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WASHINGTON-Top wireless broadband licensees are at odds with schools and churches over whether federal regulators should mandate a 15-year cap on education spectrum leases, a feud that could force Bush administration telecom officials to choose between two highly popular and politically connected interest groups....

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Fixed WiMAX products from Aperto Networks Inc., Redline Communications Inc., Sequans Communications and Wavesat Inc. have been stamped "WiMAX Forum Certified." "The WiMAX era starts today," boasted Ron Resnick, president of the WiMAX Forum, at the WCA Technical and Business Symposium in...

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Fixed WiMAX products from Aperto Networks Inc., Redline Communications Inc., Sequans Communications and Wavesat Inc. have been stamped "WiMAX Forun Certified." "The WiMAX era starts today," boasted Ron Resnick, president of the WiMAX Forum.The WiMAX Forum made the announcement at the WCA...

WASHINGTON-Jack Abramoff ordered the wireless firm that won the House in-building wireless infrastructure contract to make payments totaling $50,000 to a tax-exempt group created by the fallen lobbyist instead of charging the company lobbying lawmakers. The revelation was made public as part of Abramoff's...

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission continues to face relocation problems with its third-generation mobile-phone spectrum plan, a situation that could affect the timing of June's auction and combine with other factors to lower revenues the United States needs to move Pentagon radio systems to new...

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps last week continued his campaign to get gaps in homeland security communications addressed, urging new FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to appoint a commissioner to take the lead on key issues such as ensuring emergency responders at local, state...

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Communications Association asked the Federal Communications Commission to delay action on Globalstar L.L.C.'s application to add an ancillary terrestrial component into its mobile satellite service system until it can be determined whether broadband wireless licensees would be protected from harmful interference. Globalstar...

WASHINGTON-In the wake of the devastating tsunamis in South Asia following a 9.0 earthquake, the Wireless Communications Association, which represents broadband wireless providers, said it will organize both short-term and long-term relief efforts during its annual meeting to be held later this month in...

WASHINGTON—In the wake of the devastating tsunamis in South Asia following a 9.0 earthquake, the Wireless Communications Association, which represents broadband wireless providers, said it will organize both short-term and long-term relief efforts during its annual meeting to be held later this month in...

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week opened up a huge swath of spectrum for wireless broadband services, creating incentives for businesses to invest in a third digital pipe to homes and businesses across the country.In doing so, the agency found a new home-the 2.5...

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today opened a huge swath of spectrum for wireless broadband services, creating incentives for businesses to invest in a third digital pipe to homes and businesses across the country. In doing so, the agency found a new home-the 2.5 GHz...

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, besieged by educators who oppose any auction of their spectrum, is expected this week to approve a new 2.5 GHz plan designed to foster wireless broadband deployment and accommodate licensees forced off the lower end of the band to free...

By coincidence, the hotel hosting last week's Wireless Communications Association conference was also home to a three-day rally of the ReDefeat Bush crowd. Meeting rooms of the two diverse meetings were practically next to each other.The WCA show, while technologically and politically neutral, actually...

WASHINGTON-Wireless broadband solution provider Alvarion Ltd. launched its BreezeMAX WiMax platform at this week's WCA 2004 conference.The initial release of the platform, BreezeMAX 3500, operates in the 3.5 GHz band. It has been tested by operators in Europe and Asia Pacific and is expected...

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Communications Association announced industry pioneer Craig McCaw will deliver the keynote address at its annual show taking place in Washington, D.C., June 2.Other speakers will include FCC Chairman Michael Powell, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce and NTIA Administrator Michael Gallagher, and FCC...

Supported by the Telecom Act of 1996, wireless carriers are taking towns across the country that have denied them permits for tower builds to court-and winning. Reports from local newspapers nationwide show that the tower-related provisions in the telecom act are working as intended-to...

WASHINGTON-The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday said Sprint PCS cannot use a clause in a California state law to build a tower in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., against the wishes of the community."The win for Rancho Santa Fe-and for every community, for...

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell will deliver the keynote address at the Wireless Communications Association's 2004 conference taking place June 3 in Washington, D.C. "Our industry and its consumers deeply appreciate Chairman Powell's leadership of the Federal Communications Commission's efforts to enable broadband,"...

WASHINGTON-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger-despite lacking jurisdiction over the California Public Utilities Commission-is quietly pressing regulators to follow an executive order freezing pending regulations until their economic impact can be assessed, setting up a political showdown at the agency over an upcoming vote on a proposed...

WASHINGTON-The Senate late Thursday approved a spending bill rider that partially restores funding to a rural broadband loan program. The agriculture appropriations amendment, co-sponsored by Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-S.D.) and Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), increases by $6 million the amount of money for administering the...

WASHINGTON-A program created in last year's Farm Bill to allow loans for technology-neutral broadband deployment is at risk of not being funded during this year's appropriations cycle, proponents of the program warned Oct. 24."The Senate needs to strike the provisions in the Agriculture Appropriations...

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Consumers Alliance Oct. 3 asked the Federal Communications Commission to confirm that its 911 strongest-signal rules require an analog phone to connect to a base station within 17 seconds rather than just assign a voice channel as manufacturers have claimed in ongoing...

WASHINGTON-A federal district judge has sent back to the Federal Communications Commission a class-action suit against several carriers and handset manufacturers regarding whether their phones comply with the FCC's 911 strongest-signal rules."Plaintiffs argue that this language clearly and unequivocally indicates that the 17-second rule...

N. BILLERICA, Mass.-Radio Waves Inc. announced it is sponsoring a contest to find the company that can use Radio Waves' antennas to achieve the longest reliable path in the 5 GHz unlicensed band.The winner of "The Longest Mile" contest, to be announced at the...