U.S. Agency's Move In Bankruptcy Case Angers Its Critics

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There is controversy over whether the U.S. Federal Communications Commission should be allowed to cancel the licenses of NextWave Telecom Inc. while a lawsuit and bankruptcy case are pending.

Legal issues & crime, Cases, United States. Federal Communications Commission, NextWave Telecom Inc.

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FirstMark gets funding for European network. (FirstMark Communications International L.L.C.)

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New York-based FirstMark Communications International L.L.C., has obtained $600 million financing to build a wireless network for its European unit FirstMark Communications Europe S.A. Leading investment companies provided loans and equity investments arranged by Deutsche Bank AG.

Commercial Banks, Commercial Banking, Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing, Securities Dealers, Investment Banking and Securities Dealing, Germany, Financial management, Contracts & orders received, European Union, Radio & TV communications equipment, Venture Capital Companies, Miscellaneous Intermediation, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Investors, not elsewhere classified, Investment Offices, Investment Companies, Open-End Investment Funds, Security brokers and dealers, Cellular Mobile Tel Switching Eqp, Use of Funds, Mobile Radio Systems, Banking industry, Management, Finance, Wireless communications, Investments, Contracts, Securities industry, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., Design and construction, Cellular telephone equipment industry, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co., Deutsche Bank AG, MWD, DTBKY, Mobile communication systems, FirstMark Communications International L.L.C., FirstMark Communications Europe S.A., Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe

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Vodafone sends $45 billion message to wireless industry

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Vodafone Group PLC has made a bid of more than $45 billion to acquire AirTouch Communications Inc. The offer represents a serious threat to Bell Atlantic's merger negotiations with AirTouch. If the deal pushes through, it would be a major leap towards creating the first intercontinental mobile-phone provider to offer lower roaming fees. Both Vodafone and AirTouch operate in sectors that have over 40 million customers all over the world.

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Vodafone Group PLC bids more than $45 billion to acquire AirTouch Communications Inc.

United Kingdom, Asset sales & divestitures, Acquisitions & mergers, Foreign operations, Cellular Mobile Radio Services, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Cellular telephone services industry, Cellular telephone services, Abstract, Vodafone Group PLC, AirTouch Communications Inc., ATI

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