Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Tracy Ford's May 4 Viewpoint column. It's good to see someone who recognizes the value of non-voice services, and I've got some good news for you: Several North American carriers have begun offering the kind of services you...
To the Editor: Regarding your opinion article on April 13, (It's time for small businesses to be creative) great insight; however, in order for the small operators to succeed we need more than money, brains and marketing skills. We need frequencies!But guess what? Someone stole...
To the Editor: I am a cellular phone user and I am also an average consumer of cellular accessories. My main concern is the way the retail side of the cellular stores are being handled. I have 30 years of retail experience and have worked...
In February, at CTIA's Wireless '98 convention and exposition in Atlanta, I talked with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) about many of the policy issues facing the U.S. wireless industry. We discussed the fact that despite government's mandate on telecommunications companies to compete, government itself...
To the editor: In response to Kristen Beckman's story "Pilots break no cell phone use" in RCR, March 16, 1998: I wonder if the fears of reduced revenue for cellular providers who have air phones installed in commercial airlines is perhaps another reason the FCC prohibits...
To the Editor: I felt compelled to write after your recently published guest article by Reed Hundt (RCR, Feb. 23). Mr. Hundt, now unencumbered from tempering his personal beliefs and feelings, expresses why we, the two-way radio industry, have so much to fear from an...
To the Editor: Before the advent of the brave new wireless world, I used to regularly read and identify with the opinion offered by Jeff Silva on numerous topics surrounding wireless regulation and the politics that control many of our futures. I quit paying attention...
To the Editor: Recent letters submitted by RCR readers have questioned MobileMedia's long-term prospects at a time when the company is actually well on its way to emerging from Chapter 11 as a stronger, healthier company.Chapter 11 is intended to provide companies with the ability...
To the Editor: I read with more than passing interest the interview by Debra Wayne with CTIA President Tom Wheeler in the Feb. 23 edition of RCR, and in particular his response to the question regarding the lack of PCS and SMR resale agreements. The...
To the Editor: I read with some interest Mr. Angelmyer's diatribe on the lack of a "white knight" to save MobileMedia from extinguishing its equity. In candor, his letter carries the tone of a woman scorned, or, more appropriately, of an investor burned.The wireless industry...
To the Editor: During the next few weeks, the Federal Communications Commission will rule on requests to modify its decision to provide limited debt relief to C-block wireless personal communications services licensees that owe the U.S. government billions of dollars. The public interest would be...
To the Editor: As an African-American and CEO of United Calling Network Inc., a licensed California public utility and a competitive access provider maintaining our own switches provided by Lucent Technologies Inc., I've learned a lot about fairness and integrity in our country. As one...
To the Editor,I just finished reading your Jan. 12 issue and read the article "The frustration of finding a job" with great interest.I have been part of the wireless world for more years than I care to remember and, it frustrates me to see...
To the Editor: Last week, in a letter to the editor, a former employee of Pocket Communications blamed me for Pocket's demise. Well, he's right!Pocket neither qualified nor deserved to be a C-block licensee. And if the FCC had done its job, there would have...
Dear Editor,In regards to the latest and previous articles by Debra Wayne regarding Pocket Communications, as a former Pocket Communications employee (and I in no way represent the company or its interests), I would like to say a few things.Pocket was to pay $1.4...
Privacy invasion more important than witch huntTo the editor: I read your viewpoint article from the Nov. 17 issue of RCR. I thought that your cavalier attitude about this crime was outrageous. Anyone in our industry should be very concerned about this invasion of our...
Dear Editor: As detailed in "Leahy bill could gut antenna pre-emption" (Nov. 3), Jeffrey Silva reports on groundbreaking legislation introduced Oct. 30th by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and James Jeffords (R-Vt.) that would repeal the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to pre-empt state and...
CTIA clarifies role in standardizationDear Editor: As initiator of the CTIA Ad-Hoc Group on Phone-to-Vehicle Interfaces (VIF), I was disturbed to read in your Sept. 22 edition that CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association) was presenting a specific commercial implementation to TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) for...
Lai treated poorly in cancer articleDear Editor: I must say I am very concerned with your article entitled "Scientist faults claim on cell phones and memory loss."I understand you spoke to Henry Lai last week and you never did ask him about the information in...
Dear Editor: My congrats on your article of May 12, "Paging firms bidding on spectrum in future will likely pay less" by Debra Wayne.Mr. McGowan I believe hit the nail right on the head. The paging industry was not only founded but actually built by...
Dear Editor: Regarding this past Monday's editorial, I have a couple of comments.First, Mercury PCS is based in Jackson, Miss., not in Texas. Second, while I did tell Debra Wayne that some bidders' trailing digits were nothing more than lucky numbers, I don't recall using...
Mr. Silva,I've often wondered what's wrong with our country and then I hear the diatribe like spending on human capital, which falls so easily off your pen and I remember what the problem is ...In your Sept. 2 D.C. Notes, you seem to be...
As an embattled small business curmudgeon and wireless industry activist, I find it necessary to respond to Federal Communications Commission spokesperson Michele Farquhar's recent letter that appeared in the July 29 issue of RCR.Ms. Farquhar excels in her newly appointed role as FCC chief...
Dear Editor: Small businesses are the foundation of our nation's economic success; they create jobs, spur innovation and spark competition. The Federal Communications Commission is committed to fostering the entry of small businesses into the telecommunications industry. Thus, it was with amazement that I read...
