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Verizon Wireless announced its subscribers will be able to vote on the selection of the most valuable player in the WNBA All-Star game using a short code voting system. Fans can pre-register for the wireless voting directly from their Verizon …

WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Verizon Wireless asked a federal appeals court here to overturn a Federal Communications Commission ruling permitting mobile satellite service operators to use their frequencies to provide land-based mobile-phone communications. “Converting a satellite-only authorization into a …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. announced two new CDMA phone deals, moves that follow on the company’s promise to expand its CDMA phone business, but ones that do not involve big-name CDMA carriers. Nokia said it will sell its advanced 1xRTT-capable 3586i …

Telemarketing calls and junk mail have evolved. Now that consumers are used to dodging junk e-mail and Internet pop-up ads on their desktops and wireless messaging and mobile marketing are becoming more mainstream, mobile phones are quickly becoming the next …

The Federal Communications Commission this week is expected to approve new rules requiring certain handsets sold by mobile-phone carriers to be compatible with hearing aids and to carry labeling stating as much. The FCC, sources said, will lift an exemption …

WASHINGTON-Congress returns to work this week to a brewing controversy over funding for first responders and what to do when states raid wireless enhanced 911 funds like North Carolina did on June 30. The action by North Carolina comes as …

Executives from the nation’s largest wireless carriers met last week in an effort to hammer out the details of a universal short code system, according to industry sources. Future meetings have been scheduled with an eye toward having the system …

WASHINGTON-It is back to square one in the search for the next president of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) turned down the job last week. “It was the hardest professional decision that I have ever …

WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau clarified that wireless carriers will not be liable for 911 information that is not properly relayed to public-safety answering points while a customer is porting a telephone number from wireline to wireless or vice versa. …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late last month rejected a request from the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association to keep the number utilization threshold constant. Following the June 30 decision, the utilization threshold-the percentage of numbers a carrier must use in …

WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on Thursday clarified that carriers will not be liable for 911 information that is not properly relayed to public-safety answering points while a customer is porting a telephone number from wireline to wireless or vice …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) has dropped out of the running to head the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. “This past week, my family and I did feel an obligation to have a serious discussion about my having the opportunity to …

Verizon Wireless has taken to heart the old adage that goes “if you cant beat em, join em.” The nation’s largest carrier broke rank with the industry last week when it said it would make local number portability easy for …

Catfish are jumpin’! Seems that Korn Ferry-a high falutin’ company that puts folks in high-paying jobs in big cities-has Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) on the line for the top spot at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. How ya’ like …

WASHINGTON-Drivers in the United Kingdom caught talking on handheld mobile phones could face fines up to $1,700 under a new government proposal announced today and set to be enacted later this year. First offenders would be subject to a $50 …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is negotiating with the California Public Service Utilities Commission to settle a year-long probe of the nation’s No. 2 mobile-phone carrier’s business practices, a development that could signal a strategy shift in industry as states contemplate landmark …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee passed by voice vote a bill meant to keep the NextWave Telecom Inc. bankruptcy saga from happening again. “The bill would ensure that valuable spectrum would not go unused unnecessarily. It precludes a successful bidder in …

Opponents of wireless local number portability lost a substantial ally last week as Verizon Wireless threw in the towel on fighting the proposed Federal Communications Commission mandate and announced plans for how the nation’s largest wireless carrier would handle customers …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) confirmed to RCR Wireless News he is being considered for the top job at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, but it is unclear whether the 39-year-old Mississippi lawmaker is the trade group’s first choice to …

Philippe Kahn foresees a global society transformed by mobile phones with integrated digital cameras. As industry analysts predict the vast majority all mobile phones will include cameras in the next few years, Kahn expects the ramifications of such a picture-capable …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) confirmed to RCR Wireless News Wednesday that he is under consideration for the top job at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, and his statement leaves one to wonder whether he is the first choice for …

WASHINGTON-Drivers in the United Kingdom caught talking on handheld mobile phones could face fines up to $1,700 under a new government proposal announced today and set to be enacted later this year. First offenders would be subject to a $50 …

WASHINGTON-Local number portability lobbying has been fast and furious of late as the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association tries to get legislation passed to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing the implementation mandate. To counteract CTIA, a coalition of …

WASHINGTON-A rumored effort to amend a bill dealing with media ownership restrictions to delay the implementation of wireless local number portability did not come to pass on Thursday when the Senate Commerce Committee met for a business meeting. The amendment, …

WASHINGTON-A coalition of consumer advocates and state regulators on Monday sent a letter to senators urging them to reject efforts by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association to delay the implementation of wireless local number portability. “The wireless industry continues …