CTIA

WASHINGTON-Technology makers and service providers should not be responsible for their customers’ actions, especially if the service providers are hurt financially from those actions, CTIA argued in a brief before …

David Steinberg stands as an example of the surplus of opportunity within wireless. As chief executive officer of Internet activation company InPhonic Inc., Steinberg has overseen the growth of the …

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. introduced its OneBase Cell Extender, a high-power multicarrier power amplifier that extends coverage and increases capacity of wireless base stations. The company is showcasing the product …

The wireless carrier trade association agreed to produce guidelines for managing wireless porn, even as porn giant Larry Flynt announced plans to enter the U.S. wireless market. CTIA said Tuesday …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-InnoPath Software Inc. and Acrodea Inc. said they plan to cooperate on an over-the-air solution for wireless operators and handset manufacturers to update user interface components and profiles. …

WASHINGTON-CTIA has joined with several trade associations and telecommunications companies in opposing the entertainment industry’s effort to create what it calls “a secondary copyright liability.” “The judicial expansion of secondary …

Leap Wireless International Inc. appointed Albin Al Moschner executive vice president and chief marketing officer and Glenn Umetsu executive vice president and chief technical officer. Both positions are new to …

WASHINGTON-K. Dane Snowden, chief of the FCC’s Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, is leaving the Federal Communications Commission to become vice president of strategic relations at CTIA. Snowden’s first day …

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-The Near Field Communications Forum, an industry association launched last year to promote NFC technology, announced 20 new additions to its organization. New sponsor members are MasterCard International, Matsushita …

News on the phone front continues in anticipation of the upcoming CTIA trade show, with Motorola Inc., LG Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sanyo making announcements. First …

WASHINGTON-CTIA said Tuesday that Laura Zuckerman, communications director and legislative assistant for Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), will join as a director of government affairs March 1. “We are delighted to …

The Federal Communications Commission this week lauded CTIA’s efforts to control mobile adult content and urged the association to step up its efforts in keeping inappropriate material out of the …

The Federal Communications Commission this week lauded CTIA’s efforts to control mobile adult content and urged the association to step up its efforts in keeping inappropriate material out of the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday passed on telling wireless carriers whether wireline carriers can file tariffs at the state level for termination without first negotiating with them. “The FCC’s …

PROVIDENCE, R.I.-Aloha Partners L.P., which claims to be the largest holder of 700 MHz spectrum in the country, reported a definitive agreement to purchase the second- and third-largest 700 MHz …

WASHINGTON-A bill favored by CTIA that would have reduced telecom taxes in Virginia was killed by a state Senate committee last week but is expected to be resurrected in a …

With a handful of operators yet to post fourth-quarter and full-year 2004 results, the wireless industry is well on its way to reporting one of the highest customer growth quarters-and …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry plans to meet this week to begin work on a wireless content ratings system similar to other entertainment industries. “We are going to do something. Hopefully by …

WASHINGTON-As expected, CTIA has told a federal appeals court it wants it to throw out the nationwide programmatic agreement recently entered into by the Federal Communications Commission, the federal Advisory …

WASHINGTON-Softbank Corp., the Japanese Internet company trying to muscle or possibly buy its way into that country’s mobile-phone market, has crashed the party here by breaking with U.S. and foreign …

WASHINGTON-Hoping to capitalize on recent decisions by a pair of wireless carriers to postpone their involvement in the controversial wireless 411 directory, the Consumers Union is urging Congress to pass …

The Powell era is over. Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said he is leaving the agency within the next couple of months. “Having completed a bold and …

WASHINGTON-Often times when people go to trade shows, it is a business trip that feels nothing like being at home. CTIA hopes to change that this year at its show …

WASHINGTON-Often times when people go to trade shows, it is a business trip that feels nothing like being at home. CTIA hopes to change that this year at its show …

WASHINGTON-CTIA plans to spend “tens of millions of dollars over the next three years” on an advocacy strategy legally separate from the wireless association, CTIA President Steve Largent told the …