Opinion

The telecom reform bill has passed Congress and should soon be signed by President Clinton. The country is embarking upon a brave new world of increased competition-at least in the …

Look for “clustering” to become a common word in tomorrow’s wireless dictionary as companies continue to refine their strategies amid an increasingly competitive marketplace. GTE Mobilnet Inc. announced last week …

In her Jan. 15 “Viewpoint” column, Tracy Anderson Ford presented her views regarding the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s new certification requirements for personal communications services handsets, which are designed to …

Budget talks between the Clinton administration and the GOP-controlled Congress are stalled, the chances that any budget agreement will be worked out by the end of this week-when Shutdown III …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, one of the government agencies GOP lawmakers beat up on much of 1995, could be brought to its knees this year if stalled budget talks collapse …

Rules. It seems as soon as we enter this world, we’re forced to comply with a blanket set of rules that someone else has decided for us. You can’t have …

Congress was expected last Friday to pass a measure that would allow 280,000 furloughed federal employees to return to work this week and start paying 480,000 “essential” employees, who have …

Happy New Year! The mark of a new year tradition ally brings resolutions for the fu ture and reflections on the past. That holds true for the wireless industry as …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s recently adopted orders and a further notice of proposed rulemaking lay out new and prospective strictures regarding auctioning the “upper 10 megahertz block” of 800 megahertz …

Lest anyone forget how many billions of dollars stand to be made – and lost – from teh emerging personal communications services equipment market, just listen to a panel of …

WASHINGTON-A government plan for personal communications services licensees to share microwave relocation costs has received qualified support from both carriers and fixed users, while providing the two warring factions a …

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 …

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 …

Well, it’s finally here. American Personal Communications, doing business under the Sprint name, has introduced personal communications services in the Washington, D.C., market. Broadband PCS is a reality. One small …

The nation’s major cellular handset manufacturers caused a little commotion on Wall Street recently when they noted handset sales hadn’t grown at the phenomenal rate that analysts and industry execs …

Editor’s Note: This letter was sent to several U.S. Congressmen by the owners of Americell Communications. To the Editor: Americell Communications is a medium- to small-sized specialized mobile radio company …

No, I’m not saying personal communications services are here yet. Obviously they’re not. But, by any reasonable standard, Ubiquity-anytime, anywhere communications-is already here, delivered by one network or another or …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, having failed to win support for switched wireless resale at an oversight hearing he chaired earlier this month, might pursue the issue as a member of …

As a native Washingtonian, I always become suspicious when Democrats and Republicans jointly embrace anything. My suspicions heighten when the executive and legislative branches-and the “independent” Federal Communications Commission-all rush …

Marriages and divorces are accenting the wireless telecom industry today. The biggest telecom provider of them all, AT&T Corp., announced late last month it would split its businesses into three …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, acting swiftly, lifted the stay of the entrepreneur block auction for personal communications services licenses and opened the way …

The wireless industry is certainly capturing a few people’s attention these days. The House has designed legislation that would supersede arguments on the legalities of an entrepreneur auction. If the …

WASHINGTON-The union representing Federal Communications Commission employees has accused Chairman Reed Hundt of reneging on a staff reduction plan agreed to by labor and management earlier this year that required …

I don’t envy FCC Chairman Reed Hundt. Yes, only a few short months ago he was the golden boy of Washington, as should be anyone who delivers the president a …

Oops! Someone told the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors about language included in the House’s version of the telecom reform …