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To: Jules Shear who wrote (327)	1/11/1999 5:17:00 AM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 531

LOOK AT THIS >>>NYTIMES this am.

To: Jules Shear who wrote (327)	1/11/1999 10:10:00 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 531

Jules, "...rumor is that OMPT will bid on the Chicago license and SBC/Pac Bell Wireless will bid on the Dallas license." This makes real good sense for both parties & the GSM Alliance. Even if a buyout prior to C block reauction I suspect that a related entity will bid for Chicago (& Dallas). I keep wondering if MCI/WCOM will get into PCS finally. If they do it would be great if they had a GSM persuasion. - Eric -

To: Jules Shear who wrote (327)	1/14/1999 8:37:00 AM
From: Jules Shear	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 531

Good news for OMPT??? MCI WorldCom Wants Wireless Purchase, if Price Right (Update1) Jackson, Mississippi, Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- MCI WorldCom Inc., the No. 2 U.S. long-distance phone company, said it wants to acquire a wireless carrier, though it won't hurt earnings to do so. Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers, who's built the company into a telecommunications powerhouse by acquiring 50 companies in 10 years, said that while the wireless business is attractive, it's expanding at a slower rate than the rest of the industry because it can't be handled data dependably. Last week, the Jackson, Mississippi-based company decided not to bid for AirTouch Communications Inc., the world's largest wireless phone company. Such an acquisition would have hurt per- share earnings, Ebbers said, and ''we will always be a shareholder-driven company.'' Some analysts speculated MCI WorldCom didn't want to acquire AirTouch's customer base of 16.1 million, largely consumers who use their phones less than businesses. MCI WorldCom, which targets business customers, may also want a nationwide wireless network. AirTouch primarily covers the western U.S.