VoiceStream Wireless

WASHINGTON-Deutsche Telekom AG, after announcing its intent to buy VoiceStream Wireless Corp. , spent last week trying to kill an appropriations bill rider that could kill the deal and others …

WASHINGTON-House lawmakers late last week failed to cast a floor vote on appropriations legislation that was to include a repeal of the telephone tax, putting that measure and other wireless-related …

Two companies have introduced performance indicator product offerings to help carriers keep tabs on the competition. Arthur Andersen claims its “Wireless Benchmarking Tool for Key Performance Indicators,” allows wireless carriers …

Legislation by Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from approving the transfer of licenses from an American telecommunications company, such as VoiceStream Wireless Corp., was included …

Wireless carriers spend billions of dollars on spectrum to support the latest high-speed wireless applications that are designed to change the way the world communicates. Knowing they can’t provide that …

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WASHINGTON-An official bid for VoiceStream Wireless Corp. has reportedly emerged. According to press reports, Deutsche Telekom AG has offered more than $50 billion for the GSM operator. The Wall Street …

WASHINGTON-A congressional subcommittee and the wireless industry put pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to delay the upcoming 700 MHz auction, while private wireless wants the agency to go ahead …

NEW YORK-Concourse Communications Group L.L.C., Mineola, N.Y., is on a mission to turn the problem of poor reception inside public facilities into a business opportunity that will benefit wireless carriers …

Let the bidding frenzy begin. Possibilities are blowing open now that Sprint Corp. and WorldCom Inc. ended their $115 billion merger plans and reports of suitors for VoiceStream Wireless Corp. …

WASHINGTON-John Stanton, chairman and chief executive officer of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and Western Wireless Corp., was named chairman of the board of directors of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Stanton …

WASHINGTON-An uncertain wireless industry realignment could be in store as a result of Justice Department’s rejection last week of the WorldCom Inc.-Sprint Corp. merger and new legislation forbidding foreign government …

The Federal Communications Commission received comments from wireless operators over its tentative decision to allow large carriers to bid in the re-auction of C- and F-block personal communications services spectrum. …

Alcatel. Benin. With Office des Postes et Telecommunications (OPT) for a GSM network, along with fiber-optic and switching equipment. Value: US$32.8 million Kenya. With KenCell for a 50,000-subscriber capacity GSM …

DENVER, United States-Rumors that Deutsche Telekom was preparing a US$32 billion offer to acquire U.S. GSM carrier VoiceStream Wireless circulated at press time. DT has been hunting for U.S. acquisitions …

Xircom Inc. announced it is acquiring Omnipoint Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Xircom also said last week it will provide Bluetooth access products to Ericsson Mobile Communications …

WASHINGTON-James Lee Witt, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said last week Congress should intervene if mobile-phone carriers continue to refuse to offer early-alert warnings for natural disasters and …

WASHINGTON-The importance public image holds for competitive wireless carriers was highlighted last week when a major daily newspaper here-pointing to the lack of mobile-phone service in underground subways that run …

While wireless operators worldwide have formed joint ventures and made strategic acquisitions and investments, Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has remained in Japan, developing wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology and bringing …

WASHINGTON-Justice Department antitrust lawyers reportedly oppose the proposed $115 billion merger between WorldCom Inc. and Sprint Corp., a major snag that-if true-could kill the deal and spark bidding wars for …

STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said VoiceStream Wireless Corp. awarded the vendor a multi-year contract for equipment and services to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in the eastern United States. …

Personal communications services operator Powertel Inc. reached positive operating cash flow in the first quarter and added a company-record 110,000 subscribers. The Southeast PCS company, which analysts suspect soon may …

NEW YORK-United States Cellular Corp. and Aerial Communications, the two wireless subsidiaries of Telephone and Data Systems Inc., Chicago, reported strong growth during the first quarter. U.S. Cellular reported net …

Sprint PCS announced better-than-expected results in customer growth, revenues and cash-flow losses for the first quarter and released some long-awaited information about customers using its wireless Web offering. The nationwide …

WASHINGTON-The White House is expected shortly to release a belated report advocating the integration of wireless technologies into the nation’s Emergency Alert System, a policy that industry, federal regulators and …