October is a scary month, full of goblins, ghosts and things that go bump in the night.Wireless is scary business too. Have you noticed all the issues that once were proclaimed dead keep beckoning from beyond the grave?Earlier this month, an appeals court heard...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission Thursday denied the mobile-phone industry's request to reconsider an agency decision in May creating a new bill of rights for telecom consumers. The CPUC ruling comes on the heels of lawsuits filed by the six nationwide cellular carriers in...
WASHINGTON-The nation's six national mobile-phone carriers have filed suits in California federal court challenging the bill of rights for telecom consumers approved in May by the California Public Utilities Commission.Nextel Communications Inc. filed its suit separately, while Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint PCS,...
WASHINGTON—Nextel Communications Inc. has requested an extension of time to comply with certain provisions of the telecom consumer bill of rights approved by the California Public Utilities Commission in May. The compliance extension sought by Nextel involves various rule subparts with a Dec. 6...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. has requested an extension of time to comply with certain provisions of the telecom consumer bill of rights approved by the California Public Utilities Commission in May. The compliance extension sought by Nextel involves various rule subparts with a Dec. 6...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission, unable to reach a settlement with the nation's No. 2 mobile-phone operator, last week affirmed a record $12 million fine against Cingular Wireless L.L.C. for breaking state laws governing telecom carriers. The CPUC vote was 4 to 1, with...
WASHINGTON—The California Public Utilities Commission, unable to reach a settlement with the nation’s No. 2 mobile-phone carrier, today affirmed a record $12.14 million fine against Cingular Wireless L.L.C. for breaking the state’s public utilities code. The CPUC vote was 4 to 1, with Commissioner...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C., steadfast in its claim that it did not deceive California consumers, has initiated negotiations with the California Public Utilities Commission to settle a proposed record $12 million fine against the No. 2 mobile-phone carrier for business practices that the agency said...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is negotiating with the California Public Utilities Commission to settle a proposed $12 million fine against the No. 2 mobile-phone carrier for business practices that the agency said broke state laws.The settlement talks came to light during a CPUC public meeting...
Information is flowing faster over more media with increasing ease like no time in history. The good news for industry is all those pixeled 1s and 0s are gravitating to wireless pipes, big and small, licensed and unlicensed. We are walking data banks.Information is...
WASHINGTON-The nation's top mobile-phone carriers have asked the California Public Utilities Commission to stay the bill-of-rights decision and asked for a rehearing of a ruling that creates a new regulatory regime that other states may adopt to safeguard telecom consumers. Nextel Communications Inc.-which has...
WASHINGTON-The nation's top mobile-phone carriers have asked the California Public Utilities Commission to stay the bill-of-rights decision and asked for a rehearing of a ruling that creates a new regulatory regime that other states may adopt to safeguard telecom consumers. Interestingly, Nextel Communications Inc.-which...
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry continues to find its battlefield expanding, with carriers increasingly drawn into fights with one state after another on issues ranging from billing to contracts to taxes.Last week, Minnesota was at center stage when a federal judge temporarily blocked the state from...
WASHINGTON-Two California Public Utilities Commission members are crafting a new plan that could reduce or erase the record $12 million fine the agency assessed against Cingular Wireless L.L.C. last year. Commissioner Susan Kennedy, who previously signaled she would write an alternate decision in...
WASHINGTON-Harsh political and industry criticism of the California Public Utilities Commission's bill of rights for telecom consumers likely signals the controversy will carry over into 2005, when pro-business GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaces two exiting Democratic commissioners with his own appointments. "I am disappointed...
At this writing, I haven't a clue which bill of rights the California Public Utilities Commission will embrace or what plan the Federal Commissions Commission will adopt to remedy public-safety interference at 800 MHz. This much I know: The mobile-phone industry no longer faces...
WASHINGTON-Harsh political and industry criticism of the California Public Utilities Commission's bill of rights for telecom consumers likely signals the controversy will carry over into 2005, when pro-business GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaces two exiting Democratic commissioners with his own appointments. "I am disappointed...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission has just passed a landmark bill of rights for telecom consumers, resoundingly rejecting an alternate plan that was highly deregulatory and largely favorable to the mobile-phone industry.The CPUC voted 3-to-2 to approve a bill of rights sponsored by Commissioner...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission is set to vote this week on three telecom consumer plans, capping a contentious four-year proceeding with an outcome that could change fundamentally the way mobile-phone carriers do business in the state and become a model for the rest...
Sometimes, you have to choose the lesser of two evils. While it initially might seem unpleasant to ask the federal government to regulate wireless service quality, the increasing bad taste left in the wireless industry's mouth by the California Public Utilities Commission could make...
WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone carriers filed an emergency motion with the California Public Utilities Commission, asking the agency to overrule Commissioner Carl Wood's denial of industry's request for additional time to comment on two new plans for a statewide telecom consumer bill of rights."To evaluate the impact...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission has rejected a request by mobile-phone carriers for additional time to comment on two new proposals for a telecom consumer bill of rights, making more likely a May 27 vote on an initiative vehemently opposed by cell-phone firms."I have...
WASHINGTON-As the California Public Utilities Commission heads toward a vote next week on three bills of rights for telecom consumers, a contentious four-year proceeding pitting consumer advocates against the mobile-phone industry has turned into a high-stakes, political chess game whose outcome ultimately could be...
WASHINGTON-At least one member of the California Public Utilities Commission is still resisting efforts to split the Beverly Hills area code even as the Federal Communications Commission is auditing T-Mobile USA Inc.'s use of numbers there."The CPUC has requested that a `for cause' audit...
