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WASHINGTON—The mobile phone industry has teamed up with other telecom players to lobby for universal service reform. The new USF by the Numbers Coalition backs a numbers-based plan that the …

WASHINGTON-Two new class-action lawsuits filed against Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless, and industry’s tax lawsuit loss in Maryland, raise questions about whether wireless carriers would significantly rid themselves of …

WASHINGTON-A new study claims mobile-phone use while driving is as dangerous as drinking while behind the wheel, reinforcing previous research on distracted driving and further complicating industry’s message the wireless …

WASHINGTON-Wireless trade association CTIA officially came out against net neutrality, posting a policy paper on its Web site against efforts to include network neutrality language as part of Congress’ efforts …

WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein joined the wireless industry in expressing concern about federal guides for relocating broadband licensees from the 2150-2162 MHz band to make room for advanced wireless …

NEW YORK—The Yankee Group once again pulled together a quality list of speakers for its Wireless Leadership Summit, including executives from Sprint Nextel Corp., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless, …

WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee passed its sweeping telecommunications-reform bill, including in it two critical bits for the wireless industry: wireless pre-emption with a small caveat and a moratorium on cell-phone …

WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee passed its sweeping telecommunications-reform bill Wednesday. The bill includes two critical bits of legislation for the wireless industry: wireless pre-emption and a moratorium on cell-phone taxes. …

WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday morning muddied the waters on wireless pre-emption by including stringent truth-in-billing requirements that would be determined by the Federal Communications Commission as part of a …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Google Inc., Nokia Corp., Vodafone Group plc and others are hoping to spur uptake of the wireless Web with a set of development guidelines for Internet publishers. The World …

WASHINGTON-States will no longer be able to regulate the wireless industry under language included in the latest draft of the Senate telecommunications-reform bill. The question now for the wireless industry …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week raised the safe harbor percentage that the wireless industry can use to pay into the universal-service fund, but the agency will continue to allow …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday morning raised the amount that the wireless industry pays into the universal-service fund, but will continue to allow mobile-phone carriers to estimate their contribution amounts …

Cellular association CTIA may yet get language introduced-perhaps even added-to telecom reform legislation that would expand federal pre-emption beyond that approved by Congress in 1993. Whether an amendment further curtailing …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry continued to press for pre-emption as telecom reform plods along in the Senate. But the industry could be making some headway on universal service provisions that are …

WASHINGTON-Wireless industry trade association CTIA continued to press the Federal Communications Commission to allow its members to use studies to determine long-distance vs. local traffic to figure how much they …

Disney Mobile may be causing a spate of copy-catting of its family-oriented services, but the mobile virtual network operator is far from bucking industry trends when it comes to its …

WASHINGTON—Wireless industry trade association CTIA continued to press the Federal Communications Commission to allow its members to use studies to determine long distance vs. local traffic and thus how much …

WASHINGTON—The wireless industry continued to push for pre-emption, Sprint Nextel Corp. urged inclusion of special-access reform and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, floated a network-neutrality …

WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee released its latest draft telecommunications-reform bill this morning—and still wireless pre-emption is missing. Pre-emption of state regulation has been CTIA’s top telecommunications-reform priority, and the wireless …

WASHINGTON-Passage of a Senate bill to integrate wireless communications and other advanced technologies into the Cold War-era emergency alert system is hung up over a partisan dispute whether a new …

WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone carriers last week stepped up their campaign to have the Federal Communications Commission make early-termination fees off limits to states, a huge issue that has taken on greater significance …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will offer the Pantech Group’s “Slim Series” of phones, beginning with the tiny C300 for its prepaid GoPhone customers, giving the South Korean handset maker another prominent …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission got a new member last week and immediately began considering whether it should increase the amount wireless carriers pay into the universal-service fund. FCC Chairman Kevin …

Wireless industry trade association CTIA is hoping to spur direct-to-consumer revenues by expanding the industry’s short-code program. The industry group, along with short-code administrator NeuStar Inc., announced open registration for …