WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz Transition Administrator late last week gave non-Nextel economic area licensees until May 13 to decide whether they want to move as part of the 800 MHz rebanding effort to solve public-safety interference.EA licensees in the Southeast United States must decide whether...
WASHINGTON-"On behalf of Nextel, it is my honor to answer yes," said Tim Donahue, chief executive officer of Nextel Communications Inc. With that Donahue handed over an acceptance letter to Michael Powell, outgoing chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, in a press conference/photo opportunity...
WASHINGTON-Some of the nation's most populous areas, including New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, will be the first to begin the 800 MHz reconfiguration process, the 800 MHz Transition Administrator said late Monday. The Transition Administrator has established a four-wave process with the...
President Bush has withdrawn certain trade benefits accorded Cote d'Ivoire, the western African nation that stormed Western Wireless Corp.'s offices in 2003 and forced the firm to shut down mobile-phone operations. The White House took action in December, removing Cote d'Ivoire from the list...
WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz Transition Administrator said that ESMRs have until Jan. 21 to decide how they want to be relocated as part of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band."ESMRs employing cellular-type systems in the 800 MHz...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week said the spectrum Nextel Communications Inc. is giving up as part of the FCC's 800 MHz band retuning plan is worth $452 million more than its original estimate. The action means that after the rebanding process is complete,...
WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz Transition Administrator said Tuesday it is soliciting comments by Jan. 12 as it prepares the transition plan, which is due to the Federal Communications Commission Jan. 31.Some of the issues on which the administrator is interested in seeking comment include:Regions that...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said late Friday that it concurred with the Transition Administrator Search Committee and was selecting BearingPoint, Squire-Sanders-Dempsey L.L.P., and Baseline Telecom, Inc.-to be known as the BearingPoint Team-as the Transition Administrator for retuning the 800 MHz band. The BearingPoint Team...
WASHINGTON-Tim Donahue, chief executive officer of Nextel Communications Inc., said Thursday morning Nextel finds nothing in the Federal Communications Commission's plan to solve public-safety 800 MHz interference that it opposes and believes that the issues it has been discussing with the FCC can be...
WASHINGTON—Timothy Donahue, chief executive officer of Nextel Communications Inc., said Thursday morning Nextel finds nothing in the Federal Communications Commission plan that it opposes and believes that the issues it has been discussing with the FCC can be handled through an "erratum." By deploying...
WASHINGTON-The official wireless world was strangely silent last week with everyone from Nextel Communications Inc. to Verizon Wireless refusing to say what happens now that the Federal Communications Commission has released the details of its plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz...
WASHINGTON-As part of its plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band, the Federal Communications Commission is creating a Transition Administrator to facilitate the shuffling of the 800 MHz band."The Transition Administrator will perform a variety of administrative functions and mediate or...
WASHINGTON-Legg Mason Inc., which owns just over 9 percent of the stock for Nextel Communications Inc., said Monday it expects Nextel to accept the Federal Communications Commission's plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band."Once the order is published in the Federal...
