21.   Some Republicans on Capitol Hill, notably Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain, want broadcasters to have to buy digital licenses.

22.   TCI was forced into the bidding after it failed in its attempt to buy the license through a subsidiary from the original licensee.

23.   The company has bought a license from the company that used to manufacture the Trabant, the cheap East German car whose body was made of plastic.

24.   The company recently bought licenses permitting a wireless cable to most of North Georgia, including Atlanta.

25.   The four companies hope to buy licenses to fill in the areas they do not currently serve.

26.   The site, govWorks.com, is supposed to help users interact with local government by allowing them to pay traffic tickets and buy licenses online.

27.   The vouchers would be paid for by communications companies when they buy licenses to use the public airwaves for TV, telephone or other services.

28.   We would have to buy more licenses.

29.   When MCI said it might buy a license to provide satellite-television services it was the latest of several moves into new markets in less than two years.

30.   Currently, a company must buy a license from the Federal Communications Commission to use radio spectrum for wireless or broadcast services.