As a procrastinator from birth, I'm usually not one to point fingers at slackers. During my school years, long-term projects were put on the back burner until the night before they were due. Even in college, when my humanities professor declared at the beginning...
JUNE1-5 Supercomm '97, by the Telecommunications Industry Association. New Orleans. Call Susan Krys at (703) 907-7981.2 Wireless Interconnectivity and Standards Issues Seminar, by the Telecommunications Industry Association. New Orleans. Call Stephanie Jones at (703) 907-7735.2-5 Expo Comm Wireless USA 97-including WirelessWorld Expo and BroadBand...
MAY28 Evolving Markets & Marketplaces in Telecommunications, by UCSD Connect. Sheraton Grande Torrey Pines, San Diego. (619) 534-6114.28-29 Wireless Data-Network Implementation, Management and Applications to Achieve Marketable End-to-End Business Solutions, by ICM Conferences Inc. Chicago Hilton and Towers, Chicago. Call Kimberlee Mulherin at (312)...
WASHINGTON-The American Mobile Telecommunications Association said it has asked the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider certain aspects of its recently released rules for the 220 MHz specialized mobile radio industry to assure that regulatory parity exists between Phase I and Phase II licensees.AMTA wants...
WASHINGTON-Key wireless initiatives are caught in the grip of legislative inertia that has paralyzed Congress and the White House and shaken the foundations of both institutions in the aftermath of House Speaker Newt Gingrich's (R-Ga.) ethics violations and the Clinton administration's link to the...
WASHINGTON-The American Mobile Telecommunications Association asked that the Federal Communications Commission's authority to implement a licensing freeze be examined as part of the FCC's rules.The specialized mobile radio trade association said the FCC's practice of imposing freezes has become routine when developing auction rules...
WASHINGTON-Congress has charged the Federal Communications Commission with raising $152.5 million in regulatory fees for fiscal year 1997, a $26.1 million (nearly 21 percent) hike above the amount the commission had to raise to finance FY96.To reach this goal, a notice of proposed rulemaking...
MARCH10-11 Data Warehousing & DSS/EIS Conference, by Decision Support Technology Inc. Sheraton Grande Torrey Pines, La Jolla, Calif. (800) 288-5434.11 Making Sense of the New Telecommunications Market for Financial and Strategic Planners, by TeleStrategies Inc. Marriott Financial Center Hotel, New York City. (703) 734-7050.13-14...
FEBRUARY19 Auctions '97, by the Federal Communications Commission's Office of Communications Business Opportunities and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C. Call Kim Sescoe at (202) 546-4356.19-21 The 1997 GSM World Congress, by IBC Technical Services Ltd. Le Palais Des Festivals, Cannes,...
WASHINGTON-Digital subscriber growth surpassed analog subscriber growth in the specialized mobile radio industry last year for the first time in history, according to a study prepared by The Strategis Group and the American Mobile Telecommunications Association.The SMR industry added 210,000 digital subscribers, the report...
JANUARY7-8 Telecommunications Business Environment Conference, by the International Telecommunications Group. Denver. (303) 779-4141.9-12 Consumer Electronics Show '97, Sands Expo and Convention Center, Las Vegas. (703) 907-7674.19-22 19th Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference, by the Pacific Telecommunications Council. Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii. (808) 941-3789.22-23 Local...
DECEMBER9-10 Wireless in the Local Loop, by IBC USA Conferences Inc. The Grand Hyatt, San Francisco. (508) 481-6400.9-10 Universal Service, by IBC USA Conferences Inc. Hyatt Regency, Bethesda, Md. (508) 481-6400.10 Wireless Messaging Integration, by Motorola Inc.'s Integrated Software Products. Dallas Medallion, Dallas. (800)...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-A survey reflecting the frustration of specialized mobile radio operators may clear the air, but "unity and workable ideas" are what moves the industry forward, said SMR association leader Alan Shark.Shark responded last week to survey results distributed by Small Business in Telecommunications....
WASHINGTON-Fine points continue to need to be ironed out as the Federal Communications Commission tries to compete its interconnection and resale order regarding commercial mobile radio carriers. According to recent petitions for reconsideration and clarification filed by Nextel Communications Inc. and the American Mobile...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc.'s proposed $159 million buyout of Pittencrieff Communications Inc.-a deal that could give one firm half of the 2.2 million dispatch customers and access to most of the U.S. population-could become a key antitrust test case in the new wireless regime of...
FCC Chairman Reed Hundt is off the hook or should I say off the leash. John Dingell (D-Mich.), a hurricane-like force even when not House Commerce Committee chairman, struck his own amendment to ban Hundt from traveling 50 miles from home. Big John (Commerce...
Qualcomm Inc. announced the availability of a single-chip vocodor that utilizes PureVoice, the latest version of the 13 kilobit Qualcomm Code Excited Linear Predictive speech coding algorithm. PureVoice was developed for use in Qualcomm's cellular and personal communications services products featuring the company's Code...
When Marc Angell chose to end his career as a television and film director to enter the 220 MHz arena about four years ago, little did he know the drama would continue.What began as a potentially lucrative investment, turned into years of uncertainty and...
The nascent 220 MHz industry reached another milestone last month when non-nationwide licensees almost were forced to fish or cut bait. As of March 11, anywhere between 3,600 and 3,800 prospective operators who have been waiting for the regulatory morass surrounding the startup of...
WASHINGTON-"Let's not fool ourselves-the number one issue is money," said Carl Thompson, the new president and chief operating officer of Vienna, Va.-based North American Wireless Inc., who pulled no punches as to what it will take for the small business or entrepreneur to participate...
MARCH6-7 PCS Seminars for ITCs Only, U.S. Intelco Wireless. Doubletree Grand Hotel, Bloomington, Minn. (360) 493-6241.6-7 Re-engineering Billing Systems in the Telecommunications Industry, by the International Quality & Productivity Center. Radisson Barcelo Hotel Washington, Washington, D.C. (800) 882-8684.7-8 AMTA Specialized Wireless (SMR) Management Conference,...
The specialized mobile radio industry grew 13 percent last year, but operators reported a steady increase in industry churn during 1995, says a new market study produced by Economic and Management Consultants International Inc. and the American Mobile Telecommunications Association.The report indicates industry churn...
FEBRUARY18-20 Mobile Insights '96, by Mobile Insights Inc. Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix. (800) 419-0413.19-21 PC Card '96, by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, Calif. (800) 767-2336.22-23 Federal Telecommunications: Upgrading Government Telecom for the 21st Century, by TeleStrategies Inc....
WASHINGTON-With the new year only days old, industry associations here are gearing up to continue old negotiations with the Federal Communications Commission and to begin new ones. According to Alan Shark, president of the American Mobile Telecommunications Association, 1996 will be the year when...
