WASHINGTON-Not only was the future of spectrum policy on the minds of Industrial Telecommunications Association members meeting here last week, it has been on the front burner of several Capitol Hill staffers even during this time of possible political transition.Spectrum auctions have become a...
OCTOBER28-29 Mergers & Acquisitions in Media and Communications, by Management Circle. The New York Helmsley, New York. (800) 338-3004.28-29 New Paradigms in Telecommunications Research & Development: Rapidly Bringing New Telecom Products and Services to Market, by the Institute for International Research. The Fairmont Hotel, Dallas....
OCTOBER7 Making Sense of the Changing Communications Marketplace, by TeleStrategies Inc. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Washington, D.C. (703) 734-7050.7-9 Wireless APPS Convention, by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Bally's, Las Vegas. (301) 694-5243.7-9 Technology Forecasting for the Telecom Industry, by Technology Futures Inc. Renaissance...
WASHINGTON-When it comes to getting a say in telecommunications policymaking in the nation's capital, firms let their dollars do the talking. And, oh, how the money has talked in recent years, like an endless filibuster gushing in all its gilded glory.While political action committee...
SEPTEMBER16-17 CDMA System Design, Engineering & Optimizations, by the Wireless Institute of Technology. Holiday Inn, San Francisco, Calif. (510) 490-6459.16-17 1996 Communications Act-Deriving Order from Chaos, by Bell Atlantic Professional Services and Indetec International Inc. Embassy Suites Hotel, Dallas. (800) 327-8412.17-18 Broadband for Residential...
WASHINGTON-With the final report outlining public-safety spectrum needs through 2010 due Sept. 11, members of the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee continue to debate from which source extra channels can be squeezed.The Department of Defense is adamant that some channels suggested in the PSWAC...
WASHINGTON-The Industrial Telecommunications Association Inc. and the Personal Communications Industry Association won their fights to become designated clearinghouses that will administer the Federal Communications Commission's microwave-relocation cost-sharing plan."We are gratified that the FCC went the way it did," said Fred Day, ITA's executive director...
Some of the nation's most powerful industries said they have been "too quiet, too long" about the U.S. government's auction hunger, and have formed an alliance to make sure businesses can keep their private radio channels and are included in radio plans for the...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Industrial Telecommunications Association has submitted a business plan to the Federal Communications Commission to become a clearinghouse that will administer the 2 GHz relocation cost-sharing plan.The plan details how ITA will process reimbursements between personal communications services licensees that mutually benefit from...
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-Despite congressional mandates that have put the Federal Communications Commission on a regulatory timeline, the commission should plan on a long, slow haul on its road to further develop 800 MHz specialized mobile radio systems. Changes in regulatory treatment and implementation of auction procedures...
WASHINGTON-With the new year only days old, industry associations here are gearing up to continue old negotiations with the Federal Communications Commission and to begin new ones. According to Alan Shark, president of the American Mobile Telecommunications Association, 1996 will be the year when...
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...
WASHINGTON-The Industrial Telecommunications Association said it is offering strategic 900 MHz specialized mobile radio incumbent reports to bidders for the 1,020 SMR licenses that will be auctioned by the Federal Communications Commission Nov. 28.ITA's report will include a base map with longitude and latitude...
Two industry associations have asked the Federal Communications Commission to modify the freeze placed on intercategory sharing in the 800 MHz band, suggesting it only apply to specialized mobile radio operators or other groups interloping into industrial/land transportation, business or public-safety pools.The freeze, announced...
WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz Industry Coalition has asked the Federal Communications Commission to re-process the backlog of applications for 800 MHz licenses because a glitch found in the FCC's computer software was creating allocation errors.The FCC released a Grant of Applications list for 800 MHz...
Cellular One of Ohio and Michigan announced Lindsay Notwell has been appointed director of wireless data, heading up this new department. Notwell will be responsible for building and managing the wireless data group and supervise the rollout of various wireless programs. Prior to Cellular...
OCTOBER3-5 Power '94, by BIS Strategic Decisions. The Westin Hotel, Santa Clara, Calif. For information call (800) 874-9980.4-5 Wholesale PCS: Less Capital for Small Business and Small Business PCS Association Annual Meeting, by the Small Business PCS Association. Hyatt Arlington, Arlington, Va. For information call...
SEPTEMBER22-24 Personal Communications Showcase, by the Personal Communications Industry Association. Washington State Convention Center, Seattle. For information call (202) 467-4770.27-1 1994 International Conference on Universal Personal Communications, by the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Communications Society. Hyatt Regency Hotel, San Diego. For information...
