The Federal Communications Commission ordered Nextel Communications Inc. to pay at least $3.2 billion as part of a complex compromise that gives the wireless phone company a slice of valuable airwaves ...

Reston-based Nextel Communications Inc. has in the past had merger talks with WorldCom Inc., AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and other potential partners, but they led nowhere. Now the question is: Will ...

Sprint Nextel Tuesday announced it will acquire Nextel Partners in a deal valued at about $6.5 billion. Nextel Partners, in Kirkland, Wash., was an affiliate of Nextel Communications, the U.S. mobile ...