It had started out with ambitions to buy up licenses covering much of the country.

The license covers 1,250 assembly kits, but many more could follow.

These licenses covered an area of 2,982 acres in Wicklow.

The company owned 3 wireless licenses covering this territory, which had a population of more than 4 million people.

Together, the four phone companies own cellular systems in 15 of the 20 largest cities and have licenses covering regions with 100 million people.

The third big license would cover smaller markets, each corresponding roughly to a single metropolitan area.

Nextel's licenses cover 107 million potential subscribers, though its first system has only just started operating.

The station signed on June 13, 1994, though the license to cover was not issued until April 12, 1995.

The license will also cover employees of the licensee.

Finally, the agency will sell another three small licenses covering 10 megahertz in each of the 492 "basic trading areas."