Small players decry consolidation's impact on roaming.(News)

RCR Wireless News, May, 2006

Byline: JEFFREY SILVA Small and regional wireless carriers petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a special inquiry designed to collect and inspect a representative sample of wireless roaming agreements on a confidential basis. Airpeak Communications L.L.C., Airtel Wireless L.L.C., Cleveland Unlimited Inc., Leap Wireless International Inc., MetroPCS Communications Inc., Punxsutawney Communications, Rural Telecommunications Group Inc.

and Southern Communications Inc. said the FCC probe would aid the agency in an ongoing proceeding to assess the state of wireless roaming in light of the merger wave that has reduced to four the number of national mobile-phone operators. The wireless operators seeking the FCC inquiry said local,...

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