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WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must eliminate the spectrum cap as an interim measure while government and industry representatives attempt to find harmonized spectrum for third-generation (3G) wireless services, said …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission must eliminate the spectrum cap as an interim measure while government and industry representatives attempt to find harmonized spectrum for third-generation wireless services, said Thomas E. …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission today is expected to reject the cellular industry’s request to indefinitely suspend the Sept. 30 deadline for meeting packet-data wiretap requirements, but a government source said …

SAN DIEGO—Amid the horror of yesterday’s terrorist attacks in New York City and the nation’s capital, CTIA’s Wireless I.T. conference in San Diego is continuing, even as the show’s participants …

SAN DIEGO—This year’s Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless I.T. & Internet show will begin today and continue as scheduled until further notice.

SEATTLE-Open application development platform provider Mforma Corp. launched its Developer Network, a free program aimed at helping developers build a variety of easily deployable applications across current and emerging devices …

WASHINGTON—In an attempt to get its preferred message back in the forefront, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association sent a letter to the General Accounting Office on Tuesday implying that …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—The Pen&Internet division of Parascript L.L.C. announced it has wirelessly enabled its riteMail communications application. The new version of riteMail will allow users to send and receive handwritten messages, …

ASHBURN, Va.-Comsearch announced it has been selected for the fourth consecutive year as the official frequency coordinator for the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association for its upcoming Wireless I.T. & …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association again last week pressured the public-safety community to make firm commitments as to the deployment of enhanced 911 service. With a looming Oct. 1 …

The mobile satellite industry finally had something to smile about last week when the International Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission granted eight MSS operators licenses in the 2 GHz …

WASHINGTON-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld last week told lawmakers no decision has been reached on future military spectrum requirements, a response starkly at odds with top brass and one that comes …

Even with more than 100 million customers across numerous carriers and a handful of technology choices, wireless subscribers in the United States hold and complete a conversation of acceptable audio …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association announced the keynote speakers for the opening day of its Wireless I.T. & Internet 2001 show, to take place in San Diego in …

WASHINGTON-In a major development that could leverage political pressure to force mobile-phone carriers to make greater public-safety use of their networks, the first-ever demonstration of emergency wireless messaging went off …

WASHINGTON-A Richardson, Texas, inventor says he has developed a way to allow public safety answering points to call back non-initialized phones that make 911 calls. The statement comes as the …

With less than two years in the game, software platform provider Stick Networks has already made a name for itself with its flagship Personal Digital Network, a wireless platform that …

Close below the surface of the third-generation mobile-phone spectrum debate is a technology war, the kind of feud industry thought was behind it and wanted to avoid as it tries …

WASHINGTON-Despite fierce lobbying by Western Wireless Corp. and the Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe, a decision from the Federal Communications Commission to award Western Wireless eligible telecommunications carrier status in time …

WASHINGTON-In the world of wireless enhanced 911, the Fourth of July fireworks were not just up in the sky. Carriers, public-safety officials and government spent the holiday week reacting to …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration came under pressure from key Senate Democrats last week to require the Department of Defense to surrender spectrum sought by mobile-phone firms for third-generation wireless systems, a …

The Federal Communications Commission last week reduced the amount of regulatory fees wireless carriers must pay from 30 cents to 27 cents per subscriber. The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association …

WASHINGTON-The impact on the federal budget of last month’s decision by a federal appeals court to overturn the reclamation and re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s 90 PCS C- and …

NEW YORK-With a stroke of Republican Gov. George Pataki’s pen June 28, New York became the first state in the country to impose a statewide ban on the handheld use …

I hesitate a bit to write a column about driver distraction since the last time I did so a few readers found it necessary to disparage me on our letters …