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On the heels of press reports that the British government soon will require mobile phones to carry health warnings, a Swedish team of medical investigators released findings from a new …

WASHINGTON-The cellular industry and leaders of state and local government groups took to the road last week with their efforts to pass legislation to mandate that wireless subscribers be taxed …

WASHINGTON-With the House up for grabs this fall and a slew of high-tech bills pending before Congress, the high-tech lobby is flexing its muscle on Capitol Hill and shaping the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission was criticized last week by specialized mobile radio operators and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association regarding its proposed regulatory fee schedule for fiscal-year 2000. Congress, which …

WASHINGTON-Dr. George Carlo, the controversial scientist who broke with the cellular industry last year after finding data possibly linking mobile phone use to health problems, will roll out a new …

WASHINGTON-A proposal from the Federal Communications Commission to fund telephone service for Native Americans has come under fire from both inside the commission and the wireless trade associations. FCC Chairman …

WASHINGTON-The White House is expected shortly to release a belated report advocating the integration of wireless technologies into the nation’s Emergency Alert System, a policy that industry, federal regulators and …

WASHINGTON-Accenting its message with pastel-colored beanbag mobile phones, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association told Capitol Hill last week that competition is king. The trade association again delivered a set of …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry last week was rocked by two confounding controversies involving a California bill to promote hands-free devices as a precautionary measure against mobile phone radiation and a British …

NEW YORK-During a special conference call March 30, a majority of federal Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce members approved a final report to deliver to Congress April 12. The commission’s …

The Personal Communications Industry Association announced another initiative last week to turn the association around in the midst of dwindling membership and public-relations problems surrounding its annual trade show. PCIA …

The Personal Communications Industry Association stands at a huge crossroads, once again trying to reinvent itself. Though it may have had its best fiscal year in history in 1999, PCIA …

LAS VEGAS-The Industrial Telecommunications Association, or a subsidiary thereof, “needs to do everything it can to participate” in the upcoming auction of the guard-band spectrum, said ITA President Mark E. …

WASHINGTON-With a little more than 18 months until the deadline for the implementation of enhanced 911 Phase II service, carriers are beginning to think about how they can make money …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is beginning an inquiry into how software-defined radios may change the world. “You know that software-defined radios have the potential to bring science fiction to life,” …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late Thursday said it would create “guard-band managers” as licensees for spectrum being set aside to protect public-safety users in the 700 MHz band. The FCC …

WASHINGTON-Both state and federal regulators received lots of advice last week on whether wireless carriers should be granted eligible telecommunications carrier status, a necessity if they want to receive universal-service …

WASHINGTON-In new research not yet published, a prominent Motorola Inc.-sponsored scientist has found genetic damage from mobile-phone frequency radiation that may support similar findings by Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. After …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association said Thursday that it is eliminating 10 positions as it “recharges its organization to further advance [the] wireless industry.” “In 1999, PCIA had the best …

WASHINGTON-When wireless customers begin to really use their wireless phones to access the Internet, who will they use? An Internet service provider of their choice or will they be forced …

Philadelphia, like many big American cities, has its share of thorny issues: crime, poverty, drugs, rotting schools and urban flight. But last Wednesday, one issue overshadowed them all in The …

WASHINGTON-A new study failed to find an increase in cancer and other diseases among nearly 200,000 employees who worked at Motorola Inc. from 1976 to 1996. The study, published in …

NEW ORLEANS-Bidders in the upcoming 700 MHz auction should be able to negotiate with incumbent broadcasters to facilitate a quicker transition to digital TV and the faster rollout of wireless …

NEW ORLEANS-The outlook for adoption of rules for calling party pays is now seen as murky by many of those who attended last week’s CTIA Wireless 2000 conference. Calling party …

NEW ORLEANS-The federal spectrum czar believes that federal government spectrum users need to do a better job of encouraging innovation by private industry. Such communication could also lead to the …