Worldcom

Just what are Craig McCaw and Nextel Communications Inc. up to, separately or together? Is there a grand plan waiting to be hatched or just some heady hedges that may-or …

WASHINGTON-After weeks of speculation, it appears that GSM technology has won out over CDMA systems in Iraq. The Coalition of Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Minister of Communications Oct. 6 …

WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc., which is doing business under the name MCI, named five independent directors to its board late last month. Laurence Harris is a partner at the law firm of …

WASHINGTON-Long before WorldCom Inc. admitted to billions in accounting fraud, it was trying to become a major wireless carrier by reselling service from Verizon Wireless. As part of that scheme, …

WASHINGTON-After settling with the federal government and admitting to more than $11 billion in accounting misdeeds, WorldCom Inc., parent to SkyTel Paging and recipient of a contract to build a …

WASHINGTON-Long before WorldCom Inc. admitted to billions in accounting fraud, it was trying to become a major wireless carrier by reselling service from Verizon Wireless. As part of that scheme, …

WASHINGTON-A consortium with investors from Iraq, the United States, South Korea and the United Kingdom applied last week to construct U.S.-engineered CDMA technology mobile-phone networks in Iraq, according to sources, …

WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc. said Monday that its suspension from doing business with the government could cost the company as much as $137 million by 2005. In a filing with the Securities …

WASHINGTON-The judge overseeing the bankruptcy of WorldCom Inc. on Wednesday approved the company’s settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. “It represents additional validation of all the positive steps the …

WASHINGTON-Sprint Corp. responded bitterly to a recommendation from the inspector general of the General Services Administration that it be debarred from future government contracts. “We find it outrageous that they …

WASHINGTON-As suspected due to last week’s Pentagon press conference, the Coalition Provisional Authority has changed the rules regarding government ownership of telecommunications companies wanting to offer mobile-phone service in Iraq …

WASHINGTON-The Coalition Provisional Authority may revisit a ban against government-owned telecommunications companies from winning a wireless license in Iraq, said a top military official on Friday afternoon. “This is what …

WASHINGTON-The judge overseeing the bankruptcy of WorldCom Inc., parent of SkyTel paging, delayed by two weeks the telecom giant’s confirmation hearing. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez’s decision followed a decision by …

WASHINGTON-A day before the civilian administrator of Iraq addressed the National Press Club and the U.S. Department of Commerce released the details of an auction of Iraqi mobile-phone licenses, a …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. was awarded the fixed-wireless assets of bankrupt WorldCom Inc. by Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez. Nextel will pay $144 million for the licenses. BellSouth Corp., which originally entered …

WASHINGTON-A day before the civilian administrator of Iraq addressed the National Press Club and the U.S. Department of Commerce released the details of an auction of Iraqi mobile-phone licenses, a …

WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc.’s proposed $144 million sale of fixed wireless assets to Nextel Communications Inc. potentially faces far more obstacles than initially thought, a situation that a federal bankruptcy judge is …

WASHINGTON-The U.S.-led occupational force in Iraq will seek bids for three regional mobile-phone licenses in the war-ravaged nation, but growing security problems could undermine wireless and other telecom reconstruction efforts. …

WASHINGTON-A federal bankruptcy court in New York postponed to July 22 a hearing on objections and other issues regarding WorldCom Inc.’s $144 million sale of its fixed wireless properties to …

WASHINGTON-U.S.-led coalition officials are expected within days to issue a tender for a regional mobile network in Iraq and schedule a conference in Amman, Jordan, on July 31 for prospective …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. came out of nowhere to win the auction of bankrupt WorldCom Inc.’s wireless assets with a $144 million bid, more than doubling the original offer by BellSouth …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc., desperately seeking spectrum, came out of nowhere to win the auction of bankrupt WorldCom Inc.’s wireless assets with a $144 million bid, more than doubling the original …

In an industry drowning in acronyms and meaningless catch phrases, few labels are as hard to pin down as the European-derived mobile virtual network operator. Separately the words are familiar …

WASHINGTON-Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, signed an order creating a new Iraqi government agency to oversee licensing of commercial wireless and wireline telecom systems in that country. The …

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. is getting a slice of the $34 million contract held by WorldCom Inc. to provide mobile phone service to U.S. civilian and military officials in Baghdad, even as …