FCC Boss Backs Cingular-ATT Wireless Deal
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U.S. Federal Communications  Commission Chairman Michael Powell plans to recommend Cingular  Wireless receive approval to purchase AT&T Wireless Services  Inc. AWE.N with some divestitures, sources familiar with the  matter said on Monday.
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(InfoWorld) - Kevin Martin, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is trying to get the ball rolling toward a decision on AT&T Inc.'s proposed acquisition of BellSouth Corp. The commission appears to be deadlocked 2-2 on whether to approve the deal. The fifth vote that could break that tie belongs to Commissioner Robert McDowell, who is likely to be disqualified because he has worked for a carrier lobbying group, according to news reports. The US$67 billion deal would combine two of the nation's biggest service providers in a company that would include Cingular Wireless LLC, currently a joint venture of the two companies. Consumer advocates and other critics have slammed the plan. AT&T has negotiated with the government and agreed to some conditions, but the two Democrat Commissioners, Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein, still oppose the acquisition. Martin last week wrote a letter to tell key members of Congress he was asking the FCC's general counsel to consider letting McDowell vote, an FCC spokesman confirmed Monday. Under the Code of Federal Regulations, McDowell could vote if the counsel determined that the government's interest in having him participate outweighed "concern that a reasonable person may question the integrity of the agency's programs and operations." The companies announced the planned acquisition in March, and the U.S. Department of Justice approved the proposed deal without conditions in October. An FCC vote on it has been delayed several times.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it has conditionally approved Cingular Wireless' &#36;41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. , clearing the last big hurdle for the deal.
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The FCC&#39;s wireless telecommunications bureau has recommended clearing Cingular&#39;s buyout of AT&amp;T Wireless with only minimal divestitures from the two companies.
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Cingular Wireless LLC has reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice that will allow the company&#39;s proposed $41 billion acquisition of AT&amp;T Wireless to proceed on schedule.
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With one federal approval received yesterday and another coming as soon as today, Cingular Wireless is finally poised to complete its $41 billion takeover of AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.
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Boca Raton-based Siemens Communications said Cingular Wireless has chosen it to help with the mobile phone company&#39;s nationwide deployment of a true third generation (3G) high-speed universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network.
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Cingular Wireless LLC&#39;s $41 billion buyout of rival AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc., approved Tuesday by the Federal Communications Commission, is expected to give customers
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The head of the Federal  Communications Commission is pressing for the agency to quickly  approve plans by AT&T Inc to purchase $2.5 billion worth of  wireless airwaves from a privately held partnership, sources  said on Friday.
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InfoWorld - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved the purchase by AT&T of 12MHz of wireless spectrum that covers 60 percent of the U.S.
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Echoing the Justice Department&#39;s consent Monday, the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday granted approval of the $41 billion buyout under the condition that Cingular divest itself of some network assets.
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WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today conditionally approved the $41 billion merger of Cingular Wireless LLC and AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.
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Louis Freeh, former director of the FBI, has endorsed a wireless spectrum auction proposal from Frontline Wireless, saying its plan represents the best chance for U.S. public safety agencies to get a much-needed interoperable communications system.
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The $41 billion merger between Cingular Wireless LLC and AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc. won approval from the Federal Communications Commission yesterday, according to federal sources close to
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The Justice Department approved Cingular Wireless&#39; $41 billion acquisition of AT&amp;T Wireless yesterday, clearing one of the last hurdles in a deal to create the country&#39;s largest wireless-phone company.
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US antitrust regulators have approved the $41 billion purchase of Redmond-based AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc. by Cingular Wireless LLC, the Associated Press and Reuters have reported.
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The U.S. Federal Communications  Commission said on Tuesday it has conditionally approved  Cingular Wireless' $41 billion cash acquisition of AT&T  Wireless Services Inc. AWE.N, clearing the last big hurdle  for the deal.