Transition Administrator

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 …

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 …

President Bush has withdrawn certain trade benefits accorded Cote d’Ivoire, the western African nation that stormed Western Wireless Corp.’s offices in 2003 and forced the firm to shut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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …