The federal government could reap more than $33 billion in net proceeds if it moves ahead with plans to auction off 120 megahertz of wireless spectrum currently under the control of television broadcasters, according to a white paper submitted to the Federal Communications Commission...
The current economic climate has trickled down to technology tradeshows as the first major showcase of the year experienced a decline in attendance. How severely wireless-specific trade shows are impacted by the recession will be tested next month.The International Consumer Electronics Show in Las...
LAS VEGAS -- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin talked about his commitment to deregulation, removing barriers and increasing competition in a chat with Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro that ranged from wireless services to the nonstop increase in cable prices.Martin...
With the wireless sector the most competitive in the telecom industry, it is hard to imagine that company executives can simultaneously beat each other's brains out in the marketplace and work in harmony on issues of common interest. But they do for the most...
The wireless broadband industry is fighting to prevent sharing conditions in unlicensed spectrum, but utilities, railroads and others insist such safeguards are necessary to prevent interference in existing and future unlicensed frequencies.The Federal Communications Commission rejected Cellnet Technology Inc.'s request that a spectrum etiquette-any...
WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee approved the nominations of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin and acting National Telecommunications and Information Administration head John Kneuer. The nominations now await action by the full Senate, which is expected confirm both appointees.On a related front, the Consumer...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission set a May 10 date to auction 800 MHz air-to-ground licenses. The FCC is auctioning the four megahertz of spectrum in the 800 MHz ATG band after it decided that the current ATG spectrum was being underutilized. The agency plans...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission set a May 10 date for the auction of 800 MHz air-to-ground licenses. The FCC is auctioning the four megahertz of spectrum in the 800 MHz ATG band because it decided that the current ATG spectrum was being underutilized.The agency...
ARLINGTON, Va.-Factory sales of consumer electronics will reach a new high of $135.4 billion this year in the United States, according to the Consumer Electronics Association, with wireless handset sales accounting for $16 billion of that number. Last year, CEA said U.S. consumers purchased...
WASHINGTON-As part of an effort to spur the deployment of broadband services in airplanes, the Federal Communications Commission said it would auction spectrum in both the 800 MHz air-to-ground band and the 400 MHz general-aviation band, but only will give small businesses bidding credits...
ARLINGTON, Va.-Young people are leading the way in the trend of cutting the cord.A new report from the Consumer Electronics Association said younger consumers, especially singles and those who rent their homes, are shifting away from landline telephones in favor of wireless technologies. In...
ARLINGTON, Va.-Wireless technology has become an essential tool for many teenagers, according to a new study from the Consumer Electronics Association and KDA Research.The study, "Youth Wireless Behaviors: An In-Depth Look," allowed researches an in-depth perspective on their study group by using rich-media blogs...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Consumer Electronics Association announced it will team with training firm Corporate Dynamics Inc. to help sell its Wireless Certification Program to independent wireless retailers. "Wireless retailers, both carrier and non-carrier-owned, need reputable sources for sales training and technology information," said Mike Mohr,...
The Consumer Electronics Association announced it will team with training firm Corporate Dynamics Inc. to help sell its Wireless Certification Program to independent wireless retailers. "Wireless retailers, both carrier and non-carrier-owned, need reputable sources for sales training and technology information," said Mike Mohr, president...
WASHINGTON-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), former chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and frequent critic of the TV broadcast lobby, plans to introduce a bill Tuesday that would end the transition to digital TV at Jan. 1, 2009. McCain's move likely will pre-empt the current...
WASHINGTON-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), former chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and frequent critic of the TV broadcast lobby, will introduce a bill next Tuesday that will set the hard date for the completion of the digital TV transition at Jan. 1, 2009. McCain's...
WASHINGTON-Unless you are a technology company with a business plan calling for the use of wireless devices on airplanes, you are against the idea, according to comments filed last week with the Federal Communications Commission.The FCC in December proposed allowing cell-phone use in airplanes...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Consumer Electronics Association, which represents more than 2,000 corporate members, said it has created the Wireless Product Specialist Study Guide designed to aid the wireless retail community in training sales staff and provide better service to consumers.CEA said the 200-page guide, which...
WASHINGTON-Passengers on airplanes do not want the ban on cell-phone use while in flight lifted, according to a study released Thursday morning by the Association of Flight Attendants/Communications Workers of America and the National Consumers League."Just think about being confined inside an aluminum tube...
WASHINGTON-Airplanes soon could lose their distinction as being one of the few places where a person cannot be reached by a wireless device due to decisions last week to re-auction 800 MHz band air-to-ground spectrum and a proposal to allow cell-phone use in airplanes....
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Consumer Electronics Association announced Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corp., and Craig Barrett, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., will deliver keynote speeches at the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January."Microsoft and Intel...
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom-Airbus, SITA Inc. and Tenzing announced plans to form a company to address the market for in-flight passenger communications, including the use of mobile phones, laptops and personal digital assistants in flight. The companies said they will offer a portfolio of solutions...
Airbus, SITA Inc. and Tenzing announced plans to form a company to address the market for in-flight passenger communications, including the use of mobile phones, laptops and personal digital assistants in flight. The companies said they will offer a portfolio of solutions to allow...
With cell phones, pagers and even wireless computers nearly ubiquitous, dozens of agencies are working to open the door for airline passengers to be able to use wireless communications at 40,000 feet. First, though, they must define the problem with such communications."One of the...
