PCIA – Wireless Infrastructure Assoc.

Cellemetry L.L.C. Numerex Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Cellemetry L.L.C., will incorporate Ida Corp.’s Global Trakit Data Center in its Cellemetry network, enabling automatic vehicle location and remote asset management. …

As predictable as ants at a picnic, the summer of 2001 finds the mainstream press proclaiming the death of the paging industry. This time around, they are wrapping it inside …

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.-Executives of Motorola Inc. and the Personal Communications Industry Association sparred over the future of paging and device-makers’ support for it at last week’s Southeastern Communications Association “Wireless …

The cellular industry’s inception in the United States is made up of thousands of stories of business leaders, technology gurus and ordinary people each pursuing for one reason or another …

It’s going to be a hot summer. First off, there is “this summer’s hotly anticipated film release, Tomb Raider,” featuring Angelina Jolie and L.M. Ericsson. Jolie plays cyber heroine Lara …

WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission last week said he only partially agreed with an exhortation by the secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union that the United States is …

WASHINGTON-Medical records need to be in the same electronic format before medicine can go wireless, according to a panel of transplant experts at last week’s Life-Reach Summit sponsored by the …

While many people make a name for themselves by inventing technology that somehow changes the world, James A. Dwyer Jr.’s contribution to the wireless communications industry during the past 40 …

Navigating the September trade-show scene is going to be a challenge for the wireless industry. The two major trade associations are sponsoring shows the same week targeting the same audience. …

WASHINGTON-For the second time in 13 months, the Personal Communications Industry Association is reinventing its trade show. “This redefined strategy is designed to fully incorporate PCIA’s role as a global …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will begin examining the relationship between wireline and wireless carriers and which regulators-federal or state-have jurisdiction over interconnection. It is a “question of our jurisdictional basis …

Advanced Technology Workshop on Ceramic Technologies for Microwave March 26-27 IMAPS/CII. Adam’s Mark Hotel, Denver. www.imaps.org/forms/ceramic2001regist.htm. 3rd Annual Tower Investment Symposium March 26-27 Shorecliff Communications. New York City. www.scievents.com. The …

CTIA Wireless 2001 March 20-22 CTIA. Sands Expo and Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas. (202) 785-2842. InterISP March 21-23 Interisp. Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami. www.netispexpo.com. Developing An Effective Strategy For …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-American Express, MasterCard International and PacketVideo have recently joined the Personal Communications Industry Association’s Global Initiative. PCIA’s program provides members with information, products and services to help them understand …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association last Friday filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming regulations aimed at historic preservation “favor intensive government oversight and unwieldy bureaucratic procedures.” The lawsuit, …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association last week called on the Federal Communications Commission to institute a bill-and-keep mechanism for reciprocal compensation. Reciprocal compensation is the money carriers pay each …

WASHINGTON-A new book describes top cellular lobbyist Thomas Wheeler as obsessed with controlling public relations for industry-funded mobile phone-cancer research conducted in the 1990s and claims he attempted extraordinary measures …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission made good on its plans to require wireless carriers to have the ability to pool telephone numbers as of November 2002-a move the wireless industry finds …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission may propose charging carriers for telephone numbers. Also at its open meeting on Thursday, the FCC is expected to tell the wireless industry that in addition …

WASHINGTON-A French court’s decision to regulate the Internet could have repercussions for the wireless Web in the United States at a time when carriers are excited mobile commerce will help …

WASHINGTON-While most believe the specialized mobile radio industry seems to be disappearing along with its companion regulatory issues, one SMR operator believes that if this is true, it is the …

CHICAGO, United States-One of the first commercial deployments of Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the …

CHICAGO-More antenna sites and towers will be needed as the wireless industry begins to address the data market, said Malcolm Wood, president and chief executive officer of San Diego-based Littlefeet …

CHICAGO-Was last week’s Personal Communications Industry Association GlobalXChange show a success? It depends on who you ask. While some exhibitors complained loudly about the lack of traffic, others said they …

CHICAGO-One of the first commercial deployments of EDGE technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the PCIA GlobalXchange event. Mexico’s largest wireless carrier, Telcel, …