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,...
Just when you thought the war between proponents of Global System for Mobile communications technology and those who want Code Division Multiple Access technology to be used for personal communications services systems couldn't get any dirtier, it did.Billions of dollars could be made and...
WASHINGTON-The ongoing case between California two-way licensee James A. Kay Jr. and the Federal Communications Commission could be solved within the next several weeks if an administrative law judge decides to revoke Kay's 164 Part 90 licenses.The paper trail between FCC attorneys and those...
Topping the chart for return on investment is WinStar Communications Inc., whose stock in trade is providing digital wireless links that bypass local exchange carriers.Through its Avante-Garde affiliate, WinStar has received exclusive rights to use Federal Communications Commission licenses in the 38 GHz band...
A three-judge federal appeals court panel took both the Federal Communications Commission and the Associated Public Safety Communications Officers International Inc. to task regarding the commission's microwave- relocation plans, saying neither side made a clear case for or against changes the FCC made to...
WASHINGTON-The fence between common-carrier and private-carrier paging will come down with the approval of a notice of proposed rulemaking that streamlines the regulation and licensing of Part 22 and Part 90 paging entities. The NPRM, however, puts a hold on new paging applications during...
The MultiMedia Telecommunications Association released its annual market review and forecast, examining technology developments, growth and trends in telecommunications and computing.MMTA of Washington, D.C., is the second-generation of the long-standing telecom trade group called North American Telecommunications Association, formed 25 years ago to represent...
WASHINGTON-Congress passed landmark telecommunications reform legislation late last week, paving the way for the wireless lane of the information superhighway and setting the stage for a fierce debate on a national spectrum policy bill later this year.The measure, which President Clinton is expected to...
WASHINGTON-The federal budget will play a large role in determining the future of spectrum auctions, according to several panelists taking part in "Spectrum Auctions: Pay or No Play?" last week during the ComNet '95 conference."The budget will be the driving issue in American politics for...
Furloughs. Snow days. Sales at major department stores. These incidences are what govern how day-to-day federal business is conducted in Washington. And now it seems that even high-ranking U.S. judges are allowing "business (or no business) as usual" to continue, to the detriment of...
Dear Editor: I feel I must respond to Mr. Valentine's response to your Viewpoint column.First of all, I think Mr. Valentine is certainly keeping in line with his comments to several members of the industry Chief General Counsel that his main concern regarding the whole...
WASHINGTON-While enforcing rules to move microwave users off new broadband spectrum, federal regulators have proposed letting commercial carriers offer wireless local loop and other fixed services.The extent to which cellular, specialized mobile radio and personal communications services can offer fixed services has created uncertainty...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission fared better than expected in the current temporary funding bill that lasts through March 15, but the head of the agency predicts there will be big problems if more money is not forthcoming."We got a little bit better, but we're...
WASHINGTON-Licensees of 220 MHz private land mobile radio services finally got the go-ahead from the Federal Communications Commission to relocate their authorized base stations to a previously unauthorized site inside any designated filing area, if need be."Licensees who received authority to operate 220 MHz...
NEW YORK-Wall Street gave Omnipoint Corp. a resounding welcome Friday, buying seven million shares of an initial public offering of common stock that opened the trading day on Nasdaq at $16 per share. Near close, the stock was trading at $20 per share. Omnipoint,...
After Bill Clinton ended one of his rare news conferences before leaving to visit the U.S. troops in Bosnia a couple weeks ago, CBS White House correspondent Bill Platte observed with a smile, "He looked presidential."The answers Clint on gave to re porters on...
WASHINGTON-Where mobile satellite service policymaking is concerned, federal regulators are not promoting the friendly skies. Far from it.Competition is the name of the game at the Federal Communications Commission. The heavenly stage is being set for wireless Star Wars-close encounters of the unfriendly kind...
A galaxy of new wireless services may soon beam down on the telephony-poor regions of the world.Mobile satellite systems-just like terrestrial-based wireless networks-are evolving from serving specialized markets to providing consumer pocket telephony as well as plain old telephone service. Right now, many of...
WASHINGTON-The specter of private radio spectrum auctions, frequency coordination consolidation and the kickoff of refarming in frequency bands below 512 MHz are giving users and dealers alike much to consider this year, said Mark Crosby, president and chief executive officer of the Arlington, Va.-based...
Less than a year after A- and B-block personal communications services licenses were awarded by the Federal Communications Commission, the PCS industry is entering a new phase of horse trading.GTE Mobilnet Inc. has agreed to sell its broadband PCS license for the Denver major...
NEW YORK-Get ready for "PSC"-not to be confused with PCS, and for the "information sky way"-not to be mistaken for the information superhighway. Comsat Mobile Communications announced last week that it will launch the first two-way "personal satellite communications" system by mid-year.Known by the...
WASHINGTON-GOP congressional leaders and the Clinton administration agreed on another short-term funding bill late last week to avert a third shutdown and an unprecedented government default, a looming prospect that could make credit more expensive for firms building capital-intensive digital pocket telephone systems.Meanwhile, Republicans...
WASHINGTON-Two participants in the Federal Communications Commission's C-block broadband personal communication services auctions submitted erroneous bids on two different markets during Rounds 10 and 11. Both bids have been withdrawn, and both bidders have filed waivers to reduce or negate any penalty they may...
WASHINGTON-Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Louis Freeh is expected this week to release key data on digital wiretap implementation that Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) requested three months ago and that wireless carriers have been denied while trying to comply with the new law.Meanwhile, the...
