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WASHINGTON-The chiefs of the FCC’s Enforcement and Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus want to go on field trips to see how well carriers are implementing wireless local number portability. In letters to four carriers, WTB Chief John Muleta asked the carriers to …

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers that still oppose wireless local number portability are trying another last-ditch effort to stop the mandate. The Senate Appropriations Committee last Thursday sent to the Senate floor a bill that directs the Federal Communications Commission to release the …

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission, facing heavy pressure from mobile-phone carriers with generous funding support from their national trade association, last week sent fresh signals that it may postpone a scheduled Sept. 18 vote on a proposed telecom consumer bill …

The school bell has rung. The still of summer is about to be shaken. Thank goodness. The wireless industry has held its collective breath waiting for a business uptick for months (years) now, and several prospects for just that are …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday sent to the Senate floor a bill that directs the Federal Communications Commission to release the implementation guidelines for wireless local number portability before the Nov. 24 deadline. “The Committee is pleased that the FCC …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association expects to make news when it unveils its voluntary consumer code of conduct next week, but how consumers embrace the code is less clear. Either the code is fraught with loopholes big enough to …

WASHINGTON-State regulators Tuesday urged the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association to coordinate CTIA’s soon-to-be-released voluntary consumer code of conduct with wireless best practices resolutions passed last month at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Conference in Denver. “That the …

WASHINGTON-The rural wireless carriers Tuesday said recent implementation guidelines for wireless local number portability developed by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association will put them at a competitive disadvantage. “The large nationwide commercial mobile radio service carriers have developed certain …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Aug. 18 officially announced that former Rep. Steve Largent (R-Okla.) will replace Thomas Wheeler as president and chief executive officer effective Nov. 1. “After an exhaustive search, it became clear that Steve Largent was …

COLUMBIA, Md.-The engineers at the Federal Communications Commission have completed their examination of various proposals to solve the interference problem experienced by public-safety agencies in the 800 MHz band. And the FCC is still poised to make a decision by …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association late Monday announced as expected that former Rep. Steve Largent (R-Okla.) will replace Thomas Wheeler as president and chief executive officer effective in November. “After an exhaustive search, it became clear that Steve Largent …

Verizon Wireless again raised the stakes in the wireless local number portability fight, urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject proposals from a number of its competitors that Verizon Wireless said would create barriers for wireless customers looking to switch …

The Federal Communications Commission would be wise to continue to explore possible technical solutions to the interference problem to public-safety systems caused in some areas by Nextel Communications Inc. One proposed solution before the FCC, called the Consensus Plan, is …

WASHINGTON-The Progress & Freedom Foundation, a pro-market think tank, released a study last week that it claims shows the proposed California Telecommunication Users Bill of Rights will cost consumers and only benefit lawyers. “Plaintiff and class-action lawyers-not consumers-would be the …

Verizon Wireless again raised the stakes in the wireless local number portability fight, urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject proposals from a number of its competitors that Verizon Wireless said would create barriers for wireless customers looking to switch …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association expects to unveil its consumer code of conduct Sept. 9. “The wireless industry will unveil its voluntary consumer code, designed to help ensure that wireless carriers remain the best informed, most knowledgeable telecommunication consumers,” …

Wireless directory assistance, one of the more complicated issues in wireless, is gaining steam following recent analyst predictions the market holds an ample $3.3 billion revenue potential. But swirling around the seemingly simplistic idea of a wireless directory database are …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Ernest “Fritz” Hollings (D-S.C.), ranking member on both the Senate Commerce Committee and the appropriations subcommittee with control over the Federal Communications Commission’s budget, said he would not seek re-election and would retire when his term expires in January …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Ernest “Fritz” Hollings (D-S.C.), ranking member on both the Senate Commerce Committee and the appropriations subcommittee with control over the Federal Communications Commission’s budget, said Monday he would not seek re-election and would retire when his term expires in …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry got an unlikely ally in its fight to postpone wireless local number portability when three wireline trade associations sent a letter to Capitol Hill saying that because various implementation issues have not been resolved, chaos will ensue …

Commissioner Carl Wood of the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) today issued the final draft of his proposed Telecommunications Consumer Bill of Rights, which details consumer rights that all communications service providers must respect, as well as a set of …

WASHINGTON-High-volume mobile-phone users are less likely to be “very satisfied” with their service quality, according to a study by AARP. “Consumers who use their cell phones regularly are more likely to know how often their calls are blocked or dropped …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Wednesday questioned the need for Connecticut to implement a wireless-only area code in light of the upcoming mandate for wireless local number portability. “The Federal Communications Commission has made clear its intent to implement …

WASHINGTON-High-volume mobile-phone users are less likely to be “very satisfied” with their service quality, according to a study released July 10 by AARP. “Consumers who use their cell phones regularly are more likely to know how often their calls are …

WASHINGTON-When the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association initially reacted to a clarification letter sent by the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau regarding wireless local number portability, it said it was pleased but more work is needed. Last Friday it told WTB …