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WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. told the five California Public Utility Commission members that findings leading to a record $12 million fine against the mobile-phone carrier are flawed, claiming on appeal that …

WASHINGTON-California Public Utilities Commissioner member Geoffrey Brown today said he and Commissioner Carl Wood are close to an agreement on a bill of rights for telecom consumers, and he opposes …

WASHINGTON-A consumer group says the $12 million fine imposed on Cingular Wireless L.L.C. by the California Public Utilities Commission is inadequate, while other mobile-phone carriers in the state worry they …

WASHINGTON-Even before the California Public Utilities Commission votes on a landmark bill of rights for telecom consumers, other states are signaling they too are ready to get tough with mobile-phone …

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission again will postpone a vote on a controversial bill of rights for telecom consumers, increasing prospects for either major changes to the current draft or …

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Commissioner Carl Wood of the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) today issued the final draft of his proposed Telecommunications Consumer Bill of Rights, which details consumer rights that all communications …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is negotiating with the California Public Service Utilities Commission to settle a year-long probe of the nation’s No. 2 mobile-phone carrier’s business practices, a development that could …

WASHINGTON-Sprint PCS late Friday was expected to file a lawsuit in a California federal court, claiming the California Public Utilities Commission is violating federal law by not assigning it more …

WASHINGTON-At the same time the wireless industry was telling Congress and the Federal Communications Commission that it could not deploy enhanced 911 without liability protection, it was developing and implementing …

WASHINGTON-Agreeing with a Federal Communications Commission decision, a federal appeals court has ruled one-way paging carriers are entitled to compensation from local exchange carriers. “We will not second-guess the agency,” …

DENVER-The Colorado Public Utilities Commission scrapped a plan that would have provided a new area code for wireless phones and pagers only. Citing legal and financial implications, the commission has …

DENVER-The Colorado Public Utilities Commission is considering a plan to provide a new area code just for wireless phones and pagers despite a 1995 ruling from the Federal Communications Commission …

Lightbridge Inc. successfully petitioned the California Public Utilities Commission to overturn a long-standing rule that forbids California wireless carriers to share customer information. The new ruling, said Lightbridge, allows wireless …

SAN FRANCISCO-The California Public Utilities Commission recently approved an $800,000 settlement between its Consumer Services Division and GTE Mobilnet Inc. to end its investigation into GTE’s compliance with CPUC rules …

The decision by the California Public Utilities Commission to allow bundling of cellular telephones gives the commission a card to play as it seeks permission from the Federal Communications Commission …

SAN FRANCISCO- The California Public Utilities Commission awarded five groups $38,613 for their advocacy in a CPUC decision last April that allowed AT&T Corp. to acquire McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. …

Cellular carriers in California have asked the Federal Communications Commission to reject a petition filed by the California Public Utilities Commission that asks for continued state regulation of cellular rates. …