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- Customers stay connected in wake of Katrina.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The wireless industry averted a potential public-relations disaster, assuring government leaders that wireless services for Hurricane Katrina evacuees would not be cut off for lack of payment. Members of C ...
- Research articles 2005-09-12
- FCC reaches out to Texas PSAPs in preparation for Hurricane Rita.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it was reaching out to public-safety officials in Texas to make sure they knew that 911 calls should be rerouted if a public-safety answering point is damaged Byline:...
- Research articles 2005-09-26
- NRIC VII explores partnerships between public safety and commercial groups.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Public-safety network operators should consider partnerships with commercial wireless businesses, said Timothy Donahue, executive chairman of Sprint Nextel Corp. and NRIC VII chairman. Acting as chairman o Byline: HEATHER...
- Research articles 2005-12-19
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- TracFone Wireless Extends Offer to June 1 for Free Cell Phone with 300 Minutes to Those Affected by Hurricane Katrina; Opens Second Storefront in New Orleans to Provide Free Phones
- MIAMI -- TracFone Wireless, Inc., the nation's largest prepaid wireless service provider, has extended the deadline to June 1, 2006, for a free cellular phone with 300 minutes of airtime and one year of service for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. This follows after the Federal Communications Commission FCC announced...
- Research articles 2006-03-15
- FCC takes post-Katrina stock: scope of recovery business clearer at FCC.(AFTER THE STORM: REGULATORY)
- WASHINGTON -- The recovery of the communications networks in the Gulf Coast states stricken by Hurricane Katrina depends on a number of business concessions and details that allow more latitude for carriers in their efforts, say executives and regulators involved in the task. ...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Alltel joins Lifeline programme to aid hurricane victims
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-23 November 2005-Alltel joins Lifeline programme to aid hurricane victimsC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Communications company Alltel (NYSE:AT) has revealed that it will take part in a voluntary federal programme to offer assistance to Hurricane Katrina victims. Wireless service or credits will be offered by Alltel for current...
- Research articles 2005-11-23
- Katrina's effect on communications.
- The Federal Communications Commission has assembled the Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Communications Networks and set the first meeting for Jan. 30 from 10am-5pm, with Real Audio Access at www.fcc.gov. The panel will report by June 15 on network reliability and communications...
- Research articles 2006-01-24
- FCC Actions Fixate On Hurricane Emergency
- Among all the sweeping issues and majors challenges surfacing in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina emergency, the telecommunications community for the past two weeks has turned to the Federal Communications Commission FCC as a focal point of reaction, repair and recovery efforts associated with the storm's...
- Research articles 2005-09-12
- TracFone Wireless Offers Free Cell Phone With 300 Minutes to Eligible Katrina Hurricane Evacuees
- MIAMI -- TracFone Wireless, the nation's largest prepaid wireless service provider, announced today that it is taking orders for a free cellular phone with 300 minutes of airtime and one year of service from eligible Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Last month, the Federal Communications Commission FCC approved a plan to...
- Research articles 2005-11-17
- FCC Backup Power Plan For Towers Runs Out Of Juice
- The FCC's plan to require all cellphone towers to have at least eight hours of backup power has hit the skids, the AP reports. The White House Office of Management and Budget rejected the proposal late last week because the FCC failed to get public comment before passing the...
- External links 2008-12-02
- FCC Orders $211M USF Hurricane Plan
- The Federal Communications Commission late Friday issued its formal order to implement a $211 million emergency services plan for supporting the Universal Service Fund USF program under adverse circumstances in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina within the Gulf Coast states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi (TPR,...
- Research articles 2005-10-17
- Public Safety at the FCC.(Hurricane Recovery)
- The Federal Communications Commission is launching a blue ribbon panel composed of experts from the public safety and communications industry to perform a review of the impact of Hurricane Katrina, then make recommendations on how the FCC can contribute to improving disaster preparedness, network reliability, and...
- Research articles 2005-10-04
- Largent Salutes FCC's Continued Assistance for the Gulf Coast
- WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission FCC yesterday granted one petition in full and another in part to extend the continuous wireless communications rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast states affected by Hurricane Katrina. The FCC's decision allows the wireless industry to continue its work through funding made available from...
- Research articles 2006-03-02
- FCC Dupes Action On Hurricane Rita
- With Hurricane Rita roaring out of the Gulf of Mexico onto the coast of the Texas-Louisiana border and northward, the Federal Communications Commission over the past weekend invoked a wide range of emergency measures for the impacted area that mirrors those already in place for the three...
- Research articles 2005-09-26
- Carriers warm to idea of FCC reform: operators throw support behind proposed new homeland security bureau.(Federal Communications Commission)
- As the FCC moves through a transitory period under new Chairman Kevin Martin, big wireless carriers are warming to the chairman's notion of a new homeland security bureau at the agency. The idea of forming a homeland security bureau, which Martin had ...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- CEA Encourages The FCC To Expand the Use of NOAA Weather Radio; Also Commends Independent Panel for Its Work and Important Recommendations
- ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Federal Communications Commission FCC should expand the distribution of non-weather emergency messages using the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's NOAA National Weather Radio NWR, said the Consumer Electronics Association (CEAR) in comments recently filed with the FCC. CEA's comments came in response to the Commission's Notice...
- Research articles 2006-08-09
- FCC Sees USF Money, Internal Change In Hurricane's Wake
- With communications-system restoration already a high priority for almost three weeks in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's destruction in the Gulf Coast region (TPR, Sept. 12), the Federal Communications Commission has outlined plans for special Universal Service Fund USF grants, for some internal soul- searching and for...
- Research articles 2005-09-19
- Katrina Lifeline Program Available for Qualified Gulf Coast Residents
- WASHINGTON -- Thousands of residents in the Gulf Coast region are still recovering from the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina, and wireless service providers want to remind them of an opportunity to receive communications assistance packages through a partnership between providers and the Federal Communications Commission. Through the FCC's...
- Research articles 2005-12-21
- FCC sets stage for airwaves auction
- Federal regulators Tuesday approved rules for an upcoming airwave auction that are aimed at giving consumers new choices in cellphones and other devices by breaking the grip of the big wireless carriers. The Federal Communications Commission's rules also make room for a nationwide network that would...
- Research articles 2007-08-01
- FCC making progress on national alert system
- Federal regulators as early as today are expected to take a major step toward development of a nationwide emergency alert system that would send text messages to cell phones and other mobile devices wherever a crisis occurs. Lack of a simple way to deliver vital warnings to residents...
- Research articles 2008-04-09
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