WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission last week approved streamlined antenna structure registration procedures that make owners rather than licensees primarily responsible for complying with construction, painting and lighting requirements.At the same time, the FCC revised antenna painting and lighting rules to conform to...
The tower industry has banded together as the National Association of Tower Erectors to address collective issues of operations and safety and to affect industry-initiated standards. The nonprofit organization represents communications tower erectors, service contractors, maintenance companies, vendors and manufacturers across the nation.Safety is...
WASHINGTON-Congress, in the face of an impending veto and resumed fighting with the White House over government spending that could lead to another government shutdown next week, approved a Republican balanced budget bill that would raise $14 billion over the next seven years by...
Michael Snitz of Phoenix-based Cell Phone Extensions says his business is a part of the new "emulation industry," but cellular carriers call his work illegal cloning and fraud."This is a thorn in the paw of the cellular industry," said U S West NewVector Group...
Reflection Technology Inc. has opened two new sales offices in San Jose, Calif., and Sciota, Pa., to accommodate the increasing demand for FaxView personal fax readers, the company said. The offices will position the company for national market distribution of FaxView, a small, portable...
Much has been written about the decline of the Democratic Party, given the almost daily departure of lawmakers on that side of the aisle and the meteoric gains by Republicans in the 1994 mid-term election.It's true, the Democratic Party is in trouble and in...
Securicor Wireless Networks has named Greg Kleven vice president of worldwide sales. Kleven will plan, implement and head all global sales programs for the company. Previously, Kleven worked for Sequent Computer Systems where he created its Telecommunications American Operation, which consists of major account...
WASHINGTON-Congress, in a partial setback for the Federal Communications Commission, has limited-but not precluded-the use of auctions to license refarmed private wireless spectrum.Auctions are one of several market-based incentives the FCC is considering introducing in private wireless bands below 512 MHz, which are being...
WASHINGTON-The 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auction that begins tomorrow is expected to be characterized by a mixture of bidding by big companies like Geotek Communications Inc. and Ram Mobile Data USA L.P., which want to expand existing systems into national networks, and more...
Psst, don't let any lawyers know, but a government auction of spectrum is scheduled to begin tomorrow.The 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auction has captured the interest of 128 bidders planning to compete for more than 1,000 SMR licenses sold by the federal government.The...
WASHINGTON-The United States had mixed success in securing more spectrum for next-generation global satellite systems at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, an event unexpectedly preoccupied with the mammoth Teledesic Corp. network planned by high-tech billionaires Craig McCaw and Bill Gates."I think this conference...
WASHINGTON-Radiofone Inc., in what amounts to a new stay request, wants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati to decide whether the Federal Communications Commission is breaking the law by holding the C-block personal communications services auction before re-examining PCS-cellular...
WASHINGTON-In a potential test case of a 1993 law that pre-empted state entry and rate regulation of commercial mobile radio services, U S West Inc. has asked federal regulators to declare illegal two local ordinances enacted by Roseville, Minn.The two measures, among other things,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will go forward with the C-block personal communications services auction and allow Radiofone Inc. and several others that had sought waivers of PCS-cellular cross ownership rules to bid Dec. 11, but vowed to challenge a recent federal appeals court decision...
WASHINGTON-The future is here.Vice President Al Gore, father of the information superhighway, christened the broadband personal communications services industry with a call to Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke Nov. 15 on the Sprint Spectrum system operated by American Personal Communications."I'm proud to speak to you...
A number of small U.S. cellular companies have been hit with lawsuits from the government of Alberta, Canada, which is charging the companies breached contracts by not purchasing cellular equipment from NovAtel.One of the companies, Dial Two Inc. of Santa Rosa, Calif., is fighting...
As you no doubt are aware, particularly if you're one of the 800,000 federal government workers furloughed last week as the GOP Congress and Democratic White House tried to prove their political manhood, there's bad CARMA in the nation's capital.Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary got...
Federal regulators are working on a plan to auction nearly 16,000 licenses for wireless infrastructure links in the 37 GHz and 39 GHz bands.The Federal Communications Commission, according to an internal document obtained by RCR, believes demand will increase for point-to-point operations in major...
SBC Communications Inc. intends to offer wireline telephone service in the five cellular markets it owns in New York, but is keeping quiet about how it plans to deliver the service.The company said it will reveal more specific details within the next three months....
WASHINGTON-Federal regulators are preparing to propose a novel regulatory scheme combining private and commercial mobile radio rules under one license, while work continues on crafting final wireless common carrier rules.The two rulemakings are offshoots of landmark 1993 legislation that restructured the wireless telecommunications industry...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission shutdown last week will delay the Nov. 28-scheduled 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auction, while an extended budget fight between the GOP-led Congress and the Clinton administration could cause disruptions in other auctions and wireless regulatory activities.At press time, Congress...
About 370 short-form applications were filed by deadline for the C-block personal communications services auction set to begin Dec. 11, but the federal government shutdown, which has rendered the Federal Communications Commission inactive since early last week, leaves it a mystery as to who...
BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission has adopted a proposal to coordinate the selection of mobile satellite communications systems due to spectrum limitations and the economic, industrial and social implications of the services."There is a significant opportunity for European mobile and space industry in both equipment...
WASHINGTON-Even as the nation's first broadband personal communications services system began commercial operations here last week, questions continue to be raised in the United States and abroad about the potential public health risk from highly popular pocket telephones.The Canadian government earlier this month alerted...
