BROWSING: NextWave
BIG NAMES DROP OUT OF C-BLOCK AUCTION
WASHINGTON-North Coast Mobile Communications-gone. GO Telecommunications Corp.-gone. PCS 2000-director and CEO Anthony Easton resigns to "pursue other business interests." NextWave Personal Communications, GWI PCS Inc., DCR PCS Inc.-cleaning up. April Fools? Not hardly. Just another week in the life of the C-block broadband personal...
PCS BIDDERS ARE WISE TO WATCH BACKS
WASHINGTON-If bidders in the C-block broadband personal communications services auction have learned one thing, it's to watch one's back at any given moment or prized markets will be stolen away. And another milestone has been passed-all C-block BTAs now have been bid higher than...
C-BLOCK BIDDERS TURN TO STREET FIGHTS OVER RULES
WASHINGTON-The gloves finally are off in the fight for the most desirable C-block broadband personal communications services markets. Instead of taking the battle outside to duke it out, certain C-block bidders are using the Federal Communications Commission as the venue of choice.In a March...
C-BLOCK SPECTRUM SPECULATION RUNS HIGH: ONE BIDDER COUNTS 1,641 PARTNERS
WASHINGTON-The number of bidders participating in the C-block broadband personal communications services auction who are flying by the seats of their pants is staggering. The thought of committing millions of dollars to build a network that is expected to directly compete with numerous established...
GO ECHOES NEXTWAVE SUSPICIONS THAT SOME BIDDERS ARE `FRONTS’
WASHINGTON-Another top bidder in the C-block broadband personal communications services auction has had enough with the possibility of dealing with "front" organizations and speculators participating in the high-priced spectrum sale.GO Communications Corp. and its subsidiary, GO Telecommunications Corp., weighed in March 1 at the...
NEXTWAVE DEMANDS FCC ADDRESS BIDDING `FRONTS’
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc., whose subsidiary NextWave Personal Communications Inc. is bidding in the C-block personal communications services auction, wants to pin the Federal Communications Commission down as to how participants acting as "fronts" will be treated if a ruse is discovered and proved.In a...
PCS STAKES GET TOO RICH FOR SOME C-BLOCK BIDDERS
WASHINGTON-Are the prices being paid for C-block broadband personal communications services licenses getting to be too rich for even the richest blood? If the recent exit of U.S. AirWaves Holdings Inc., PersonalConnect Communications Inc. and TeleCorp. Inc., is any indication, second-squad bidders should get...
PCS BIDS TOP $5B AS COMPETITION SURGES
WASHINGTON-After staying the course for almost 30 rounds, John DeFeo and his U.S. AirWaves Holdings Inc. group may be on the verge of bidding the C-block broadband personal communications services auction goodbye.In the last two weeks, the group has been dormant during several rounds,...
AUCTION PLAYERS PREPARE TO JUMP BACK INTO BIDDING WAR THIS WEEK
WASHINGTON-Participants in the Federal Communications Commission's spectrum auctions are taking the next few days to gear up for Jan. 5, when the bidding for C-block broadband personal communications services and 900 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses resumes. Bidders ended the year by pledging about...
ASIAN FIRMS ENTER PCS AUCTION AS INVESTORS IN U.S. COMPANIES
Lured by a chance to swim in the next wave of wireless telephony and reeled in by entrepreneurs casting about for financial support, some big fish from Korea are jumping into the auction of C-block personal communications services licenses by backing major bidders.NextWave Personal...
C-BLOCK FIRMS (FINALLY) GET CHANCE TO BID
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....
NEXTWAVE JOINS NAWI
North American Wireless Inc. announced NextWave Personal Communications Inc. is joining the NAWI team of companies planning to build a nationwide personal communications services network using Code Division Multiple Access technology."NextWave brings a tremendous amount of expertise, experience and strength to our nationwide network,"...
QUALCOMM’S SALMASI QUITS FIRM IN QUEST FOR PCS OPPORTUNITIES
A new company led by industry veteran Allen Salmasi is poised to bid in the entrepreneurial auction for personal communications services licenses, with plans to build a network based on Code Division Multiple Access technology.NextWave Telecom Inc. is headed by Salmasi, who recently resigned...