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`Wireless' <br /> _ licenses . . <br /> db�s o <br /> �V�•3 � C `n••OE' N rN- <br /> J C <br /> 6'rz L.Cn <br /> � +- 12, <br /> WN <br /> �� W auctioned <br /> /� C J <br /> v J > n u C u ° y E c . <br /> WIRELESS from Page 1D <br /> CJ.y•— y i; E. N million for 222 of the licenses, <br /> d Z d 3 6/ — ° which cover parts of all states,said <br /> = g 3 H < a AT&T spokeswoman Mary Ireland. <br /> H > cc cc cc> c coverothe same the AT&T 2 areas as U licenses <br /> West, <br /> plus Pueblo. <br /> O <br /> cc ° C ;°_ d_ o i The FCC requires between <br /> " H > ° o°-d v three and six companies to offer <br /> ' H `—' " ° wireless service in each area so <br /> OED.. k''�' aai � _. <br /> r R�, d h that consumers have choices. Sev- <br /> �=.a y JOE_ E o 3 E ° eral other companies bid on li- <br /> 0 3 cc� In_ �,v E o °E ceases to offer the service in Colo- <br /> _C „ E _ �' � o, Efl ; Ud rado. <br /> W s o o ° Wireless phones, often referred <br /> rr--� cd"_ E c " O° r,' W o`.= to as the "next generation" of <br /> N ; E- L q E 3 phones following cellular,basically <br /> T a H = d H $ C' o are mobile phones that can hook up <br /> Ea E3 <br /> x o E E �, u with computers, far machines,pa- <br /> m o E a o.s u H gers and traditional wired phones. <br /> "The sound is clearer than ceUu- <br /> lar phones and people can't eaves- <br /> drop on your conversation because <br /> � <br /> . =<' " they use digital technology,"Man- <br /> 0 <br /> C, netti said. <br /> m Most cellular phones are analog <br /> vFj m ;.s ° �:.� o devices. t y easy to <br /> I is relatively C °E r n` _ n eavesdrop or interrupt analog <br /> 0. °*> ... M transmissions, he added '• <br /> AT&T nowt offers wireless tele- <br /> ,�.. m phone sei-vice.-iecally but it not has <br /> m become commonplace. The FCC <br /> ` 3 auction means more companies <br /> .-, c will offer the service and the price <br /> �^ -�-� •<' �- - ,, will likely drop. <br /> �.e•;; Cn CO U S West plans to offer wireless <br /> CD <br /> service in Denver by mid-year,and <br /> CD <br /> ,;-'•-�r' a j:::•; t '= : along the Front Range by year- <br /> n end. <br /> E n a `. Wireless phones may replace the <br /> E common two-tiered system of <br /> wired home phones and cellular <br /> r mobile phones, Mannetti said. <br /> m U S West spokesman Jerry <br /> c Brown said company officials"feel <br /> very good" about the $57 million <br /> they paid to provide wireless ser- <br /> vice in 53 parts of the country,be- <br /> y <br /> m o � �,•-�fir; cause it comes out to an average <br /> O M._ <br /> 2.88 <br /> f .• <br /> $ per person. Nationally, the <br /> 3 a "� average price per person or"price <br /> CD m �_:. per population,"as it is sometimes <br /> c y± called,is 5173,he added. <br /> CD <br /> . _ �4:: <br /> a_ MW •f.:� �• _ , Snagging the licenses is another <br /> CZ o _ step toward realizing U S West <br /> y m I A _. y`vt president Sol Trujillo's vision of a <br /> t/1 N _ Y SEE.._ .'. "one-stop shop" for telephone ser- <br /> f , <br /> +- _ vices.Last week Trujillo said wire- <br /> _ less service should be available in <br /> 3 3 s r 3 Colorado this year. <br /> U S West and AT&T aren't the <br /> only providers now licensed to pro- <br /> u <br /> vide wireless service in Colorado. <br /> R: 42 The FCC made sure it provided for <br /> competition by licensing up to six <br /> telephone companies In each area. <br /> Sprint, ICG and several other . <br /> telenhone nroviders were not <br />