keywords: verizon nextwave ap licenses cingular
text: Verizon Wireless to Buy NextWave Licenses (AP) AP - Verizon Wireless is buying wireless spectrum licenses covering 23 U.S. markets from bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. for  #36;3 billion, bolstering the cell phone company's ability to compete with the big new rival created by the merger of Cingular Wireless and AT amp;T Wireless.