UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 5

               ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[  ] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

[  ] Form 3 Holdings Reported

[  ] Form 4 Transactions Reported

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    O'Toole,             Terence                 M.
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   (Last)               (First)                 (Middle)
    c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
    85 Broad Street
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                                    (Street)

    New York,                        New York                          10004
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   (City)                           (State)                           (Zip)


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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

    VoiceStream Wireless Corporation
    (VSTR)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)


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4. Statement for Month/Year

    FYE December 31, 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [ X ]   Director                             [   ]   10% Owner
   [   ]   Officer (give title below)           [   ]   Other (specify below)


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7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
   (Check applicable line)

   [ X ] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
   [   ] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

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                          Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                        |
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                                 |                 |            |                               |             |         |          |
                                 |                 |            |                               |5.           |6.       |          |
                                 |                 |            |4.                             |Amount of    |Owner-   |          |
                                 |                 |            |Securities Acquired (A) or     |Securities   |ship     |          |
                                 |                 |            |Disposed of (D)                |Beneficially |Form:    |7.        |
                                 |                 |            |(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)            |Owned at end |Direct   |Nature of |
                                 |2.               | 3.         |-------------------------------|of Issuer's  |(D) or   |Indirect  |
1.                               |Transaction      |Transaction |              | (A)  |         |Fiscal Year  |Indirect |Beneficial|
Title of Security                |Date             |Code        |    Amount    | or   | Price   |(Instr. 3    |(I)      |Ownership |
(Instr. 3)                       |(Month/Day/Year) |(Instr. 8)  |              | (D)  |         |and 4)       |(Instr.4)|(Instr. 4)|
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                                 |                 |            |              |      |         |             |         |          |
Common Stock                     |                 |            |              |      |         |9,807,774(02)|    I    |  01,02   |
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                                 |                 |            |              |      |         |             |         |          |
Common Stock                     |                 |            |                     |         |      762    |    I    |  01,03   |
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Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of  securities  beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is  filed  by more  than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
  4(b)(v).

FORM 5 (continued)


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                    Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                 |
                            (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)                                         |
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               |         |       |       |               |                 |                      |         |9.      |10.   |      |
               |         |       |       |               |                 |                      |         |Number  |Owner-|      |
               |         |       |       |               |                 |                      |         |of      |ship  |      |
               |2.       |       |       |               |                 |                      |         |Deriv-  |of    |      |
               |Conver-  |       |       | 5.            |                 |7.                    |         |ative   |Deriv-|11.   |
               |sion     |       |       | Number of     |                 |Title and Amount      |         |Secur-  |ative |Nature|
               |or       |       |       | Derivative    |6.               |of Underlying         |8.       |ities   |Secur-|of    |
               |Exer-    |       |4.     | Securities    |Date             |Securities            |Price    |Bene-   |ity:  |In-   |
               |cise     |3.     |Trans- | Acquired (A)  |Exercisable and  |(Instr. 3 and 4)      |of       |ficially|Direct|direct|
               |Price    |Trans- |action | or Disposed   |Expiration Date  |----------------------|Deriv-   |Owned   |(D) or|Bene- |
1.             |of       |action |Code   | of (D)        |(Month/Day/Year) |             |Amount  |ative    |at End  |In-   |ficial|
Title of       |Deriv-   |Date   |(Instr | (Instr. 3,    |-----------------|             |or      |Secur-   |of      |direct|Owner-|
Derivative     |ative    |(Month/|8)     | 4 and 5)      |Date    |Expira- |             |Number  |ity      |Month   |(I)   |ship  |
Security       |Secur-   |Day/   |------ | ------------  |Exer-   |tion    |             |of      |(Instr.  |(Instr. |(Instr|(Instr|
(Instr. 3)     |ity      |Year)  |Code |V|  (A)  | (D)   |cisable |Date    |Title        |Shares  |5)       |4)      |4)    |4)    |
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Omnipoint Corp.|         |       |     | |       |       |        |        |             |        |         |        |      |      |
7% Cumulative  |         |       |     | |       |       |        |        |             |        |         |        |      |      |
Convertible    |         |       |     | |       |       |        |        |             |        |         |        |      |      |
Preferred Stock|  04     |       |     | |       |       |  Immed.|N/A     |Common Stock |   186  |         |   140  |01,05 |01,05 |
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Stock Option   |         |       |     | |       |       |        |        |             |        |         |        |      |      |
(right to buy) |$112.6875|       |     | |       |       |   06   |1/14/10 |Common Stock | 1,000  |         |  1,000 |01,06 |01,06 |
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Stock Option   |         |       |     | |       |       |        |        |             |        |         |        |      |      |
(right to buy) | $11.32  |       |     | |       |       |   07   |12/31/09|Common Stock |   939  |         |   939  |01,07 |01,07 |
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Stock Option   |         |       |     | |       |       |        |        |             |        |         |        |      |      |
(right to buy) | $9.25   |       |     | |       |       |  Immed.|1/1/08  |Common Stock |   250  |         |   250  |01,08 |01,08 |
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Stock Option   |         |       |     | |       |       |        |        |             |        |         |        |      |      |
(right to buy) | $9.25   |       |     | |       |       |   09   |1/1/08  |Common Stock |   704  |         |   704  |01,09 |01,09 |
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Explanation of Responses:

01:  The  Reporting  Person  is a  managing  director  of  Goldman,  Sachs & Co.
("Goldman Sachs").  Goldman Sachs is an indirect wholly-owned  subsidiary of The
Goldman  Sachs  Group,  Inc.  ("GS  Group").   The  Reporting  Person  disclaims
beneficial  ownership of the securities  reported herein except to the extent of
his pecuniary interest therein,  if any.

02:  Includes an exempt  acquisition of 600 shares of Common Stock in connection
with a basket transaction.

Goldman Sachs may be deemed to own beneficially and directly and GS Group may be
deemed to own beneficially and indirectly 8,745 shares of Common Stock. GS Group
may be deemed to own  beneficially  and directly  68,821 shares of Common Stock.
Goldman Sachs and GS Group may be deemed to own  beneficially  and indirectly in
the  aggregate  9,730,208  shares of Common  Stock  through  certain  investment
partnerships  (the "Limited  Partnerships") of which affiliates of Goldman Sachs
and GS Group are the general partner or managing general partner.  Goldman Sachs
is the investment manager of one of the Limited Partnerships.

03:  The  securities  reported  herein  may be deemed to be  beneficially  owned
directly by The Hull Group, L.L.C. ("Hull").  Hull is a wholly-owned  subsidiary
of GS Group.

04: Each share of Omnipoint  Corp. 7%  Cumulative  Convertible  Preferred  Stock
("Omnipoint  Convertible  Stock")  converts  into 1.3257  shares of  VoiceStream
Wireless  Corporation  Common  Stock and $12.8552 in cash,  at any time,  at the
option of the holder.

05:  Goldman Sachs may be deemed to own  beneficially  and directly and GS Group
may be  deemed to own  beneficially  and  indirectly  140  shares  of  Omnipoint
Convertible Stock.

06: These options were granted pursuant to the VoiceStream  Wireless Corporation
2000  Management  Incentive  Stock  Option  Plan to the  Reporting  Person.  The
Reporting Person has an  understanding  with GS Group pursuant to which he holds
the stock options for the benefit of GS Group.  The options are  exercisable  in
four equal annual installments, beginning January 14, 2001.

07: These options were granted pursuant to the VoiceStream  Wireless Corporation
2000  Management  Incentive  Stock  Option  Plan to the  Reporting  Person.  The
Reporting Person has an  understanding  with GS Group pursuant to which he holds
the stock options for the benefit of GS Group.  The options are  exercisable  in
four equal annual installments, beginning January 1, 2000.

08: These options were granted pursuant to the VoiceStream  Wireless Corporation
2000  Management  Incentive  Stock  Option  Plan to the  Reporting  Person.  The
Reporting Person has an  understanding  with GS Group pursuant to which he holds
the stock options for the benefit of GS Group.

09: These options were granted pursuant to the VoiceStream  Wireless Corporation
2000  Management  Incentive  Stock  Option  Plan to the  Reporting  Person.  The
Reporting Person has an  understanding  with GS Group pursuant to which he holds
the stock options for the benefit of GS Group. These options vest in three equal
annual installments, beginning January 1, 2000.






By:  s/ Roger S. Begelman                                   February 14, 2001
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date
            Attorney-in-fact


**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.

     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

     Alternatively,  this Form is permitted to be submitted to the Commission in
     electronic  format at the option of the Reporting  Person  pursuant to Rule
     101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.