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T-Mobile Set to Receive AT&T Airwaves

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 25 at 12:48 pm PT

The Federal Communications Commission cleared the way for T-Mobile USA to receive about $1 billion in wireless airwaves it is owed as part of the breakup fee for AT&T Inc.’s failed $39 billion takeover bid.

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LightSquared Pays Inmarsat $56 Million to Resolve Default

Melodie Warner, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 20 at 12:15 pm PT

Billionaire Phil Falcone’s wireless start-up, LightSquared Inc., made a $56.25 million payment to Inmarsat to resolve a default under their spectrum cooperation agreement, giving the troubled company more time to gain approval for a wireless service.

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U.S. Proposes Sharing Airwaves

Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on March 27 at 5:02 pm PT

Obama administration officials proposed requiring the Defense Department and other federal agencies to share a chunk of the airwaves they currently use with wireless companies after concluding it could be too expensive and time-consuming to move the federal agencies to other airwaves.

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Verizon Rivals Push FCC to Block Spectrum Buy

Anton Troianovski, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on February 22 at 9:47 am PT

T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS Communications Inc. are pushing the Federal Communications Commission to block Verizon Wireless’ plan to buy wireless airwaves from a group of cable companies for $3.9 billion.

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Bill Is a Boon for Wireless

Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on February 16 at 11:56 am PT

Wireless carriers could be among the biggest beneficiaries of Congress’s plan to extend the payroll-tax cut because the legislation currently includes a provision to raise billions of dollars by auctioning off television airwaves.

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Sprint May Have to Return $65 Million to LightSquared

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on February 15 at 12:42 pm PT

Sprint Nextel Corp. said it would have to return $65 million to Philip Falcone’s LightSquared if the hedge-fund manager’s wireless venture fails to get final Federal Communications Commission approval by a mid-March deadline between the two companies.

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FCC Approves AT&T Purchase of Qualcomm Licenses

Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on December 22, 2011 at 5:15 pm PT

Federal regulators approved AT&T Inc.’s $1.9 billion acquisition of airwaves from Qualcomm Inc. Thursday, giving AT&T a much-needed boost after its deal to acquire T-Mobile USA fell apart.