PCIA – Wireless Infrastructure Assoc.

Cellemetry L.L.C. Numerex Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Cellemetry L.L.C., will incorporate Ida Corp.’s Global Trakit Data Center in its Cellemetry network, enabling automatic vehicle location and remote asset management. According to Geoff Girdler, head of the Numerex wireless communication …

As predictable as ants at a picnic, the summer of 2001 finds the mainstream press proclaiming the death of the paging industry. This time around, they are wrapping it inside their coverage of the dot-com deathwatch. However, industry professionals and …

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.-Executives of Motorola Inc. and the Personal Communications Industry Association sparred over the future of paging and device-makers’ support for it at last week’s Southeastern Communications Association “Wireless Messaging 2001” conference held here. “Although we have seen some …

The cellular industry’s inception in the United States is made up of thousands of stories of business leaders, technology gurus and ordinary people each pursuing for one reason or another an unproven and unpredictable industry made possible by the federal …

It’s going to be a hot summer. First off, there is “this summer’s hotly anticipated film release, Tomb Raider,” featuring Angelina Jolie and L.M. Ericsson. Jolie plays cyber heroine Lara Croft. “The perfect modern heroine, Lara has brains, beauty, stamina …

WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission last week said he only partially agreed with an exhortation by the secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union that the United States is falling behind in the global race for third-generation wireless. “Parts …

WASHINGTON-Medical records need to be in the same electronic format before medicine can go wireless, according to a panel of transplant experts at last week’s Life-Reach Summit sponsored by the PCIA Foundation. The United Network of Organ Sharing requires transplant …

While many people make a name for themselves by inventing technology that somehow changes the world, James A. Dwyer Jr.’s contribution to the wireless communications industry during the past 40 years is a little more subtle. Instead of earth-shattering technology, …

Navigating the September trade-show scene is going to be a challenge for the wireless industry. The two major trade associations are sponsoring shows the same week targeting the same audience. Initially, it just looked like exhibitors and attendees would have …

WASHINGTON-For the second time in 13 months, the Personal Communications Industry Association is reinventing its trade show. “This redefined strategy is designed to fully incorporate PCIA’s role as a global m-convergence organization providing marketing, technical and regulatory leadership within the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will begin examining the relationship between wireline and wireless carriers and which regulators-federal or state-have jurisdiction over interconnection. It is a “question of our jurisdictional basis for addressing the intercarrier compensation rules that we should use …

Advanced Technology Workshop on Ceramic Technologies for Microwave March 26-27 IMAPS/CII. Adam’s Mark Hotel, Denver. www.imaps.org/forms/ceramic2001regist.htm. 3rd Annual Tower Investment Symposium March 26-27 Shorecliff Communications. New York City. www.scievents.com. The 3G Wireless Seminar: Promises and Realities March 26-27 Alexander Resources. …

CTIA Wireless 2001 March 20-22 CTIA. Sands Expo and Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas. (202) 785-2842. InterISP March 21-23 Interisp. Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami. www.netispexpo.com. Developing An Effective Strategy For NextGeneration Broadband Access Networks March 21-23 The Institute for International …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-American Express, MasterCard International and PacketVideo have recently joined the Personal Communications Industry Association’s Global Initiative. PCIA’s program provides members with information, products and services to help them understand how mobile technologies will affect consumers and the marketplace. Companies …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association last Friday filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming regulations aimed at historic preservation “favor intensive government oversight and unwieldy bureaucratic procedures.” The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association last week called on the Federal Communications Commission to institute a bill-and-keep mechanism for reciprocal compensation. Reciprocal compensation is the money carriers pay each other to carry each other’s traffic. “In light of the …

WASHINGTON-A new book describes top cellular lobbyist Thomas Wheeler as obsessed with controlling public relations for industry-funded mobile phone-cancer research conducted in the 1990s and claims he attempted extraordinary measures to downplay suspected health risks. In “Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission made good on its plans to require wireless carriers to have the ability to pool telephone numbers as of November 2002-a move the wireless industry finds disconcerting. The commission also said it would seek comment on …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission may propose charging carriers for telephone numbers. Also at its open meeting on Thursday, the FCC is expected to tell the wireless industry that in addition to being ready to convert to local number portability by …

WASHINGTON-A French court’s decision to regulate the Internet could have repercussions for the wireless Web in the United States at a time when carriers are excited mobile commerce will help them increase revenues. A French court recently told Yahoo! Inc. …

WASHINGTON-While most believe the specialized mobile radio industry seems to be disappearing along with its companion regulatory issues, one SMR operator believes that if this is true, it is the fault of the Federal Communications Commission. “Why is there less …

CHICAGO, United States-One of the first commercial deployments of Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the PCIA GlobalXchange event in late September. Mexico’s largest wireless carrier, …

CHICAGO-More antenna sites and towers will be needed as the wireless industry begins to address the data market, said Malcolm Wood, president and chief executive officer of San Diego-based Littlefeet Inc. “It is OK in voice to lose a few …

CHICAGO-Was last week’s Personal Communications Industry Association GlobalXChange show a success? It depends on who you ask. While some exhibitors complained loudly about the lack of traffic, others said they received more attention since some traditional large vendors opted out …

CHICAGO-One of the first commercial deployments of EDGE technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the PCIA GlobalXchange event. Mexico’s largest wireless carrier, Telcel, plans to roll out commercial EDGE service in the country’s …