WASHINGTON-Dan Phythyon, acting chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, does not want to characterize himself or his staff as "the James Brown of the commission." He modestly holds that his domain is "a hardworking bureau like other hardworking bureaus" contained within...
WASHINGTON (AP)-MCI Communications Corp. can continue its practice of not disclosing on monthly bills that it charges customers in full-minute increments, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a lower court's dismissal of a class-action...
WASHINGTON-In the final salvo of paperwork regarding NextWave Telecom Inc.'s opposition to its application for review, Antigone Communications L.P. and PCS Devco Inc. continue to maintain their push for, at best, a reversal of NextWave's personal communications services licenses and, at second best, an...
Dear Editor: Any fair assessment of the "unraveling" of Wireless Technology Research's research program on health effects of radio frequency fields requires consideration of the goals it set out to reach.Unlike a chemical company with a new product, the wireless industry does not have to...
Laws won't stop traffic accidentsDear Editor: I am sure that law enforcement will want to lead the way to safer driving by laying down their mobile radio microphones while operating their cruisers, and motorbikes.Sure they will.The police drive their cars at extreme speeds in all...
Motorola counters research memoDear Editor: I would like to take strong exception to the tone and substance of RCR's March 3 article on Motorola's 1994 response to biological research conducted at the University of Washington by Drs. Henry Lai and Narendra Singh. The article failed...
This is the fifth and last installment in the exclusive RCR five-part series highlighting the results of the 1997 National Wireless Opinion Poll conducted by TynanGroup, Inc., of Santa Barbara, Calif., in December. The margin of error associated with the results is 4 percent....
Fear is a powerful emotion. It keeps people behind locked doors. It makes them give up their chance to find the love of their lives. It keeps them from pursuing their dreams and reaching their potential.When you consider the incredible impact fear has in...
WASHINGTON-The formal memorandum opinion and order regarding the award of NextWave Personal Communications Inc.'s long-awaited personal communications services licenses creates more questions than answers about the licensee's foreign capitalization and its equity vs. debt.The order, written by the commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, tasked with...
Dear Editor: As the world becomes more mobile, and our tools become more portable, our collective frustration with the performance of our portable phones and computers is increasingly blamed on the battery systems. The advances in battery systems have not been anywhere near those made...
This is the fourth installment in the exclusive RCR five-part series highlighting the results of the 1997 National Wireless Opinion Poll conducted by TynanGroup Inc., of Santa Barbara, Calif., in December. Six hundred households were surveyed. The margin of error associated with the results...
This is the third installment in the exclusive RCR five-part series highlighting the results of the 1997 National Wireless Opinion Poll conducted by TynanGroup Inc., of Santa Barbara, Calif., in December. This article explores public attitudes on tower siting and NIMBY (Not In My...
What is the real motivation behind the reluctance of the Federal Communications Commission to make a decision about what to do with the specialized mobile radio industry? Is it greed? Power? Or are they just caught in a quandary as to how to protect...
This is the second installment in the exclusive RCR five-part series highlighting the results of the 1997 National Wireless Opinion Poll conducted by TynanGroup, Inc., of Santa Barbara, Calif., in December. This article explores the public attitudes on wireless technology in detail. Six hundred...
WASHINGTON-"The Telecom Act was an act of Congress and not an act of God, so it will not be immediately perfect," commented AT&T's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Allen on the first anniversary last week of the landmark piece of 1996 legislation. "Telecom...
RCR missed boat on NextWave storyDear Editor: RCR is a respected wireless trade publication known for its journalistic standards. It inexplicably departed from those standards in its Jan. 13 edition, which contains analysis and commentary on the Federal Communications Commission's recent decision to conditionally grant...
WASHINGTON-Now that some of the dust has settled following the Federal Communications Commission's Dec. 23 adoption of a memorandum opinion and order regarding private-radio refarming, the Industrial Telecommunications Association has sent Wireless Telecommunications Bureau chief Michele Farquhar a technical blueprint proposal for frequency re-use."The...
The Federal Communications Commission granted GWI PCS Inc. the remaining 14 C-block personal communications licenses won last May. The markets had been on hold since that time because of an informal objection filed by Antigone Communications and PCS Devco Inc. that charged the company...
This exclusive RCR five-part series highlights the results of the 1997 National Wireless Opinion Poll conducted by TynanGroup, Inc., of Santa Barbara, Calif., in December. Six hundred households were surveyed. The margin of error associated with the results is 4 percent.The Wireless ParadoxLove me,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-American Phoenix Group Inc. announced the creation of Tetherless Access New Zealand Ltd. to supply data communications services to New Zealand companies.The company will be headed by Greg Cross, former managing director of Microsoft New Zealand and general manager of sales and marketing...
WASHINGTON-On the day before the first anniversary of the bidding error that plunged C-block personal communications services applicant PCS 2000 L.P. into the lion's den of licensing problems, the Federal Communications Commission finally granted the partnership its 15 markets Jan. 22, conditioned on a...
A California federal judge dismissed a proposed settlement between AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and minority owners of AT&T cellular markets after the court discovered AT&T signed an employment agreement with attorneys that represented the minority owners.If approved, the settlement would have closed the door...
Dear Editor: Recent trade articles have covered the story of American Airlines' difficulties with a commercial specialized mobile radio service. This is just one part of a multidimensional problem that is finally garnering the attention of some members of Congress. The problem, known to most...
WASHINGTON-Industry opinion regarding the recent Federal Communications Commission adoption of a memorandum report and order on refarming generally is positive, with carriers and manufacturers alike ready to move forward after being in such a long holding pattern. The order was based on petitions for...
