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WASHINGTON-President Clinton on Friday signed into law legislation that mandates wireless subscribers be taxed based on a single address. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, which had lobbied for the legislation, …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, the Wireless Data Forum and NetRatings Inc. have joined forces to study the impact of advertising on the wireless Internet. There has been much speculation …

WASHINGTON-The argument over which trade association should represent the wireless data industry could peak next September when two large trade shows overlap. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s Wireless IT show …

WASHINGTON-Cellular carriers have mounted an all-out assault on the Federal Communications Commission to get more spectrum. “Spectrum is the `life blood’ of wireless services. But not all radio-frequency spectrum is …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has reduced by one penny the amount of regulatory fees commercial mobile radio services carriers must pay to 30 cents per unit. “Clearly the FCC is …

WASHINGTON-Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, has begun preparing for the likelihood that many mobile-phone carriers will not meet upcoming deadlines governing location-based 911 wireless emergency service …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association plans to file documents this week asking a federal court to allow it to join in a lawsuit that could have a substantial impact on …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, seeking to foster better public understanding of controversial wireless health issues, will require beginning Aug. 1 that all mobile phones seeking certification include radiation exposure …

WASHINGTON-John Stanton, chairman and chief executive officer of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and Western Wireless Corp., was named chairman of the board of directors of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Stanton …

Not many 44-year-olds can put on their resum, that they built a nationwide wireless business from the ground up with a capital infrastructure budget larger than the Boston freeway project. …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry, breaking with the public-safety community, last week urged the Federal Communications Commission to scrap efforts to improve technical capabilities of 911-only mobile phones donated to charitable organizations …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s decision last week to encourage rather than mandate band-clearing arrangements at 700 MHz could be moot if a powerful lawmaker’s plan to get high-speed access to …

WASHINGTON-Andrew Sukawaty, president and chief operating officer of Sprint PCS and recently installed chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, said Friday he is leaving the nationwide mobile-phone carrier to …

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone research pact between the Food and Drug Administration and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has come under attack by the former chairman of the leading Canadian wireless association, …

Fires, floods, avalanches, carjackings. Disaster at every turn. This is everyday Americana? Yes, according to CTIA head Tom Wheeler at last week’s CTIA’s Wireless Foundation Awards dinner honoring 51 VITA …

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, challenged with increased use of mobile phones, navigation systems, the Internet and other technologies in vehicles, will hold meetings the next two months on …

WASHINGTON-A Federal Communications Commission ruling on liability could be issued within weeks, with the completion of a staff proposal that is expected to steer clear of specific litigation issues and …

The prospect of calling party pays looks like a dying one in the United States, as the Federal Communications Commission appears to be backing away from the issue, and many …

WASHINGTON-Peter Angelos, the wealthy Baltimore lawyer and Democratic Party benefactor, said he will decide by early summer whether to file a class-action lawsuit against the wireless industry for alleged health-related …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association kicked off Wireless Safety Week last week with an emphasis on driver safety. The association focused on different wireless safety aspects each day of the …

WASHINGTON-A divided Federal Trade Commission last week said industry self-regulation of Internet privacy was a failure and called on Congress to legislate consumer safeguards, an action that immediately drew criticism …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry received a stinging rebuke Thursday about its lack of action on a Federal Communications Commission item that could increase the amount of money wireless customers pay into …

Nextlink Communications Inc. said it is beginning field trials in Boston and Dallas of consecutive-point broadband wireless access technology that is expected to be used to extend Nextlink’s local fiber …

The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association likes to talk about safety. And why not? Thousands of 911 calls from mobile phones are made every day, millions each year. No doubt countless …

Noting more than 100,000 calls are placed every day to 911 from wireless phones, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has recognized May 22-28 as “Wireless Safety Week,” with an emphasis …