The arrival of spring weather in the nation's capital seemed to coincide with the conclusion of a week filled with grief from the tragic deaths of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, department aides, business executives and two Croatian nationals, all passengers in the U.S. Air...
It has been a year since I left a high-tech computer magazine to join RCR Publications. After five years as a techie writer and editor, I decided to try something new. I chuckled when a colleague said I was foolish to leave the growing...
WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry is at a crossroads.Either the ever-popular mobile phone used by more than 35 million people today will remain forever a nice little extra for business people and safety-conscious citizens or it will evolve into something much bigger and revolutionary: the telephone...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-A total of 33.8 million people were cellular customers in the United States at the end of 1995, a 40 percent rise compared with the 24 million customers reported in 1994, according to the latest semi-annual report by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association.It's...
Although I promised myself a break from any columns that have to do with CDMA vs. GSM technology and hearing aid interference, I'm breaking the rule-because something positive happened and, frankly, there hasn't been that much positive to comment about on the issue.However, Dr....
Roy Neel, president of the United States Telephone Association, offered reporters last week what he believed to be a keen insight.He recounted an anecdote about President Clinton's Feb. 8 signing of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. On the one hand, said the former aide...
NEW YORK-Faced with falling cellular phone prices and formidable competition by the four heavyweight handset manufacturers, smaller, Japanese-based players are pursuing other options in the U.S. marketplace."It's going to be a brutal year," said Francis McInerney, a principal of North River Ventures, New York....
WEST POINT, Ga.-InterQuest Inc. announced it is offering a new service that allows wireless carriers to offer unregistered roamers in their market to complete a cellular call.Instead of connecting unregistered roamers to a recording that ultimately prevents the user from completing a cellular call,...
WASHINGTON-The location problems inherent to enhanced 911 calls made by wireless users could be solved within the next five years if the Federal Communications Commission adopts a new plan forwarded by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and several public-safety concerns."Eighteen million times a year,...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation earlier this month responded to Sen. Patrick Leahy's (D-Vt.) request for key data on digital wiretap implementation. The 13-page document explains the methodology behind calculating capacity requirements for wiretapping and currently is being reviewed by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry...
Dear Editor: You recently published a letter from James Valentine that misstates a newly adopted CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association) certification standard for portable phone handsets. In his letter, Mr. Valentine writes that CTIA is requiring ports for external hearing aid devices. That is not...
In her Jan. 15 "Viewpoint" column, Tracy Anderson Ford presented her views regarding the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's new certification requirements for personal communications services handsets, which are designed to prevent interference to hearing aids. Ms. Ford discussed her interpretation of my position on...
Rules. It seems as soon as we enter this world, we're forced to comply with a blanket set of rules that someone else has decided for us.You can't have dessert until you finish your vegetables.Turn off the light when you leave a room.Balance the...
WASHINGTON-The recently completed summit on hearing aid interference from next-generation pocket telephones was hailed a success by the wireless telecommunications industry and hearing disability advocates, but controversy simmering beneath the surface could thwart further progress.An undercurrent of mistrust between the two sides still exists,...
WASHINGTON-To encourage third-party vendors to provide wireless telecommunications fraud prevention products and services, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association announced it is inviting companies to participate in new technology trials beginning March 1.Additionally, CTIA said it will create a new monthly fraud containment news service...
Glenayre Technologies Inc. has appointed Bill Edwards vice president of sales and marketing for the Voice Systems Division. Edwards will be responsible for developing a worldwide sales and marketing plan for the division, which sells voice processing products in the wireless communications marketplace. Clients...
WASHINGTON-An Illinois circuit court judge has dismissed scientist Dr. George Carlo as a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by a former Bell Atlantic Mobile manager against Motorola Inc. and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association.On March 2, Debbra K. Wright filed charges against Motorola,...
It's hard to tell whether the first session of the 104th Congress is winding down or whether Washington is just all wound up.The GOP-led Congress was scrambling to pass the remaining appropriations bills, arguing with itself and the Clinton administration about approving another stop-gap...
WASHINGTON-Congress, stung by growing cynicism about the clout of lobbyists in the law-making process, is moving forward with tough lobbying reform legislation.Lobbying has been particularly intense over the past year with the progression toward passage of a landmark telecommunications reform bill.A measure passed by...
The cellular industry's major handset manufacturers reported lower growth figures in third quarter reports, a sign that the wireless phone industry could be slowing down in the United States.Low cellular phone prices were one of the contributing factors that led to the slower growth...
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Sue Cardillo was named manager of public affairs at AT&T Wireless Services. Cardillo will be responsible for media relations, charitable giving, community relations and employee communications. She has 10 years experience in the public relations field, most recently as the senior media/community relations specialist...
WASHINGTON-All the turmoil, chaos and confusion of merging two major trade associations and sponsoring a huge industry conference in a year's time might drive one to write one of those heart-felt country and western songs that Personal Communications Industry Association President Jay Kitchen likes...
For more than 30 years, microwave communications systems have been used by utilities, oil and gas pipeline companies, railroads and municipalities to provide basic services to the American public including energy and transportation services, heating, air conditioning, power and fuel. Even public-safety agencies rely...
