CTIA

More than 20,000 people with more than 20,000 different views. And yet, I kept hearing one recurring theme at CTIA Wireless ’97 last week. When it comes to competition, the difference between successful wireless carriers and those that lag is …

WASHINGTON-Despite being overruled by his fellow commissioners, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt has signaled his intention to campaign aggressively for a highly deregulatory, market-driven spectrum policy. Using the office of chairman as a bully pulpit, Hundt turned his speech …

SAN FRANCISCO-More than 230,000 square feet of exhibit space already has been leased for next year’s Wireless ’98 industry trade show-hosted by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association in Atlanta-almost as much space as was used in this year’s event. Wireless …

SAN FRANCISCO-Market segmentation and minimizing costs are critical success factors for wireless operators, and as countering forces, these topics were hot conversation at this year’s Wireless ’97 conference. Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association President Tom Wheeler hatched dialogue among four of …

After a 1993 lawsuit charged a woman’s brain tumor was the result of her cellular phone use, the wireless industry funded an independent research program to study any possible link between brain cancer or any other health maladies and the …

WASHINGTON-This may be the last year San Francisco will serve as the venue for the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s still-growing annual convention and exposition. Every square foot of the huge Moscone Center has been booked for weeks; the waiting list …

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. planned two years ago to collaborate with the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. to downplay potentially damaging scientific findings on possible health risks from portable telephones, according to a December 1994 internal Motorola memo. …

FEBRUARY 23-25 Mobile Insights ’97, by Mobile Insights Inc. The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Calif. (800) 640-6497. 24 The Wireless Buildout-Pacific Northwest, by RCR Publications Inc. and the American Planning Association. Seattle Marriott, Seattle. (800) 608-9641. 24-25 Wireless Telecommunications Real Estate …

Having problems? Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants to fill the GOP vacancy at Federal Communications Commission with Michael Powell, chief of staff in the Justice Department’s antitrust division and son of retired Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman …

A new study from the University of Toronto released last week concludes drivers face a four-fold increase in risk of having an injury-producing accident when using a cellular telephone. Researchers Dr. Donald Redelmeier and Dr. Robert Tibshirani studied 699 drivers …

FEBRUARY 19 Auctions ’97, by the Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Communications Business Opportunities and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C. Call Kim Sescoe at (202) 546-4356. 19-21 The 1997 GSM World Congress, by IBC Technical Services …

The cost to relocate microwave systems has met or been lower than projections for two personal communications services carriers, providing a positive mark on balance sheets otherwise heavy with loss due to network buildout. “PCS is finding it can reach …

The Personal Communications Industry Association filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission regarding universal service fund reform. PCIA agreed with the FCC that it must implement access charge and universal service fund reform concurrently to avoid local exchange carriers receiving …

While the GOP-led Congress and the White House gush on about making nice in the 105th/Clinton II, rumblings of cyberpolicy war are growing louder. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), chairman of the Senate communications subcommittee, re-introduced his encryption bill “to override the …

WASHINGTON-Tempering her replies with the caveat that she was speaking only for the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and not for the full Federal Communications Commission, bureau chief Michele Farquhar in a Jan. 13 reply provided some positive responses to state and …

WASHINGTON – Following up on a spate of concerns put forth by his constituents nationwide, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association President Tom Wheeler has asked Wireless Bureau Chief Michele Farquhar for clarification on a number of state and local problems that …

Editor’s Note: No other debate has ignited the wireless telecommunications industry like the one that rages between TDMA and CDMA technology. For several years, the greatest argument against CDMA technology was that it was not commercially available. That changed in …

JANUARY 7-8 Telecommunications Business Environment Conference, by the International Telecommunications Group. Denver. (303) 779-4141. 9-12 Consumer Electronics Show ’97, Sands Expo and Convention Center, Las Vegas. (703) 907-7674. 19-22 19th Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference, by the Pacific Telecommunications Council. Sheraton …

WASHINGTON-Some 116 siting moratoria have taken place or are pending in the United States since the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted in February, impeding the entry of several varieties of wireless service providers into the marketplace, according to the …

DECEMBER 9-10 Wireless in the Local Loop, by IBC USA Conferences Inc. The Grand Hyatt, San Francisco. (508) 481-6400. 9-10 Universal Service, by IBC USA Conferences Inc. Hyatt Regency, Bethesda, Md. (508) 481-6400. 10 Wireless Messaging Integration, by Motorola Inc.’s …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association agreed last week to insure Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. scientists against lawsuit damages, while dashing speculation that it wants to dissolve WTR over the indemnification issue. The stalemate over legal coverage threatened to shut down …

WASHINGTON-Neither federal regulators nor lawmakers are likely to approve sweeping pre-emption of local-state taxation of wireless licenses, according to sources, but policymakers could strike down discriminatory levies on a case-by-case basis or make technical changes in the law to accomplish …

WASHINGTON-Incoming House telecommunications subcommittee head Billy Tauzin (R-La.) said he’s irked by the Federal Communications Commission’s 2.3 GHz auction plan. “It’s a real serious problem,” said Tauzin, in an interview with RCR. Tauzin has met with FCC Chairman Reed Hundt …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association have advised the Federal Communications Commission to take a more proactive role with individual states to ensure the success of wireless tower siting on state-owned property. In comments submitted …

WASHINGTON-Certain parts of the Federal Communications Commission’s interconnection and local exchange rules dealing with negotiations between local exchange carriers and commercial mobile radio service operators will not be included in the current stay that prevents FCC pricing restrictions from being …