Subject:  More EMF saturation// and Dr. Cherry's visit..........
Date:     Wed, 18 Feb 1998 092321 -0600 (CST)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru@hotmail.com
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Hi everybody:

The following Associated Press news item conveys a frightening prospect
about the world of EMF pollution of the future.....  Perhaps I should not
say, "the future."  It is happening too fast for that......

Dr. Neil Cherry's visit to the U.S. cannot come too soon.  I have learned 
(from Chris Beaver) that Cherry will be in the Boston area about April 14
to 18th.  There are many good people in our group who should consider
trying to meet with him there on the East Coast!!!!  Perhaps it would be
possible to get him down to the New York and/or Washington D.C. area????
Chris??? Louis Slesin, at MICROWAVE NEWS, I would hope, at the very least,
he can get a chance to meet/interview him???

Chris's e-mail address:  

Cheerio.........

Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
rbeavers@llion.org..............http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html
................................It is better to light a single candle ...
than to curse the darkness...............................................

   
Firms compete for wireless licenses

   WASHINGTON - Companies are in a high-stakes bidding war over the
   biggest-ever airwaves slices to offer telephone, television and
   Internet services via new wireless technology.
   
   The Federal Communications Commission will begin auctioning licenses
   Wednesday for the new technology called local multipoint distribution
   service (LMDS) and 139 companies are vying for them. The auction is
   expected to raise hundreds of millions of dollars.
   
   The new wireless service is delivered in a way that closely resembles
   cellular phone service. But to receive phone, television or data
   services, customers need a small receiver dish in or near a window.
   
   A total of 986 licenses are on the block. Half of them would give its
   owner the right to occupy a large swathe of airwaves - 1,150 megahertz
   - letting a company simultaneously provide 16,000 phone calls and 200
   video channels.
   
   The rest of the licenses are for the rights to occupy a smaller, but
   still considerable, slice of the airwaves - 150 megahertz.
   
   One big license and one small license will be auctioned in each of 493
   separate markets, every one roughly the size of a metropolitan area.
   
   The FCC hopes companies using the new wireless technology will provide
   services that compete with local phone and cable companies. The more
   licenses a company acquires, the more customers it can serve and the
   more flexibility it has in offering services.
   
   Richard Bergen, president of Hardin and Associates' LMDS consulting
   business, believes there will be more extensive bidding in secondary
   markets such as Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City and San Antonio where there
   is not as much competition from regional Bell telephone companies for
   wireless phone and data services than in the largest markets like Los
   Angeles and New York.
   
   Companies participating in the auction range from established
   telecommunications players such as Southwestern Bell and US West to
   upstarts such as Teligent and WinStar, to newcomers.
   
   Prior to the auction, all companies were required to give the FCC
   upfront payments. The more money a company put down, the more markets
   it can bid on.
   
   By this measure, the biggest potential bidder is WNP Communications,
   which gave the FCC a $100 million down payment. Backers include
   venture capital funds Norwest Capital and Chase Manhattan Venture
   Fund.
   
   The second-biggest potential bidder is Nextband Communications, backed
   by Nextlink and Nextel Communications, with a $50 million down
   payment. The third-biggest potential bidder with a $33 million down
   payment is BCK-RIVGAM, a group backed by Mario Gabelli, one of the
   biggest mutual fund managers.
   
   There will be no on-site bidding in the auction. Bids will be placed
   by phone or by computer. The auction ends when there are no new bids
   on any licenses.
   
   By The Associated Press
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