At this writing, I haven't a clue which bill of rights the California Public Utilities Commission will embrace or what plan the Federal Commissions Commission will adopt to remedy public-safety interference at 800 MHz. This much I know: The mobile-phone industry no longer faces...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission has just passed a landmark bill of rights for telecom consumers, resoundingly rejecting an alternate plan that was highly deregulatory and largely favorable to the mobile-phone industry.The CPUC voted 3-to-2 to approve a bill of rights sponsored by Commissioner...
Nextel Communications Inc.'s spectrum realignment plans were headed for resolution early this year, with reports indicating the government was set to award the carrier 10 megahertz of spectrum in the lower 1.9 GHz spectrum bands.But those plans were derailed-at least for now-when Verizon Wireless...
WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said he found Nextel Communications Inc.'s complaints about the 2.1 GHz band unusual because the carrier did not raise relocation concerns when it presented its first proposal to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band in 2001. "I would...
Sometimes, you have to choose the lesser of two evils. While it initially might seem unpleasant to ask the federal government to regulate wireless service quality, the increasing bad taste left in the wireless industry's mouth by the California Public Utilities Commission could make...
WASHINGTON-Press reports circulated today that FCC Chairman Michael Powell had pulled away from supporting Nextel Communications Inc. getting spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band as part of a solution to public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band.Last week, RCR Wireless News reported that Powell...
WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein Thursday morning said he found Nextel Communications Inc.'s complaints about the 2.1 GHz band unusual because the carrier did not raise relocation concerns when it presented its first proposal to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band in 2001."I...
WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell hinted Thursday that Nextel Communications Inc. may yet be willing to accept spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band instead of the 1.9 GHz band requested as part of a plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band. But...
WASHINGTON-As the California Public Utilities Commission heads toward a vote next week on three bills of rights for telecom consumers, a contentious four-year proceeding pitting consumer advocates against the mobile-phone industry has turned into a high-stakes, political chess game whose outcome ultimately could be...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission could fine CenturyTel Inc. $100,000 for not routing ported wireless numbers."Regardless of the status of a carrier's obligation to provide number portability, all carriers have the duty to route calls to ported numbers. In other words, carriers must ensure that...
Nextel Communications Inc. continues to dominate the walkie-talkie space and is not expected to relinquish that lead for some time, despite recent attempts by Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS and Alltel Corp. to garner some of the push-to-talk pie. Nextel reported more than 13.3 million...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday proposed fining CenturyTel Inc. $100,000 for not routing ported wireless numbers."Regardless of the status of a carrier's obligation to provide number portability, all carriers have the duty to route calls to ported numbers. In other words, carriers must ensure...
WASHINGTON-The Compromise Plan offered by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association is the best option to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, CTIA asserted in a letter filed late Thursday."The Federal Communications Commission's responsibility, of course, is to do what...
WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell hinted to reporters Thursday that Nextel Communications Inc. may yet be willing to accept spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band instead of the 1.9 GHz band requested as part of the Consensus Plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800...
Countering a proposal by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association that would grant spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band and force the carrier to pay at least $3 billion for spectrum realignment costs in the 800 MHz band, Nextel Communications Inc. reconfirmed its commitment...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc., and the rest of the wireless world, will have to wait a bit longer.The Federal Communications Commission late Thursday put out the agenda for its May 13 meeting, and again rules to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. and the rest of the wireless world will have to wait a bit longer.The Federal Communications Commission late Thursday put out its agenda for its meeting May 13 and again rules to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz...
WASHINGTON-Lawyers for a North Carolina firm are in talks to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of a young girl killed earlier this year when a commercial truck-allegedly operated by a driver reaching for his cell phone-rammed into the rear of a school...
WASHINGTON-The bloodletting at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association continued this week as John Windolph, CTIA senior vice president for business development, and six lower-level employees were laid off.CTIA would not release the names of the six other employees besides Windolph, only confirming that...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. has agreed to pay the relocation costs of the broadcast auxiliary services in the 1.9 GHz band and in return has obtained the support of the National Association of Broadcasters and the Association for Maximum Service Television for the Consensus Plan...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. would deposit at least $3 billion in a trust fund and receive spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band instead of the 1.9 GHz band in a plan to solve public-safety interference at 800 MHz proposed late Thursday by the Cellular Telecommunications...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. should deposit at least $3 billion in a trust fund and receive spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band instead of the 1.9 GHz band in a plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band proposed late Thursday by the...
WASHINGTON-While the wireless industry said it would prefer a permanent ban on Internet access taxes, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association and several high-profile wireless companies said Wednesday they support a compromise bill that would eliminate the access taxes for four years."While the wireless...
WASHINGTON-The National Volunteer Fire Council told the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday that it has serious concerns about the Consensus Plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band."It is the NVFC's understanding that the FCC is considering Nextel's plan and that the company...
