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Hollings scorns DTV relocation plan.
WASHINGTON--Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) scorned the Federal Communications Commission's plan to allow broadcasters to sell their analog spectrum allocation to wireless carriers before broadcasters are required to vacate the spectrum. Meanwh WASHINGTON--Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) scorned the Federal...
Tags: FCC, spectrum, broadcaster, auction, wireless, wireless industry, digital television
Research articles 2001-10-22
Incumbents not eager to share 3G bands.
While the United States claimed victory in securing global frequency bands for 3G mobile-phone service during the World Radiocommunication Conference earlier this year, the process of allocating that spectrum could become a nightmare for the U.S. w While the United States claimed victory in...
Tags: 3G, CTIA, FCC, spectrum, wireless industry
Research articles 2000-09-11
FCC studies rural access to spectrum. (News).
WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission last week began asking a series of questions aimed at getting more spectrum available for rural America. "Spectrum policy should not be a blunt instrument but a precision tool enabling us WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications...
Tags: FCC, spectrum, wireless industry
Research articles 2002-12-16
Tug of war at 1700 MHz.
Subcommittee to near spectrum encroachment issues WASHINGTON-A Senate Armed Services panel plans to hold a hearing next month on radio spectrum as part of a broad review of encroachment issues, giving the Pentagon a high-profile public forum t Subcommittee...
Tags: Pentagon, 3G, spectrum, wireless, wireless industry, subcommittee
Research articles 2001-03-26
Northpoint gets friendly hearing by Senate communications subcommittee.(News)
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Northpoint Technology Ltd. is again pushing its plan to offer wireless broadband using digital broadcast satellite spectrum, and it has received some powerful support on Capitol Hill in the form of a positive h ...
Tags: spectrum, U.S. Senate, wireless industry
Research articles 2003-05-26
Spectrum brawl: Round 1.
WASHINGTON--The mobile-phone industry, stung by two government reports last week that largely rule out use of the 1700 MHz and 2500 MHz bands for third-generation wireless systems, managed to win a commitment from Commerce Secretary Donald Evans to WASHINGTON--The mobile-phone industry, stung by two...
Tags: 3G, relocation, spectrum, wireless, U.S. Department of Defense, wireless industry
Research articles 2001-04-02
Cellular licenses: A goldrush.
Editor's Note: As part of its celebration of 20 years covering the wireless industry, RCR Wireless News each month will take a look back at crucial points in the history of mobile telecommunications. This month, RCR Wireless News will revisit the F Editor's Note:...
Tags: FCC, hearing, wireless industry, spectrum
Research articles 2001-01-22
Policy breeds competition, competition breeds policy.
WASHINGTON--One word describes wireless telecom policy in the last 20 years: competition. "Wireless was competitive before competition was cool," said Brian Fontes, vice president of federal relations for Cingular Wireless Inc. and WASHINGTON--One word describes wireless telecom...
Tags: wireless, FCC, telecommunications, wireless industry, deregulation, spectrum
Research articles 2001-10-22
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...
Tags: carrier, wireless, spectrum, wireless industry, Leap Wireless International Inc.
Research articles 2001-04-23

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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
The Future of Spectrum Policy & the Wireless Industry Congressional Seminar Scheduled Friday, July 12
News Advisory: Are more market-oriented spectrum allocation policies on the horizon? Where should one look or not look for spectrum for next- generation commercial wireless services? Will federal, state and local governments overwhelm the wireless industry with regulatory mandates? Those and other questions concerning the future of spectrum policy...
Tags: Government, Progress & Freedom Foundation, spectrum, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS
Research articles 2002-07-10
Spectrum shortage threatens wireless industry in the United States.(Industry Trend or Event)
Critics say FCC needs to free up more spectrum, and fast There is nowhere near enough spectrum available in the United States to accommodate the continuing boom in wireless communications. "We need about 500 megahertz MHz of spectrum to...
Tags: FCC, Government, spectrum, U.S., wireless
Research articles 2000-10-01
FCC Promotes Open Spectrum Market
More spectrum used for wireless services could be sold the same way the FCC will sell 12 700 MHz licenses to be auctioned this month. During a forum Wednesday to discuss what the commission calls the "secondary spectrum market," FCC and wireless industry representatives recommended how...
Tags: auction, FCC, Government, spectrum, wireless
Research articles 2000-06-02
Regulators open inquiry into wireless industry
By John Poirier WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission launched an inquiry on Thursday to examine the state of competition in the wireless industry, taking a step that could lead to probes of other sectors. The FCC issued a notice of inquiry as part of a congressionally mandated...
Tags: FCC, wireless, inquiry, wireless industry, Verizon Wireless
News items 2009-08-27
FCC Investigating U.S. Wireless Industry
By John Poirier WASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - U.S. regulators launched an inquiry on Thursday into competition in the wireless industry, a step that could lead to probes of other sectors. The Federal Communications Commission issued a notice of inquiry as part of a congressionally mandated annual assessment of the industry,...
Tags: FCC, wireless, inquiry
News items 2009-08-27
Go Figure.(Verizon Wireless' price for the Motorola Q smartphone)(Wireless complaints registered at the Federal Communications Commission)(U.S. wireless industry penetration by the end of 2006)(Brief article)
Staff 48 Approximate number of business days until the Aug. 9 auction of Advanced Wireless Services AWS spectrum, compared with 20 before the FCC voted to delay it. 77% U.S. wireless industry penetration by the end...
Tags: FCC, Government, Motorola Inc., Verizon Wireless, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS
Research articles 2006-06-01
Wireless Industry Veterans Urge FCC to Adopt New Approach To Developing Next-Generation Public Safety Communications; Public Safety Broadband Trust Proposed to Manage Spectrum for Public's Benefit
WASHINGTON -- A group of wireless industry and public safety communications veterans today proposed a bold new approach to creating a nationwide, seamless, next-generation network for improved public safety communications.
Tags: benefit, FCC, wireless
Research articles 2006-04-27
Qualcomm execs: Wireless spectrum is maxed out
From left to right: Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm CEO; Irwin Jacobs, chairman and former CEO of Qualcomm; Steve Largent, CTIA president and CEO(Credit: Marguerite Reardon/CNETSAN DIEGO--Executives from mobile chipmaker Qualcomm said Thursday at the CTIA Fall 2009 show here that more wireless spectrum is needed to sustain current trends in wireless...
Tags: Network, Wireless, Qualcomm Inc.
News items 2009-10-08
Spectrum Issues Loom Over Wireless Broadband
It's not often the Federal Communications Commission, wireless carriers and public interest groups all agree on something, but when it comes to spectrum availability its unanimous: the coming mobile broadband explosion can't happen without more commercial spectrum.Both the FCC Federal Communications Commission and the wireless industry agree on at least...
Tags: FCC, Wireless, Spectrum
News items 2009-10-10
FCC chief lauds wireless companies, to focus on spectrum
By Gina Keating SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The top U.S. communications regulator praised recent moves by big wireless companies to open their networks and said he would work to overcome a looming shortage of airwaves used by the industry. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said on Wednesday that...
Tags: FCC, Google Inc., shortage, Network, AT&T Corp., Wireless, Spectrum, Verizon Wireless, Airwave
News items 2009-10-07
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