Dear Editor: I have been troubled for the last few years with the increased incorrect use and mispronunciation of the words "collocate" and "collocation" being used by the telecommunications industry to describe more than one carrier using the same location or facility.The concise Oxford Dictionary...
Dear Editor: In the March 15 article in RCR, "SMR's juggle multiple trade group memberships," you write that "Three trade associations, all based in the Washington, D.C., area, purport to represent the SMR industry: the American Mobile Telecommunications Association, the Personal Communications Industry Association and the...
Modeling important in MPE solutionDear Editor,In your article, "Countdown to MPE rules" (RCR, March 15), the reader is left with the impression that field-testing is the ultimate solution to the problem. This is definitely not the case. Field-testing gives a snapshot picture of the...
Cellular towers ruining AmericaTo the Editor: I have two comments regarding your antenna-siting article. (Antenna siting is hot topic for NACo Crowd, March 8.)First, it is my understanding that all calls from cellular phones travel along landline phone wires to the next cell site.Second, having...
Polson on target regarding public's RF perceptionThank you for Peter Polson's excellent article "Public opposition expected to rise about RFR radiation," Feb. 8 in RCR. I agree that there is, indeed, a great storm brewing and it is about to break over the wireless...
To the Editor: "Good God almighty," RCR Washington Bureau Chief Jeffrey Silva said in a recent column (about health effects of wireless technology), "do the damn research and get the controversy over with!"Nobody disputes that more radio-frequency research is needed. But the larger need is...
To the Editor: The D.C. Notes column by Jeff Silva, Oct. 19 issue, is of considerable concern to me as executive director of the Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network, and to the network's board of managers.The article impugns the reputation of John Melcher, the...
An open letter praising the UWCCTo the Editor: I feel compelled to write a letter of congratulations to the entire UWCC organization. It is the first time in my company's history that I have ever done this, but your rise to the wireless public consciousness...
To The Editor: With the advent of increased competition resulting from the Telecommunications Act of 1996 came a proliferation of wireless advertisements and marketing materials, not only from the incumbent cellular carriers but also from new personal communications services and enhanced specialized mobile radio services...
To the Editor: Back in June of 1992 my company, LMR Systems Inc., asked the Federal Communications Commission's permission to build private land mobile radio systems at 16 of the nation's busiest airports. Six years later, we're still waiting for the FCC's OK, and the...
To The Editor: Yes, my partner Jo Waldron and I, along with my daughter Michelle had a dream to bring the betterment of life to millions throughout the world. That dream was HATIS, (hearing aid telephone interconnect system) which provides access to the freedom of...
To the Editor: Federal Communications Commission Chairman William E. Kennard included in his recent, defensive letter to RCR (Aug. 24) the statement: "The commission's overarching mandate is to act on behalf of the public interest, not on behalf of any special interest," and other absurd defenses....
Reply to Kennard: Since when has the FCC been for the public?To the Editor: I read Chairman (William) Kennard's response in your Aug. 24, 1998, issue to a previous article about the direction Sen. (John) McCain appears to be taking with the FCC and can...
To the Editor: I am writing in response to two recent articles-"McCain: FCC is Running a Do Nothing Wireless Bureau," (July 20) and "McCain Lays Foundation to Revamp FCC" (July 27). These articles convey the impression that the commission exists to serve the special interests of...
To the Editor: I would like to clarify a point contained in your Aug. 3 article about export controls on U.S. communications satellites. Motorola Inc.'s commercial satellite launches from China are not related to earlier launch failures in China. The rocket used by Motorola to...
To the EditorI wanted to alert you to a lead on problems that some end users face when a manufacturer doesn't have accessories stocked in place for local service providers.I bought the new Siemens S12 from my New York City PCS carrier, Omnipoint, at...
Dear Editor: I don't know about you, but I'm getting a tad bit tired of hearing how upset Billy Tauzin, John McCain and others are with the FCC.They, and we who elected them, chose to replace engineers and scientists at the commission with lawyers, economists...
To the Editor: Amidst an escalating industry-wide debate about competing wireless technologies, we want to ensure that the "GSM-CDMA Economic Study," prepared by Andersen Consulting with two other consulting firms, is not misinterpreted. Consequently, we at Andersen Consulting want to clarify certain aspects of the...
To the Editor: In response to your article "Wireless data industry continues evolution," I was somewhat surprised to see a figure of 132,000 wireless data users. We have at least that many wireless data users ourselves. If they are referring to Cellular Digital Packet Data...
To the Editor: I thought Lynnette Luna's recent story on Powertel's distribution center was very thorough. However, I feel compelled to respond to the comments from Mr. Laikin and Mr. Egan.First, and most importantly, Mr. Laikin contends that Powertel's move to an internal distribution capability...
Dear Editor,In recent months, editorial and feature pages of publications around the nation have focused on the theme that Americans are in for a sour summer surprise: telephone rate increases. The reports uniformly finger elements of the nation's universal service policy as somehow being the...
To the Editor: I've watched with more than passing interest the growing outcry against the federal government's universal service program. Each day brings another news release from a member of Congress, a consumer group or some media pundit, denouncing this program as an unfair tax...
To the Editor: It is always interesting to note the "Inside the Beltway" comments of Jeff Silva. I am specifically referring to the May 18 issue and his comments regarding the theoretical/ideological considerations and the real world. The D.C. Notes about how Jim Brady could...
Dear Editor: The recent bankruptcy decision on the avoidance of the Federal Communications Commission's claim against General Wireless Inc. must be reversed on appeal or through legislation. Of the $1.06 billion GWI successfully bid for 14 personal communications services licenses, it can now avoid paying...
