[Deutche Telekom's investment in VoiceStream may restrict the company's participation in the upcoming U.S. spectrum bidding.]

By Richard Waters in New York -- "US senator Ernest Hollings on Friday threw down another challenge to Deutsche Telekom's efforts to build a national wireless business in the US.

"The Democratic lawmaker called on the Federal Communications Commission to block VoiceStream, a US company that Telekom is in the process of acquiring, from bidding in a wireless spectrum auction due to begin on December 12.

"If his complaint is upheld, VoiceStream would be barred from one of its best chances to acquire the spectrum it needs to complete its national coverage in the US.

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