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- Spectrum-cap changes could slice wireless pie.
- Players throughout the wireless industry are waiting for the Federal Communication Commission to determine the fate of the current spectrum-cap rules. If the caps are kept in place--an idea favored by most of the small wireless operators--the Players...
- Research articles 2001-04-23
- Carriers changing guards.
- The wireless industry's shift from focusing on growth at any expense to an emphasis on growing profitably has been reinforced recently with a number of operators deciding it will take different leadership to guide them through what many expect to b The wireless industry's...
- Research articles 2002-11-25
- CTIA urges FCC to reject USTA proposal to solve phantom traffic on network.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The Federal Communications Commission should require carriers to identify traffic and pass along identifications as the call moves through the network, but not require carriers to use a technical fix favored by Byline: HEATHER...
- Research articles 2006-04-24
- CTIA denies sale of cell-phone records was an inside job.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The Federal Communications Commission wants to make sure that the sale of customer call records-which has erupted into this year's biggest wireless scandal-has not been aided and abetted by telecommunication co Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN...
- Research articles 2006-02-20
- Wireless industry rings up, complaints with consumers' mag. (News).
- Citing customer complaints ranging from poor customer service, billing issues and spotty coverage areas, Consumer Reports, which is published by non-profit Consumers Union, provided an unflattering survey of the wireless industry in its recently pu Citing customer complaints ranging from poor customer service, ...
- Research articles 2003-01-13
- Parental and corporate control.(Opinion)
- Byline: Tracy Ford The wireless industry has a way of hitting on all cylinders at the same time. Last week at CTIA Wireless 2006 in Las Vegas, much talk revolved around filtering content. Indeed, carriers are...
- Research articles 2006-04-10
- State regulators urge FCC to keep wireless local number portability.
- WASHINGTON--The wireless industry last month ran head long into state regulators in its battle to be removed from the rule requiring them to begin offering wireless local number portability on Nov. 24,2002. Wireless LNP is the ability for a u ...
- Research articles 2001-10-01
- Landline operators' turn to protest Nov. 24 LNP date.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association last week threw in the towel and gave up fighting wireless local number portability. "This thing is moving forward. It is inevitable. We are ...
- Research articles 2003-11-17
- FCC punts on intercarrier compensation.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday passed on telling wireless carriers whether wireline carriers can file tariffs at the state level for termination without first negotiating with them. &quo ...
- Research articles 2005-02-14
- Telcordia begins offering number portability gateway.
- CHICAGO--Telcordia Technologies Inc. said last week it will now offer the Telcordia Service Management Gateway for Wireless Number Portability. The announcement comes two years before wireless carriers must begin wireless number portability f CHICAGO--Telcordia Technologies Inc. said last...
- Research articles 2000-10-02
- A look back at 2002. (News Events of 2002).
- Editor's note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of the past 12 months. Here are our picks for 20 Editor's...
- Research articles 2002-12-23
- Wireless carriers prepare to sue over tax on talking.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Verizon Wireless is working with other wireless carriers to take the Internal Revenue Service to court over the 3-percent tax on talking even as the IRS recently told long-distance carriers they had to continue ...
- Research articles 2005-10-31
- CTIA declines to OK consumer code, complaints up 53%.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER AND JEFFREY SILVA Even as informal complaints about the wireless industry reported to the Federal Communications Commission jumped 53 percent, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association did not O Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER AND JEFFREY...
- Research articles 2003-03-24
- FCC draft on tower impact agreements criticized by tribes. (News).
- WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission's attempt to develop an overarching agreement for how entities consider the impact tower sitings have on historic properties is hitting resistance from some historic preservationists. The prot WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission's attempt to ...
- Research articles 2002-06-10
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- FCC Launches Wireless Industry Probe
- The Federal Communications Commission kicked off a far-reaching examination of the wireless industry Thursday, asking stakeholders to submit comments on innovation and investment, the state of competition, and whether or not consumers get enough information from providers to make informed decisions about service. The inquiry will establish a "factual basis"...
- News items 2009-08-27
- SkyPilot Networks Joins WiMAX Forum and Commits to WiMAX Products; Company's Carrier-Class Wireless Broadband Architecture Poised to Incorporate Emerging WiMAX Functionality
- SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- SkyPilot Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class wireless broadband systems, today announced it has joined the WiMAX ForumTM, an industry-led, non-profit organization that promotes the interoperability and certification of broadband wireless products using the IEEE 802.16 standard. By joining the WiMAX Forum as a principal member,...
- Research articles 2005-05-23
- Wireless age unit announces WiMAX product availability.(NEW PRODUCTS)
- The mmwave Technologies Inc. unit of Wireless Age Communications Inc. a supplier of solutions to the Canadian wireless communications industry, reported that it now has WiMAX products available for its carrier and Wireless ISP customers. "The promise of WiMAX is low-cost, ubiquitous Fixed...
- Research articles 2006-02-01
- ADI Engineering and aCure Technology Announce the First FCC Certified Open-Architecture Quad-Radio System for Municipal Wireless and WISP Applications
- LAS VEGAS -- ADI Engineering, Inc., a leading provider of wireless router boards and turnkey wireless mesh equipment, and aCure Technology, a Western Australian telecommunications carrier and wireless solutions provider, today announced they have obtained the industry's first system-level FCC Part 15 certification for an open architecture quad-radio outdoor Wi-Fi...
- Research articles 2007-05-21
- Airborne Entertainment Bolsters Management Team with Two Industry Heavyweights
- MONTREAL -- Mobile Publisher Appoints Seasoned Entertainment and Wireless Industry Players to Strengthen Company's Marketing Reach and Carrier Relations
- Research articles 2005-02-22
- Wireless Carriers Ramp Up Competitiveness Rhetoric
- CTIA -- the principle trade group of wireless carriers -- claims it welcomes the FCC inquiry into the competitiveness and innovation of the industry and even admits it might have brought on the probe itself after years of consumer complaints over everything from jamming to early termination fees. However, as...
- News items 2009-09-01
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