LAS VEGAS – The hotly competitive nature of the mobile space was clearly evident at this week’s Competitive Carrier Association Annual Convention in Las Vegas where few attending carriers passed on the chance to throw a barb or two at rivals AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, two operators that are not counted among the former [...]

Wireless infrastructure trade association PCIA recently named Jonathan Adelstein CEO and president, replacing outgoing CEO and President Michael Fitch who announced plans to step down from his position earlier this year. Adelstein previously served as Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service as well as a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission [...]

Wireless infrastructure trade association PCIA named Jonathan Adelstein CEO and president, replacing outgoing CEO and President Michael Fitch who announced plans to step down from his position earlier this year. Adelstein previously served as Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service as well as a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission from [...]

Putting in ink what it has been touting for more than a year, the Rural Cellular Association today has altered its brand by ditching the long-used RCA name and now going by the title of the Competitive Carriers Association. In making the change, CCA noted the move signals an “evolution” of the wireless industry. The [...]

Wayne Perry, Richard Lynch, Raj Singh and Amos Joel are being inducted into the Wireless History Hall of Fame.

The Rural Cellular Association continued to bolster its lineup by adding wireless broadband provider Clearwire to its list of member carriers. Clearwire’s management has participated in numerous RCA events in the past. Sprint Nextel, which has a significant stake in Clearwire, joined RCA in early 2011, and remains the trade organizations largest carrier member. Verizon [...]

The impact mobile communications has on a country’s economy has been a hot topic of late as carriers around the globe scramble to free spectrum assets from government regulators. Today, Recon Analytics working with domestic wireless trade association CTIA, noted in a report that the wireless industry added nearly $200 billion to the U.S. gross [...]

Wireless infrastructure trade association PCIA announced that Michael Fitch will resign his position as president and CEO of the organization he has headed since 2005. Fitch will remain in his position until a successor is found. PCIA noted that Fitch will return to Los Angeles and engage in telecommunications consulting work. “It has been an [...]

Wireless trade association CTIA shook up the plans for its annual spring event for 2012, pushing the shows traditional late March, early April timing until early May. In announcing the change last year, CTIA noted the move was due to requests from vendors that the show fall in line with product launches ahead of the [...]

ATLANTA – Regulatory issues took center stage during day 2 of the DAS in Action event in Atlanta this week as a pair of sessions touched on challenges in dealing with legislation impacting the DAS and small cell market. One challenge cited by a number of panel members included the vagueness of current legislation when [...]