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WASHINGTON-The recently completed summit on hearing aid interference from next-generation pocket telephones was hailed a success by the wireless telecommunications industry and hearing disability advocates, but controversy simmering beneath the surface could thwart further progress. An undercurrent of mistrust between …

WASHINGTON-To encourage third-party vendors to provide wireless telecommunications fraud prevention products and services, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association announced it is inviting companies to participate in new technology trials beginning March 1. Additionally, CTIA said it will create a new …

Glenayre Technologies Inc. has appointed Bill Edwards vice president of sales and marketing for the Voice Systems Division. Edwards will be responsible for developing a worldwide sales and marketing plan for the division, which sells voice processing products in the …

WASHINGTON-An Illinois circuit court judge has dismissed scientist Dr. George Carlo as a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by a former Bell Atlantic Mobile manager against Motorola Inc. and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. On March 2, Debbra K. …

It’s hard to tell whether the first session of the 104th Congress is winding down or whether Washington is just all wound up. The GOP-led Congress was scrambling to pass the remaining appropriations bills, arguing with itself and the Clinton …

WASHINGTON-Congress, stung by growing cynicism about the clout of lobbyists in the law-making process, is moving forward with tough lobbying reform legislation. Lobbying has been particularly intense over the past year with the progression toward passage of a landmark telecommunications …

The cellular industry’s major handset manufacturers reported lower growth figures in third quarter reports, a sign that the wireless phone industry could be slowing down in the United States. Low cellular phone prices were one of the contributing factors that …

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Sue Cardillo was named manager of public affairs at AT&T Wireless Services. Cardillo will be responsible for media relations, charitable giving, community relations and employee communications. She has 10 years experience in the public relations field, most recently as the …

WASHINGTON-All the turmoil, chaos and confusion of merging two major trade associations and sponsoring a huge industry conference in a year’s time might drive one to write one of those heart-felt country and western songs that Personal Communications Industry Association …

For more than 30 years, microwave communications systems have been used by utilities, oil and gas pipeline companies, railroads and municipalities to provide basic services to the American public including energy and transportation services, heating, air conditioning, power and fuel. …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has appointed David Diggs the vice president of operations. He will oversee CTIA’s intercarrier operations and fraud management groups. Diggs previously worked for American Mobile Satellite Corp. Other promotions include Eileen Gatens Mercilliott to vice …

WASHINGTON-A campaign that officially kicks off this week to fight the planned giveaway of digital TV channels to broadcasters is partially funded by the cellular telephone industry, which fears any such giveaway will mean increased fees for cellular operators. Specifically, …

Safety and security may be among the top reasons people buy cellular phones, but these features often fall short in one area: 911 service. But the state of Washington is hoping to remedy that situation with a new law that …

WASHINGTON-Stepped-up lobbying by city, state and county officials and support from a top House Republican likely will weaken the Klug-Manton antenna siting amendment in the House-Senate conference on telecommunications reform legislation this fall. Rep. Thomas Bliley, R-Va., chairman of the …

August is supposed to be a slow month in the nation’s capital, but even though Congress and the president are out of town there is movement on other fronts. There’s some noise, too. Didn’t you hear the giant suck-up sound …

WASHINGTON-The first system and billing identification codes for personal communications services have been assigned to AT&T Wireless Services by Cibernet Corp. Cibernet is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, which urged the assignment of codes so PCS …

Creating a nongovernmental United States Numbering Association to administer phone numbers will offer “an independent administrator, with a neutral governing board for which all carriers will be eligible,” said the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. CTIA recently proposed USNA to the …

Bell Atlantic Mobile and Racotek Inc. have signed a multiyear marketing and technology agreement to integrate BAM’s cellular digital packet data and circuit-switched data capabilities with Racotek’s KeyWare product. KeyWare is mobile networking software that operates on network servers and …

WASHINGTON-The Florida brain-cancer lawsuit that questioned the safety of cellular phones was dismissed May 17 by a federal court judge on grounds that the claim was not supported by adequate scientific research. H. David Reynard of Madeira Beach filed a …

WASHINGTON-While most of the population is at least aware of the cyberworld, more than 90 percent of American classrooms are cut off from the information revolution because they are without a phone. Earlier this year, U.S. Speaker of the House …

WASHINGTON-In a major setback for states, the Federal Communications Commission ruled public utility commissions cannot regulate local rates of commercial wireless carriers. The FCC on May 11 rejected petitions from Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, New York and Ohio seeking …

In the wake of the Oklahoma city bombing, the Clinton adminstration and Congress are pressing for changes on telecommunications laws to combat terrorism. Clinton ans Senate Majority Leader Robert Doyle, R-Kan., likely combatants in nexy year’s presidental race, each gave …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association donated $50,000 worth of advanced telecommunications testing equipment to the U.S. Secret Service as part of an ongoing industry-government effort to crack down on wireless telephone fraud by small hackers and organized crime alike. The …

WASHINGTON-Jay Kitchen has always had a knack for being able to talk to folks, whether they be mom-and-pop two-way radio dealers who for years have looked to him for representation in Washington, D.C., or Fortune 500 executives, engineers and policymakers …