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McCain urges auction for MSS spectrum WASHINGTON-The wireless industry got some powerful support Dec. 20 in its quest to have the Federal Communications Commission auction off spectrum in the 2 …

WASHINGTON-The wireless policy-making world will ring in 2003 in much the same way it rang in 2002: by debating the merits of wireless local number portability. In the final days …

Editor’s Note: Each year RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2002 is Dennis Strigl, Verizon Wireless Inc.’s chief executive. Verizon, …

Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association on Dec. 17 urged the Federal Communications Commission to either auction off spectrum in the 2 GHz band currently set aside for mobile satellite …

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers are now required to contribute 28.5 percent-up from 15 percent-of their revenues to the universal-service fund due to action taken on Friday by the Federal Communications Commission. The …

WASHINGTON-Rather than relying on industry-supplied data-much of it from the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association-the Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on the state of competition in the mobile phone …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should raise the wireless safe harbor for universal-service contributions from 15 percent to 40 percent, said the Coalition for Sustainable Universal Service. Long-distance carriers make universal-service …

Record industry giant Sony Music Entertainment bought wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony’s Music Digital Services division. …

NEW YORK-Sony Music Entertainment acquired wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony’s Music Digital Services division. Sony’s move …

WASHINGTON-The president of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association last Friday stepped back from comments he made to the press earlier in the week calling for merger guidelines from the …

WASHINGTON-U.S. wireless data revenues have grown by 135 percent, and voice revenues have increased 19 percent since last year, according to the semi-annual survey by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet …

WASHINGTON-Wireless data revenues have grown by 135 percent and voice revenues have increased 19 percent since last year, according to the semi-annual survey by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. …

LAS VEGAS-The Association of Wireless Professionals (AOWP) announced at last week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet conference that it has reached a worldwide membership of 1,500. “This announcement marks a …

LAS VEGAS-Wavecom SA announced it will launch two new dual-band wireless modules by the end of 2002 at this week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet show in Las Vegas. The …

LAS VEGAS-Vendors TTPCom, 7 Layers and Analog Devices and carriers AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, and T-Mobile will take part in a seminar called “Making EDGE Real-Out of Development and into …

LAS VEGAS-Personal technology retail giant Gateway Inc. launched its Mobile Wireless Solution that uses Verizon Wireless’ Express Network this week at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet 2002. The service will …

TAMPA-Zeosoft is releasing version 1.5 of its Zeosphere application server at this week’s CTIA Wireless IT and Internet show in Las Vegas. Zeosoft’s new solution, which was built based on …

WASHINGTON-A bill to create a rural advisory board at the Federal Communications Commission was not warmly received when it was introduced on Thursday. “You don’t fix the problem of burdensome …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association on Wednesday asked the U.S. Senate “to return the billions of dollars the wireless industry has paid to the U.S. government for auctioned spectrum.” …

While U.S. wireless carriers have often strayed from the international model when it comes to delivering service, most industry watchers anticipated the U.S.-based GSM carriers would follow a similar path …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association and Verizon Wireless have filed a joint petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review the …

WASHINGTON-The wireless market is competitive so the Federal Communications Commission should not impose exit regulations on mobile-phone carriers, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association told FCC Chairman Michael Powell on …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association was appointed as a non-resident member of the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications on the same day the Federal Communications Commission released its response …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has declined to propose rules requiring wireless carriers to receive a customer’s consent before divulging the customer’s location to marketers. “Because the statute imposes clear legal …