PCIA – Wireless Infrastructure Assoc.

Yesterday’s appeals court ruling that the Federal Communications Commission lacks jurisdiction over how Internet Service Providers manage network traffic is narrow, but probably makes it difficult for the FCC to try to regulate broadband providers as telecommunications services providers, said …

The New York State Wireless Association is holding its third annual conference and trade show next month with a focus on opportunities in the United States and in Canada, said Douglas Dimitroff, founder and president of the association and a …

Wireless carriers and equipment companies should benefit from the Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan while smaller local exchange carriers and TV broadcasters may be vulnerable, according to consultants Global Medley Advisors L.L.C.However, the details of the plan – how …

The National Broadband Plan delivered to Congress today calls for another 500 megahertz of spectrum to be freed up for wireless use by 2020, as well as an auction of D-Block spectrum and greater use of unlicensed spectrum.Federal Communications Chairman …

Reply comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s notice of proposed rulemaking on cellphone signal boosters produced some finger-pointing between carriers and equipment manufacturers as well as renewed calls on both sides for the government agency to take action on the …

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in RCR Wireless News’ January Special Edition Wireless Infrastructure: The Engine for Economic Recovery. Look for our March Special Edition, coming soon.Wireless networks are the cornerstone of the wireless industry. These capital-intensive investments are …

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in RCR Wireless News’ January Special Edition, Wireless Infrastructure: The Engine for Economic Recovery. Look for our March Special Edition coming soon.Many talk about cellular towers as if each of them were equivalent to …

CTIA has challenged a petition for reconsideration from municipal planning authorities that ask the Federal Communications Commission to clarify its position on a 30-day “tolling” period related to the federal shot-clock on tower siting issues.The FCC in November adopted a …

The wireless sector probably didn’t fare as poorly as some industries in 2009, but nevertheless, telecom companies and individual employees felt the pain of the recession. The outlook for 2010 promises to be better as wireless carriers get ready to …

Women in Cable Telecommunications is a 30-year-old nonprofit group nearly 8,000 members strong that was borne out of a necessity to ensure that women in cable telecommunications were well educated and empowered to help transform the cable industry. In the …

Federal Communications Commission adopted a shot clock of 90 days for state and local jurisdictions to act on tower collocation applications and 150 days to act on all other tower siting applications, but fell short of CTIA’s request of deeming …

Distributed antenna systems are gaining traction as an alternative way for service providers to fill in coverage or add more capacity to the wireless network when macro cellsites are not an option, as well as a way for smaller carriers …

As FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski pledged his agency’s support for a “shot clock” to help facilitate tower-siting initiatives across the United States, state wireless associations continue to work at the local level to educate municipalities and state governments on the …

SAN DIEGO–FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the government would work to free up more spectrum for wireless broadband access and aid tower-siting efforts, two initiatives the wireless industry likely will embrace, even as he continued to call for an open …

Join ABI Research Analyst Nadine Manjaro, RCR Wireless News Editor Tracy Ford and representatives from PCIA as they analyze key trends and initiatives in the wireless infrastructure space discussed at PCIA’s 2009 Wireless Infrastructure Show.

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The nation’s top tower company executives are optimistic on the outlook for their industry, in part because they survived late 2008 and early 2009 intact despite tight credit markets, but more so because mobile broadband services are …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Fourth-generation technology deployments might be stifled by intellectual property rights as different ecosystems collaborate to make devices for the new standards, said Yung Hahn, president of the Open Patent Alliance at a Wednesday morning keynote at PCIA’s …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Reducing costs is not the only reason for wireless carriers to outsource network management to telecom equipment operators, Johan Bjorklund, VP of managed services for Ericsson North America told attendees Wednesday at PCIA’s 2009 Wireless Infrastructure Show.Fresh …

This RCR Wireless News Top 10 Tower Companies listing is a compilation of the top 10 tower companies that responded to a survey from PCIA and RCR Wireless News. This year’s list is a little different in that it was …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As fourth-generation network rollouts begin, the wireless industry’s value chain has viable buildout opportunities that should keep the sector healthy, as long as various segments work in harmony. “4G wireless will be the game changer that we …

4G Unwired 4G Unwired has introduced SkyView Microwave, microwave engineering software that provides the ability to design microwave and broadband networks in 3D directly in Google Earth with accurate and repeatable results. View line of sight worldwide from any angle, …

As president and CEO of PCIA – the Wireless Infrastructure Association, Michael Fitch is charged with overseeing the group’s mission of supporting the infrastructure necessary to make wireless communications and information available at all times and in all places. While …

The tower industry gets its turn on the trade show spotlight this week as PCIA’s 2009 Wireless Infrastructure Show is set to kick off at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. The event’s festivities start on Monday, …

The converging telecom and IT space is set to become a $5 trillion global business, fueled by relentless demand from individuals and businesses to be able to access information across any device at any time. The wireless/telecom/media/IT sector is growing …