As the new year rolled in, RCR took a look at what is hip and what is gauche in the wireless industry.
Out In
PDAs wireless Internet access
Andrew Barrett Regina Keeney
James Quello Bill Kennard
Rachelle Chong Minority GOP nominee
Reed Hundt Susan Ness
Donald McClellan Pete Belvin
WTR research EU research
bidding credits partitioning/disaggregation
legislation litigation
antenna siting law moratoria
SMR covered SMR
facility-based paging geographic licensing
ESMR competition Nextel monopoly
politically correct electrically sensitive
wireless lobbyists unions/environmentalists
CDMA testing CDMA commercialization
FCC Oftel
Jack Fields Billy Tauzin
Larry Pressler John McCain
telcos CLECs
service allocation flexibility
defaults banks
interconnection universal service
private wireless auctions spectrum fees
satellite monopoly satellite competition
trade barriers open markets
tariffs no tariffs
broadcast auction public safety
Clinton encryption Burns encryption
digital wiretap compliance carrier reimbursement
cellular PCS
budget gridlock budget compromise
Newt Gingrich Newt Gingrich
Filegate Indonesiagate
telecom act technical amendments
retail wholesale
mergers strategic partnerships
triangulation vital center
Mickey Kantor Richard Daley
WinStar Associated
NextWave MobileMedia