocket’s licenses to go …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, ratcheting up the debate with top telecom lawmakers over C-block personal communications services policy, staunchly defended a proposal to enable the Federal Communications Commission to swiftly recover …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton, setting up a confrontation with top telecom lawmakers, proposed in his fiscal 2000 budget last week to let the Federal Communications Commission confiscate licenses of bankrupt wireless firms. …

WASHINGTON-House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) and a bipartisan coalition of top telecom lawmakers last week urged the Clinton administration to revise estimated receipts from C-block personal communications services license …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission again this year is hoping Congress will pass legislation so it does not have to fight to get back wireless licenses from bankrupt companies. Legislation to …

WASHINGTON-As the Federal Communications Commission set the stage for auctioning nearly 500 returned C-block personal communications services licenses next March, agency lawyers successfully fought lenders Friday in Baltimore bankruptcy court …

BALTIMORE-At the end of a day-long hearing last Thursday, a bankruptcy judge made sure everyone, including himself, could go home happy. DCR PCS Inc., the subsidiary of Pocket Communications Inc., …

WASHINGTON-In a stunning turnabout, the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission late last week terminated negotiations with Pocket Communications Inc. debtors and called for the return of all but …

WASHINGTON-In a flurry of legislative horse-trading capping the close of the 105th Congress, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) got a provision tucked into the fiscal 1999 omnibus budget …

The House Commerce Committee last Thursday added three wireless amendments to a bill to protect consumers from unauthorized changes by their long-distance providers. The amendments are intended to stem the …

In Chicago, where the mobile phone penetration rate is one of the highest among the nation’s most populous markets, cellular carriers Ameritech Cellular Services Inc. and SBC Wireless have made …

The first half of this year has produced several landscape-changing events in the wireless industry. If completed, the proposed mergers between SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. and Bell Atlantic …

In this Clintonian Age of Relativity, there is always-for everyone here-a way out: denial. Having an extramarital affair with a girl your twenty-something daughter’s age. Deny it. Soliciting campaign contributions …

In the eyes of some, the Federal Communications Commission’s great experiment with personal communications services licensing has been a smashing success. Facilities-based competition is all around. Subscriber numbers and revenues …

A number of new licenses will be up for grabs early next year as the majority of C-block personal communications services licensees opted to return their licenses to the Federal …