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Technology Stocks : CellularVision (CVUS): 2-way LMDS wireless cable. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Night Writer who wrote (1595)	3/19/1998 12:18:00 PM
From: WTC	Respond to of 2063

NightWriter, your memory is pretty good, but re:<I don't know, but Bell Atlantic ownership interest could have been a problem with the FCC. These people worked long and hard to get LMDS up and running with the FCC, so they knew the ins and outs early on in the game.> The Bell Atlantic investment in CellularVision was, in order to avoid regulatory complications, always less than 5% of the company. I would judge from my personal conversations with counsel at the FCC on several occasions that this was never viewed as "a problem" from their standpoint -- it simply was not material. There did seem to be a view among some of the involved FCC staff that Bell Atlantic benefited in tangible ways from its relationship with CellularVision, CV affiliates, and LMDS equipment vendors insofar as understanding the enabling technology early and grasping the service delivery capabilities and practical limitations of 28GHz propagation.