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 2005."With all of this...
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 January 2005."With all of...
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 if the Nov. 24...
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 consumer protection rules all...
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 or where their service does...
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 the LNP requirements for wireless...
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 blocked or dropped or where...
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 Chief John Muleta exactly...
Verizon Wireless announced its subscribers will be able to vote on the selection of the most valuable player in the WNBA All-Star game using a short code voting system.Fans can pre-register for the wireless voting directly from their Verizon Wireless phones by sending the...
WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Verizon Wireless asked a federal appeals court here to overturn a Federal Communications Commission ruling permitting mobile satellite service operators to use their frequencies to provide land-based mobile-phone communications."Converting a satellite-only authorization into a license for mixed satellite and...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. announced two new CDMA phone deals, moves that follow on the company's promise to expand its CDMA phone business, but ones that do not involve big-name CDMA carriers.Nokia said it will sell its advanced 1xRTT-capable 3586i through U.S. Cellular, and its...
Telemarketing calls and junk mail have evolved. Now that consumers are used to dodging junk e-mail and Internet pop-up ads on their desktops and wireless messaging and mobile marketing are becoming more mainstream, mobile phones are quickly becoming the next vehicle of choice for...
The Federal Communications Commission this week is expected to approve new rules requiring certain handsets sold by mobile-phone carriers to be compatible with hearing aids and to carry labeling stating as much. The FCC, sources said, will lift an exemption in a...
WASHINGTON-Congress returns to work this week to a brewing controversy over funding for first responders and what to do when states raid wireless enhanced 911 funds like North Carolina did on June 30.The action by North Carolina comes as the Senate Commerce Committee is...
Executives from the nation's largest wireless carriers met last week in an effort to hammer out the details of a universal short code system, according to industry sources.Future meetings have been scheduled with an eye toward having the system commercially up and running by...
WASHINGTON-It is back to square one in the search for the next president of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) turned down the job last week."It was the hardest professional decision that I have ever had to make," Pickering told...
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau clarified that wireless carriers will not be liable for 911 information that is not properly relayed to public-safety answering points while a customer is porting a telephone number from wireline to wireless or vice versa.In addition, the Federal Communications...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late last month rejected a request from the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association to keep the number utilization threshold constant. Following the June 30 decision, the utilization threshold-the percentage of numbers a carrier must use in an area code before...
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on Thursday clarified that carriers will not be liable for 911 information that is not properly relayed to public-safety answering points while a customer is porting a telephone number from wireline to wireless or vice versa.Additionally, the Federal Communications...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) has dropped out of the running to head the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. "This past week, my family and I did feel an obligation to have a serious discussion about my having the opportunity to lead the Cellular Telecommunications...
Verizon Wireless has taken to heart the old adage that goes "if you cant beat em, join em." The nation's largest carrier broke rank with the industry last week when it said it would make local number portability easy for customers and urged its...
Catfish are jumpin'! Seems that Korn Ferry-a high falutin' company that puts folks in high-paying jobs in big cities-has Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) on the line for the top spot at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. How ya' like that.On paper, Pickering, who...
WASHINGTON-Drivers in the United Kingdom caught talking on handheld mobile phones could face fines up to $1,700 under a new government proposal announced today and set to be enacted later this year.First offenders would be subject to a $50 fine, but the penalty increases...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is negotiating with the California Public Service Utilities Commission to settle a year-long probe of the nation's No. 2 mobile-phone carrier's business practices, a development that could signal a strategy shift in industry as states contemplate landmark legal and regulatory action...
