21.   Reed Hundt, the chairman of the FCC, has agreed to award these licenses to the broadcast industry by April.

22.   She said the government ruling did say it would award two licenses for a rival technology, video-on-demand, at the end of the year.

23.   She noted that Finland had strong policy reasons for awarding wireless licenses as cheaply as possible.

24.   The airwaves are in the public domain, after all, and private profit is not the only reason licenses are awarded for stations.

25.   The diplomats said Britain finally agreed to grant Argentina royalties and the right to award some licenses.

26.   The government had hoped to award the licenses by early July.

27.   The Italian government is expected to award a license for a cellular network to compete with Telecom Italia Mobile and Omnitel Pronto Italia this year.

28.   The German government has announced it will award licenses for a number of mobile telephone systems, in addition to four that now exist.

29.   The licenses were awarded to companies led by Taiwanese businesses.

30.   The Michigan Gaming Control Board awards licenses.