WASHINGTON-Looking forward to the next round of personal communications services auctions set to begin Aug. 26, Michele Farquhar, chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, promised to "expedite the process, just like we did today."And with that, the lightning sale of 18...
WASHINGTON-After an explosive beginning to the re-auction of 18 C-block personal communications services licenses, the original pool of bidders decreased last week to seven, and no one bidder is dominant.While there was some thought that the re-auction would be over by last Friday, the...
WASHINGTON-A terse, two-line order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit gave the Federal Communications Commission the go-ahead it needed to begin the July 3 re-auction of 18 defaulted C-block personal communications services licenses.And for C-block giant NextWave Personal...
WASHINGTON-Previous Federal Communications Commission auction winners and near winners plus a few new faces were accepted as qualified bidders for the July 3 auction of 18 C-block personal communications services licenses that were taken back from two winners that did not meet their financial...
Smaller C-block licensees with only a handful of permits say they're confident of making a profitable business from the properties they have, disregarding naysayers who claim a wireless business must be big to survive."There's an assumption that small bidders are afraid to go it...
WASHINGTON-DCR Communications has changed its name to Pocket Communications Inc.The Washington, D.C.-based firm, which walked away from the C-block spectrum auctions with personal communications services licenses for 43 markets, covering 35 million people, also introduced a new blue logo that includes an illustration of...
I must admit, I was a little taken aback when I heard that BDPCS Inc. defaulted on the down payment it was required to make for the 17 C-block pocket-phone licenses it won at auction. With more than $10 billion anted up to win...
WASHINGTON - C-block personal communications services auction winner BD-PCS Inc. has several legal channels open to it before it is forced to give up the 17 markets it won at auction because it could not meet a $37 million down-payment requirement.The Federal Communications Commission...
NEW YORK-Western Wireless Corp. went public May 22 with an 11 million share common stock offering priced at $23.50 each. At the same time, the company sold a 10-year, $150 million debt issue priced to yield 10.5 percent.The initial public offering of common stock...
WASHINGTON-Before disadvantaged and rural customers can take advantage of existing and emerging telecommunications services, the Federal Communications Commission and its adjunct Federal/State joint board have to decide how to revamp longstanding universal-service requirements to include wireless providers as possible local exchange carriers.As a prelude...
NEW YORK-Recent blips of volatility in the stock and bond markets are no cause for alarm for wireless companies planning to tap the public capital markets this spring, Wall Street executives said.One in three Americans now owns mutual fund shares, and some 30 million...
WESTLAKE, Texas-Nokia Telecommunications Inc. announced it has been selected as the sole supplier for the initial buildout of American Portable Telecom Inc.'s personal communications services network.The $200 million contract calls for Nokia to supply Global System for Mobile communications equipment, base stations and engineering...
InterCel Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase GTE Mobilnet Inc.'s personal communications services license for the Atlanta major trading area, pending regulatory approval."The addition of the Atlanta MTA represents an early opportunity for InterCel to extend its wireless coverage beyond our...
PLEASONTON, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services said it has completed the first calls on its new PCS-1900 network."By this time next year, PCS technology will have redefined the meaning of wireless," said Lyn Daniels, president and chief executive officer of Pac Bell.PBMS said it...
Northern Telecom Inc. announced the commercial launch of VoiceStream Wireless service on its Global System for Mobile communications-based personal communications services 1900 network in Hawaii, the second PCS network activated in the United States.The service, operated by Western Wireless Corp., was launched in Honolulu...
Less than a year after A- and B-block personal communications services licenses were awarded by the Federal Communications Commission, the PCS industry is entering a new phase of horse trading.GTE Mobilnet Inc. has agreed to sell its broadband PCS license for the Denver major...
Look for "clustering" to become a common word in tomorrow's wireless dictionary as companies continue to refine their strategies amid an increasingly competitive marketplace.GTE Mobilnet Inc. announced last week plans to sell its PCS license for the Denver market to Western Wireless Corp. As...
Motorola Inc. pulled out of equipment negotiations with Sprint Telecommunications Venture last week, saying financial and commercial terms proposed by Sprint were extraordinary."We made every effort to reach an agreement, and put our best and final offer on the table," said Motorola spokesman Scott...
WESTLAKE, Texas-Western Wireless Corp. announced it signed a multiyear agreement with Nokia Inc. to supply PCS 1900 systems to Western Wireless for its personal communications services network.The initial commitment calls for deliveries valued at $50 million, with an option to increase to $100 million...
Unless there is court action, a government shutdown or some cataclysmic event, the auction of C-block broadband personal communications services licenses is scheduled to begin today.Thirteen bidders have made double-digit, multimillion dollar upfront payments, indicating the seriousness with which some are approaching the opportunity....
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Telecommunications Venture is expected to announce in the next two weeks its choice of equipment vendors for its personal communications services network.Northern Telecom Ltd., AT&T Corp. and Motorola Inc. are prime contenders, although the companies are tight-lipped about negotiation specifics.Sprint announced...
CellStar Corp. said it formed a distribution relationship with Cellular One Group. The company said the agreement is a nationwide strategic cellular accessory program encompassing original equipment manufacturer products from Motorola Inc., NEC Corp., Nokia Inc., Ericsson Inc. and Oki telecom, as well as...
WASHINGTON-The Republican revolution two years ago that forced Democrats to relinquish control of Congress for the first time in 40 years may have produced one of the next top telecommunications policymakers on Capitol Hill.Rick White is a 42-year-old freshman from Washington's 1st District, home...
Brad Busse is now the chief operating officer at Daniels & Associates. Prior to his appointment, Busse served as executive vice president of Daniels' Mobile & Telephony division. Busse will continue to manage the mobile group, address the day-to-day operational issues of the firm...
