Studies find scant availability of spectrum for wireless Internet

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Studies by the FCC, Department of Commerce and the Pentagon have shown that finding space on the busy airwaves in order to promote more wireless communications will be almost impossible. Many wireless communication services concerns need space on frequencies that simply are not available. Both ex-president Clinton and President Bush have ordered reviews of the current system in order to find more space on wireless frequencies that the government can licence out to corporations as well as government agencies, but space is ,apparently, very limited.

Government domestic functions, Management, Corporate growth, Wireless Internet access, Industry growth

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Wireless companies may be near deal for new licenses

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A $17 billion settlement between the government and the telecom industry over airwaves licenses may be on the verge of completion. The licenses are those won at auction by NextWave Telecom back in 1996, but then confiscated by regulators. The Pentagon will surely get the additional spectrum it wants now that national security is a top priority since the terrorist attacks September 11th. The largest carriers, like Verizon, Cingular and Sprint, would pay about $10 billion in the settlement, giving the government funds it needs to help the recovery in the aftermath of the tragedy.

Cases, Laws, regulations and rules, Radio broadcasting, Frequency allocation (Telecommunications), Influence, Sprint Corp., FON, Radio frequency allocation, Terrorism, Wireless telecommunications service, Government contracts, Verizon Communications Inc., VZ, Cingular Wireless L.L.C., World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001, Government contract dispute/protest, NextWave Communications

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Wireless deal falls apart in Congress

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The US Congress failed to pass legislation calling for the transfer of $16 billion in wireless airwave licenses from NextWave Telecom Inc. to several of the major cellular telephone services companies. The controversial deal, arranged by FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell, would see the bankrupt NextWave profit to the tune of $6 billion in taxpayer money. NextWave bought the licenses for $4.74 billion in 1996 auctions and had only made one payment when it entered bankruptcy in 1998. NextWave has been in litigation since then to keep hold of the coveted licenses.

Cellular Mobile Radio Services, Government regulation, Finance, Cellular telephone services industry, Political activity, Telecommunications regulations, United States. Congress, Government communications regulation, Industry legal issue, NextWave Telecom Inc.

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