[FCC rules school and church airwaves and airwaves used by Sprint and WorldCom for fixed wireless communication are not to be auctioned.]

"In a blow to taxpayers and the booming cell phone industry, federal regulators said that they would not order schools, churches and two long-distance phone giants to abandon valuable airwaves that carriers have been seeking for advanced wireless services. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was considering dislodging WorldCom, Sprint Corp. and 1,275 schools and churches from airwaves they control and auctioning the frequencies to companies to provide high-speed wireless Internet access and other advanced services.

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