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Two weeks ago at the Rural Cellular Association meeting in Las Vegas, I had a discussion with Bob Sullivan, CEO of The Wireless Source, about his company’s recycling efforts and …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. Thursday said it would take too long and would not survive a legal challenge for the Federal Communications Commission to seriously consider giving it spectrum in the …

More than 70 percent of respondents to a recent survey by the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC) said they were unaware that cell phones are recyclable, even though nearly 90 …

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless is at odds with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association regarding the expansion of the digital wiretap act to information services, including push-to-talk. CTIA filed comments saying information …

WASHINGTON-In a move expected to make spectrum available to commercial operators sooner, the FCC’s Media Bureau is proposing to move the digital TV transition date back to 2009. The proposal …

WASHINGTON-Disability advocates have urged federal regulators not to reconsider a mandate that would force wireless carriers to offer hearing-aid compatible mobile phones. The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association challenged various …

After facing harsh criticism over the sluggish introduction of its camera phone line-up, the world’s No. 2 phone-maker Motorola Inc. is hoping to regain the industry’s cutting edge by placing …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association is working with four agencies on a new ad campaign and will make presentations next month to a special committee overseeing the effort. Last …

WASHINGTON-With the federal tax deadline looming, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association has compiled a list of taxes and tax proposals related to wireless service. “There are more than 14,000 …

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless said Wednesday that it does not agree with the position taken by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association regarding the expansion of the digital wiretap act to information …

WASHINGTON-In a move expected to make spectrum available to commercial operators sooner, the FCC’s Media Bureau is proposing to move the digital TV transition date back to 2009. The proposal …

Following several years of setbacks and controversies, disposable phone company Hop-on said it is on track, scoring sales and proclaiming optimism for the rest of the year. “2004 is off …

WASHINGTON-California Public Utility Commission members Carl Wood and Geoffrey Brown said they will try to enlist support of the media and public for a bill of rights for telecom consumers, …

Citing the need to support two networks serving more than 20 million subscribers, its future ability to provide wireless data services on par with its CDMA-based competitors and poor results …

WASHINGTON-As of Thursday morning it appears that Nextel Communications Inc. has been successful in convincing a majority of the Federal Communications Commission that adopting key portions of its Consensus Plan …

WASHINGTON-California Public Utility Commission members Carl Wood and Geoffrey Brown, who joined in revising a bill of rights for telecom consumers that mobile-phone carriers continue to oppose, said they plan …

NEW YORK-Wireless users in the United States can now sign up to receive messages with information gleaned from the teachings of Pope John Paul II through a new offering from …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, told the Federal Communications Commission recently that any plan to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band …

WASHINGTON-It will cost billions of dollars to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission told Congress last week. Powell appeared …

The next stop in the evolution of the wireless industry is customization. And it’s expected to hit with all the subtlety of a tornado. This is not your father’s faceplate. …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s board of directors agreed to move forward with plans to pursue a new ad campaign, but no decisions were made on timeline, budget or …

Vendors are looking to deploy the Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem platform not only to differentiate themselves, but also to raise the stakes for third-generation wireless applications and services by compelling …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. said that a February proposal from Verizon Wireless to re-band only the 800 MHz spectrum and make Nextel pay for the retuning to solve public-safety interference is …

WASHINGTON-It will cost billions of dollars to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, the FCC Chairman told Congress Wednesday Powell appeared before the House Appropriations commerce, …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s board of directors agreed to move forward with plans to pursue a new ad campaign, but no decisions were made on timeline, budget or …