The wireless industry reported 25.2 million new subscribers, its largest one-year addition of new subscribers in its more than 20-year commercial history, according to CTIA's semi-annual industry survey released this week at the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment Show. Steve Largent, president and chief...
Unlike the freewheeling and sometimes thought-provoking keynotes of previous CTIA Wireless I.T. shows, Tuesday's opening keynote session was a trio of rudimentary company presentations on business basics from Microsoft Corp., Nokia Corp. and Intel Corp. executives. The keynotes-spruced up with slick video presentations and...
Amp'd Mobile Inc. and Disney both offered details this week about their upcoming mobile virtual network operator services. Amp'd Mobile said it's on track for a pre-holiday service launch of its MVNO service that will target the increasingly attractive youth/young adult market and rely...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to launch additional mobile TV services later this year using a platform from RealNetworks Inc. The supplier said its new Helix OnlineTV solution will enable Cingular to offer its third-generation subscribers personal interactive TV on their mobile devices. RealNetworks' deal...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry averted a potential public-relations disaster, assuring government leaders that wireless services for Hurricane Katrina evacuees would not be cut off for lack of payment. Members of Congress, including Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas), whose district includes Houston, where many evacuees are staying,...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry appears to have averted a potential public-relations disaster; quickly responding to government leaders who were concerned that Hurricane Katrina evacuees' wireless services had been cut off for lack of payment.Members of Congress, including Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas), whose district includes Houston...
WASHINGTON-Internet-based telephone companies have joined cellular carriers in having difficulty meeting federal enhanced 911 requirements, prompting the Federal Communications Commission to give Voice over Internet Protocol service providers an additional 30 days to come into compliance. The FCC, saying progress is being made on...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless sued two telemarketers for violating the prohibition against making sales calls to mobile phones using autodialers. Using evidence initially gained because Verizon Wireless employees received recorded messages selling time-shares, Verizon Wireless determined that the two companies made hundreds of thousands of calls...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless Wednesday sued two telemarketers for violating the prohibition against making sales calls to mobile phones using autodialers. Using evidence initially gained because Verizon Wireless employees received recorded messages selling time shares, Verizon Wireless determined that the two companies made hundreds of thousands...
WASHINGTON-Internet-based telephone companies have joined cellular carriers in having difficulty meeting federal enhanced 911 requirements, prompting the Federal Communications Commission to give Voice over Internet Protocol service providers an additional 30 days to come into compliance. The FCC, saying progress is being made on...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is urging FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to reject a key spectrum policy of his predecessor-the interference temperature-and instead ensure existing wireless carriers they will not have to share spectrum. The interference-temperature concept is a way to facilitate spectrum sharing that would...
CTIA has named RCR Wireless News an official Show Daily publication for the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2005 conference and exhibition Sept. 27-29 in San Francisco. For consideration in either the San Francisco show daily publication or RCR's normal print and online coverage...
WASHINGTON-Nearly six months after launching mywireless.org to educate and energize wireless consumers about taxes and regulations at the state and local level, the group is claiming victories even as opponents try to paint the organization as anything but grass-roots. Around the country in locations...
WASHINGTON-California regulators did something they have never done before, creating an area-code overlay for Beverly Hills. Beginning Aug. 26, celebrities wanting second, third and fourth phones may find themselves with phone numbers beginning with 424 rather than the fashionable 310 area code. "The beauty...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is urging FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to reject a key spectrum policy of his predecessor-the interference temperature-and instead ensure existing wireless carriers they will not have to share spectrum.The interference-temperature concept is a way to facilitate spectrum sharing that would set...
WASHINGTON-California regulators Thursday did something they have never done before. They created an area-code overlay for Beverly Hills. Beginning Aug. 26, 2006, celebrities wanting second, third and fourth phones may find themselves with phone numbers beginning with 424 rather than the fashionable 310 area...
Leap Wireless International Inc. announced free Wireless AMBER Alerts for its Cricket customers. Wireless AMBER alerts are short text messages with local information about abducted children. In May, nine wireless carriers announced they would send text messages to people who opt in to receive...
WASHINGTON-The National Emergency Number Association asked the Federal Communications Commission to establish an interim, then permanent, Routing Number Administrator, a move that would benefit Voice over Internet Protocol providers facing difficulties routing enhanced 911 calls as they race to deploy E-911 service. "Both for...
WASHINGTON-The National Emergency Number Association recently asked the Federal Communications Commission to establish an interim, then permanent, Routing Number Administrator, a move that would benefit Voice over Internet Protocol providers facing difficulties in routing enhanced 911 calls as they race to deploy E-911 service....
Jason Ford can walk through any mall in the United States without eliciting a second glance. But in the tiny universe that is wireless gaming, he may as well be Brad Pitt. As the general manager of games for Sprint PCS, Ford's attention is...
WASHINGTON-A group of 14 Democratic House members led by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) asked the Federal Communications Commission to reject a wireless-industry petition that would prohibit state regulation of early-termination fees."Consumers win when they have choices. Early-termination fees take away consumer choice, which is...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. told the Federal Communications Commission last month that it will not meet the Dec. 31 deadline to have 95 percent of its handset base capable of locating 911 callers."Sprint Nextel would likely achieve 80-percent to 85-percent handset penetration by the end...
WASHINGTON-The Communications for Coordinated Assistance and Response to Emergencies (ComCare) Alliance is asking the Federal Communications Commission to maintain its deadline for location-capable handsets. ComCare requested that the FCC deny a waiver request from CTIA and the Rural Cellular Association for the rules requiring...
WASHINGTON-The Communications for Coordinated Assistance and Response to Emergencies (ComCARE) Alliance is asking the Federal Communications Commission to maintain its deadline for location-capable handsets.ComCARE requested that the FCC deny a waiver request by CTIA and the Rural Cellular Association for the rules requiring wireless...
