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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has asked about a dozen federal agencies to evaluate the relocation costs and other needs associated with returning spectrum for private use. The NTIA …

WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications and Information Administration said it is preparing a draft testing plan to examine the interference potential between ultra-wideband technologies and the global positioning system. “My goal is …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has turned back an attempt from the aviation industry to overturn three waivers that allow limited use of ultra-wideband technology, but not until after some political …

WASHINGTON-A House appropriations subcommittee last week slashed administration-proposed budgets for the Federal Communications Committee and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, prompting criticism from Democrats who want funding restored for …

WASHINGTON-Wireless technology increasingly is seen as the end-all, be-all to the digital divide issue. But will it get here soon enough? The Clinton administration, through the National Telecommunications and Information …

U.S. Wireless The board of directors of U.S. Wireless Corp. announced the appointment of Dale Stone as president, chief operating officer and member of the board of directors. Stone is …

NEW YORK-If the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 were a building under construction, inspectors evaluating this work in progress should be concerned about its structural integrity. The law “is supported …

NEW ORLEANS-The federal spectrum czar believes that federal government spectrum users need to do a better job of encouraging innovation by private industry. Such communication could also lead to the …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration’s campaign to narrow the digital divide has come under attack by the American Electronics Association, the National Telephone Cooperative Association and some Republican presidential candidates. The digital …

WASHINGTON-A Clinton administration telecom grant program under attack by key House Republicans has changed its name and recommitted itself to helping minorities, rural communities and other underserved entities. The National …

WASHINGTON-On one level, the wireless campaign on Capitol Hill this year was not unlike that of Congress as a whole. In the end, when it came time for Congress to …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should begin to have rules in place for using ultra-wideband wireless technologies before the end of 2000, said FCC Commissioner Susan Ness. Ultra-wideband radio frequency technologies …

WASHINGTON-Outgoing National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Larry Irving said he will launch a start-up Internet firm and open a consulting practice here, but downplayed suggestions he would use his …

WASHINGTON-With lawmakers back at work, the wireless industry will shift gears to push for passage of pending bills and try to position other legislation for congressional approval in 2000. Before …

WASHINGTON-The universal-service fund should be paid for out of general revenues, not from taxes on telephone bills, said Philip M. Burgess, president and senior fellow of the Center for the …

WASHINGTON-While President Clinton’s nomination of Greg Rohde to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration progressed toward Senate conformation last week, the White House’s reappointment of Democrat Susan Ness appears …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry scored on public safety, liability protection, federal-land antenna siting and sales commissions in Congress last week, while fending off a Pentagon assault on federal spectrum management and …

WASHINGTON-As industry, congressional and administration officials struggled to craft a compromise on Pentagon spectrum priority legislation late last week, a new controversy erupted as the House telecommunications subcommittee voted to …

WASHINGTON-National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Larry Irving last week reiterated the administration’s opposition to Department of Defense spectrum priority bills, but sidestepped the question of whether the legislation signals …

WASHINGTON-The digital divide between those who do and those who don’t have access to the Internet persists even as the number of Americans connected to the Information Superhighway grows, according …

WASHINGTON-While 911, encryption and commercial space launch bills advanced in Congress last week, other wireless-related bills remain steeped in controversy and uncertainty. As important as 911, encryption, commercial space launch, …

WASHINGTON-In one way or another, Dale N. Hatfield has been connected to the wireless industry as a telecom policy maker, a consultant, an academic and now back full circle as …

WASHINGTON-Larry Irving, telecom adviser to President Clinton, last week said a 1993 bill transferring government spectrum to the Federal Communications Commission has been a failure. “I don’t know what happens …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s recent adoption of truth-in-billing practices was endorsed by the Clinton administration before the vote was taken and it appears many of the administration’s suggestions were incorporated …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard, already under fire in Congress over telecom act implementation, merger reviews and agency reform, hit another hot button last week by asking a Senate …