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McCain urges auction for MSS spectrum WASHINGTON-The wireless industry got some powerful support Dec. 20 in its quest to have the Federal Communications Commission auction off spectrum in the 2 GHz band currently set aside for mobile satellite services. “Congress …

WASHINGTON-The wireless policy-making world will ring in 2003 in much the same way it rang in 2002: by debating the merits of wireless local number portability. In the final days before Christmas, the Federal Communications Commission found itself being pressured …

Editor’s Note: Each year RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2002 is Dennis Strigl, Verizon Wireless Inc.’s chief executive. Verizon, the nation’s largest carrier, is known as a conservative company, …

Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of the past 12 months. Here are our …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association on Dec. 17 urged the Federal Communications Commission to either auction off spectrum in the 2 GHz band currently set aside for mobile satellite services or go slow in allowing MSS operators the opportunity …

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers are now required to contribute 28.5 percent-up from 15 percent-of their revenues to the universal-service fund due to action taken on Friday by the Federal Communications Commission. The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association did not complain about the …

WASHINGTON-Rather than relying on industry-supplied data-much of it from the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association-the Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on the state of competition in the mobile phone and mobile-data industries. “The CMRS [commercial mobile radio services] Competition …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should raise the wireless safe harbor for universal-service contributions from 15 percent to 40 percent, said the Coalition for Sustainable Universal Service. Long-distance carriers make universal-service fund payments based on a portion of their revenues since …

Record industry giant Sony Music Entertainment bought wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony’s Music Digital Services division. Meanwhile, wireless application publisher Moviso L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary …

NEW YORK-Sony Music Entertainment acquired wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony’s Music Digital Services division. Sony’s move underscores the rapidly growing importance of the ring tone business …

WASHINGTON-The president of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association last Friday stepped back from comments he made to the press earlier in the week calling for merger guidelines from the Federal Communications Commission. “The comments I used as reported in …

WASHINGTON-U.S. wireless data revenues have grown by 135 percent, and voice revenues have increased 19 percent since last year, according to the semi-annual survey by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA). “Wireless technology continues to show robust growth, defying …

WASHINGTON-Wireless data revenues have grown by 135 percent and voice revenues have increased 19 percent since last year, according to the semi-annual survey by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. “Wireless technology continues to show robust growth, defying the downward …

LAS VEGAS-The Association of Wireless Professionals (AOWP) announced at last week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet conference that it has reached a worldwide membership of 1,500. “This announcement marks a major milestone for the wireless professional community’s progress toward building …

LAS VEGAS-Wavecom SA announced it will launch two new dual-band wireless modules by the end of 2002 at this week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet show in Las Vegas. The WISMO Quik Q2426 is an 850/1900 MHz wireless module that …

LAS VEGAS-Vendors TTPCom, 7 Layers and Analog Devices and carriers AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, and T-Mobile will take part in a seminar called “Making EDGE Real-Out of Development and into Mobile Device,” on Thursday at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet …

LAS VEGAS-Personal technology retail giant Gateway Inc. launched its Mobile Wireless Solution that uses Verizon Wireless’ Express Network this week at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet 2002. The service will be available this week in Las Vegas, Dallas and Houston, …

TAMPA-Zeosoft is releasing version 1.5 of its Zeosphere application server at this week’s CTIA Wireless IT and Internet show in Las Vegas. Zeosoft’s new solution, which was built based on feedback from trials with beta versions of 1.0 Zeospere, released …

WASHINGTON-A bill to create a rural advisory board at the Federal Communications Commission was not warmly received when it was introduced on Thursday. “You don’t fix the problem of burdensome and unnecessary regulations by creating yet another cog in the …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association on Wednesday asked the U.S. Senate “to return the billions of dollars the wireless industry has paid to the U.S. government for auctioned spectrum.” In a three-page letter to the leadership of the Senate …

While U.S. wireless carriers have often strayed from the international model when it comes to delivering service, most industry watchers anticipated the U.S.-based GSM carriers would follow a similar path as their worldly brothers when it came to deploying third-generation …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association and Verizon Wireless have filed a joint petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review the Federal Communications Commission’s denial of Verizon’s petition for forbearance from …

WASHINGTON-The wireless market is competitive so the Federal Communications Commission should not impose exit regulations on mobile-phone carriers, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association told FCC Chairman Michael Powell on Thursday. “Requiring [commercial mobile radio service] providers to secure permission …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association was appointed as a non-resident member of the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications on the same day the Federal Communications Commission released its response to a Bush administration critical-infrastructure report. “As a member of …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has declined to propose rules requiring wireless carriers to receive a customer’s consent before divulging the customer’s location to marketers. “Because the statute imposes clear legal obligations and protections for consumers and because we do not …