RCR Wireless News recently spoke with Trey Hanbury, a partner in Hogan Lovell’s Washington, D.C., office and a member of the law firm’s Technology, Media and Telecoms practice, on a number of Federal Communications Commission proceedings scheduled for the next couple of months tied...
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For the first time this year, the two major annual trade shows organized by the Competitive Carriers Association and CTIA...
Tower Family Foundation launched
The tower industry has seen more than its fair share of tragedies over the past year. Always we think about how this must affect the loved ones of the fallen, but it seemed like few were doing anything to help. A family...
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LAS VEGAS — Cricket Wireless has been busy since relaunching the brand earlier this year under the scope of new parent company AT&T Mobility. At this week's CTIA event, the carrier announced a number of new initiatives, including a new distribution partnership, its first...
The wireless industry migrates to Las Vegas this week for CTIA's Super Mobility Week, featuring keynote sessions with industry heavyweights including FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead and AT&T Mobile and Business Solutions CEO Ralph de la Vega. The keynote topics...
RCR Wireless News conducted a five question interview with George Reed, SVP, Solutions and Marketing at Huawei Technologies USA in preparation for the company’s appearance at both CTIA’s Super Mobility Week and CCA’s Annual Convention in Las Vegas. During the interview, George also provided...
CTIA asks FCC to revise wireless siting
CITA CEO Meredith Attwell Baker recently wrote a blog urging the FCC to revise its rules in order to expedite the process of building and updating wireless network sites. She goes on to describe the different types of...
CTIA recently was among dozens of commenters responding to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)’s request for input on the big data and privacy report put forth by the White House Office of Science and Technology, as well as the President’s Council of...
According to data from the Center for Responsive Politics and the United States Congress Lobbying Disclosure website (lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov), during the first financial quarter of 2014, lobbying from traditional wireless operators held steady with a modest decrease by individual companies. At the same time, wireless...
T-Mobile US recently hooked up with a new lobbying firm in a move connected with spectrum relocation in the 1.7 GHz band.
According to an LD-1 Disclosure Form filing, T-Mobile US registered with the D.C.-based lobbying firm Jones Group International, a move confirmed by both...
With rare bipartisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow consumers to unlock their cellphones, making it easier to switch carriers and keep their device. President Obama is expected to sign the "Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act” soon....
A new report from wireless trade association CTIA shows that the amount of wireless data traffic handled by domestic carriers continues its steep growth, up 120% from 2012.
CTIA's annual survey of U.S. wireless operators showed that they handled 3.2 trillion megabytes of data in 2013....
AT&T recently sent a letter to some of its customers warning that their account security may have been breached by one of the carrier’s vendors, exposing social security numbers and birth dates. The hack, as reported by The Washington Post, was tied to consumers...
California's state legislature has voted down a cell phone "kill switch" bill by a narrow margin. The bill would have required carriers to be sure that all phones sold in the state included a remote deactivation feature. The bill was introduced by California Senator...
Wireless trade association CTIA announced that industry veteran and former Federal Communications Commission commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker will take the reins of the trade group effective June 2. Baker will replace current CTIA President and CEO Steve Largent, who announced his retirement plans last...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. We hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year's Eve and Day. Due to the holiday things have been a little slow in the world of telecom software, so this...
With mobile data usage surging, wireless industry trade association CTIA released a tool that lets consumers see how much bandwidth many popular apps use before they download them.
The site KnowMyApp.org measures 50 of the most popular free and paid apps, showing how many megabytes...
Just weeks after prodding the industry for action, the Federal Communications Commission garnered an agreement with wireless trade association CTIA and five of its largest carrier members
The Federal Communications Commission has sent a letter to wireless industry trade association CTIA asking that the trade association include device unlocking into the consumer code that its member carriers have voluntarily committed to providing. The letter comes just weeks into newly approved FCC...
The Federal Communications Commission finally received official new leadership late Tuesday as the U.S. Senate approved the nomination of long-time telecommunications veteran Tom Wheeler as the new chairman of the FCC. Wheeler will replace Julius Genachowski who left the government agency in May.
Wheeler, who...
Wireless trade association CTIA announced today that current president and CEO Steve Largent would be leaving the group at the end of next year when his current contract expires. The CTIA board will immediately begin searching for a new leader.
Largent noted in a statement...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
