Associations

RED BANK, N.J.-The Radio Club of America handed out accolades to several contributors to the wireless industry at its recent annual banquet and its 94th Anniversary Dinner Awards Presentation. Arthur …

Digital rights management has arisen as one of the most critical elements of the wireless data industry. And in an acknowledgement of the importance of the technology, the Open Mobile …

TOKYO-The MultiBand OFDM Alliance, which supports ultra-wideband technology, said it will publish a standard in May and plans to submit proposals for the IEEE working group. The body, which has …

LONDON-GSM operators will count 1 billion users by the end of the first quarter 2004, according to predictions from the GSM Association. More than 180 million GSM users were added …

WASHINGTON-Two months after the long-awaited wireless local number portability rules became effective, signs continue to point that porting phone numbers is still not a smooth transition. After spending several years …

LONDON-EMI Music, Downplay, In-Fusio, Omni Entertainment, MmO2, Qualcomm Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. are among the newest members of the Mobile Entertainment Forum, the group announced. The organization said the …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The WiMax Forum, which certifies broadband wireless access product interoperability, said its membership has leaped from 28 to 67 members in five months, including marquee names like Siemens, …

WASHINGTON-CTIA’s Steve Largent moved swiftly Thursday to announce his new communications vice president and lobbyist after confirming to RCR Wireless News that he was making significant changes in the wireless …

LAS VEGAS-Bill Gates told a packed audience at the Consumers Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week that technology has become commonplace. Because as of this Christmas my parents have …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless received a pair of 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards from the CDMA Development Group, including industry leadership and service innovation. The CDG awarded the industry leadership to …

WASHINGTON-Steven Berry, the No. 2 official at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, is leaving the organization to direct lobbying for the cable TV industry. The National Cable & Telecommunications …

BEIJING-The TD-SCDMA Alliance said it will announce five new members by the end of this year, emphasizing the growing acceptance and influence of the protocol. “We have singled them out …

BERNE, Switzerland-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute said it signed a cooperation agreement with the Fixed Line Multimedia Messaging Service Forum to cooperate on multimedia messaging for fixed-line subscribers starting next …

WASHINGTON-The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions said it has developed and released a technical document designed to meet challenges wireless carriers are expected to encounter in implementing the local number …

WASHINGTON-Five trade associations representing rural wireline carriers last week objected to a suggestion that universal-service support be restricted to primary lines. “Before rural incumbent local exchange carriers and other eligible …

MADRID, Spain-The Liberty Alliance said its Phase 2 specifications have been approved, rounding out the existing Liberty Federation Framework and the foundation for the Liberty Identity Web Services Framework. The …

WASHINGTON-Five trade associations representing rural wireline carriers objected on Wednesday to a restriction on universal-service support subsidies to only primary lines. “Most wireless carriers have only constructed facilities in town …

WASHINGTON D.C.-The Industrial Telecommunications Association has elected F.H. “Rick” Smith of ChevronTexaco Inc. to serve as chair of the board. “I am thankful for the broad industry representation ITA brings …

WASHINGTON-With just over three weeks before the scheduled implementation of wireless local number portability, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association released a number of consumer tips that it said would …

LAS VEGAS-From a crowded show floor at this week’s Tower Summit & Trade Show, Shorecliff Communications L.L.C. presented its annual Excellence in Business Awards. Sprint Sites USA was awarded the …

WASHINGTON-While the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association was laboring to find a new leader whose conservative politics would align with the GOP-led Congress and as top members steered hundreds of …

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador-The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) and Global VSAT Forum (GVF) signed an agreement this week for the coordination of satellite-related programs. “Widespread access to broadband satellite communications …

LAS VEGAS-Airborne Entertainment and Buzztime Entertainment announced an exclusive agreement to port the Buzztime trivia game to next-generation real-time downloadable wireless technologies, including BREW and Java. Under the terms of …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association today launched a new campaign to bring awareness to its own phone recycling program and the recycling efforts of several of its members. “The …

PARIS-The WLAN Smart Card Consortium said it has released an updated smart card specification known as WLAN-SIM V1.0, which will allow hot-spot operators to extend subscriber identity module technology for …