31.   The same company cannot win both licenses, and international companies must bid with a Mexican partner, the commission said.

32.   The six companies winning licenses were formed by local businesses with international partners.

33.   The Showboat-Leighton group won the license but faced bitter recriminations from the Packer group, who made allegations of public unfitness to hold the license.

34.   They won licenses in numerous markets, including San Francisco, Dallas, Miami and New York.

35.   This year, Seventh Level won a license to develop a CD-ROM game based on the British Monty Python television series.

36.   Three established paging companies -- Page Mart Inc., Advanced Wireless Messaging and Mobilmedia Communications Inc. -- each won a license for all five regions of the country.

37.   Toy companies -- including industry leader Mattel Inc. -- are expected to press hard to win the licenses, which have been among the most lucrative ever.

38.   Two other companies, Sprint Spectrum and Nextwave Communications, won PCS licenses for New York in subsequent FCC auctions.

39.   Winning licenses in emerging markets is largely a matter of knowing the right politicians.

40.   WorldSpace is the only outside shareholder in American Radio, and has options to acquire additional shares if the company wins a license, Levin said.