CTIA

LAS VEGAS-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association will play a role in Shorecliff Communications’ Tower Summit and Trade Show scheduled for October. CTIA’s sponsorship is notable because of the group’s clout with wireless carriers-considered valuable attendees at the show because …

WASHINGTON-Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), co-chairs of the E911 Congressional Caucus, introduced a bill that will provide state grants to deploy wireless enhanced 911 service and will withhold those funds from states that divert E911 charges …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on June 9 proposed a streamlined process for siting towers in historic areas. “The industry is very happy that this has finally come out after working on it for 18 months,” said John Clark, an attorney …

The House of Representatives overwhelming passed spectrum relocation legislation, a major boost for industry efforts to secure military frequencies for third-generation wireless systems. “This is a big win for consumers and for government-spectrum users. The legislation ensures that sufficient airwaves …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense today said it supports the spectrum review announced last week by the Bush administration, but stressed that military wireless requirements are increasing in modern-day warfare. “The president’s initiative successfully balances efforts to accelerate the nation’s economic …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Thursday announced it signed contracts for phase two of industry-funded health research called for under an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. CTIA, whose previous $25 million research found genetic damage from …

WASHINGTON-The board of directors of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association on Wednesday voted to join a coalition that supports technical solutions to solving the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band. “The board voted to support the coalition …

WASHINGTON-Scott Ford, president of Alltel Corp., Wednesday was elected chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s board of directors for 2003-2004. “The wireless industry is evolving at mach speed, and transforming other industries as it grows,” said CTIA President …

WASHINGTON-Northrop Grumman Corp. and the Federal Communications Commission are at loggerheads over the global defense giant’s push for a public-safety spectrum carve-out that could undermine agency efforts to free up valuable broadcast frequencies for new technologies and that complicates an …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.), a long-time champion in the fight against the unsolicited commercial e-mail that increasingly devours Internet capacity and threatens wireless data in its infancy, this week is expected to introduce anti-spam legislation that competes with a similar …

The California State Assembly late last week narrowly passed legislation making it illegal for drivers to use handheld cell phones, moving the measure a step closer to becoming law. If the bill is passed by the state Senate and signed …

WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone carriers, utilities, local governments and other businesses today urged the Federal Communications Commission to take a balanced approach to resolving interference to 800 MHz public safety communications by relying on best practices and technical solutions instead of overhauling the …

WASHINGTON-A new national poll says drivers admit to dangerous behavior on the road, including talking on cell phones while operating vehicles. The Mason-Dixon Polling Research Inc. poll, commissioned by “Drive for Life: The National Safe Driving Test & Initiative,” said …

The wireless community is this week promoting the importance of safe use of wireless phones and public-safety uses of wireless, in addition to celebrating the instances wireless technology has been used as a safety tool. The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet …

Although GSM proponent Nokia Corp. continues to profess plans to improve its CDMA phone sales, the company’s efforts to date in the United States seem relatively unimpressive. Of the two major CDMA carriers in the United States-Verizon Wireless and Sprint …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should be able to act before Labor Day on each of the nine wireless local number portability implementation issues the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association identified in a petition for declaratory ruling, said FCC Commissioner Kathleen …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association would be better served by going to the Federal Communications Commission with its complaints rather than to court, said FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein reacting to CTIA’s filing of a document urging the agency to …

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. activated 150 of a planned 1,000 Wi-Fi transmission stations throughout New York City, which the company said would allow its Verizon Online customers to have access to high-speed Internet services up to 300 feet from the …

SINGAPORE-Asia’s largest wireless event scheduled for June has been cancelled due to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Singapore and the region. BroadcastAsia 2003, which was scheduled to be held concurrently from June 17-20, also has been cancelled. …

WASHINGTON-The wireless-telecom industry slump has hit its trade association. The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association confirmed on Thursday that it is laying off 9 percent of its staff effective May 31 although the impacted staff members were notified in late …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens has said it will provide cdma2000 as part of its core network offering, although it will not involve the backhaul or radio access network. The company said the offering will be integral to its Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG has said it will provide cdma2000 as part of its core network offering, although it will not involve the backhaul or radio access network. The company said the offering will be integral to its Internet Protocol multimedia …

LOS ANGELES-The winners of the “World’s Smallest Film Festival,” an event held in conjunction with last week’s CTIA trade show in New Orleans aimed at showcasing films designed for next-generation mobile devices, have been announced. The festival’s categories range from …

NEW ORLEANS, United States-John Koo and his top executive team crowd a small, air-conditioned room perched atop LG Electronics’ sprawling booth at the CTIA trade show here. Relaxed, smiling, Koo has shed the suit coat he wore during his keynote …

NEW ORLEANS-Wireless industry leaders have agreed to implement universal short codes, and wireless users could see cross-carrier short code applications within the next few months. The board of directors for the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association voted Wednesday to go …