WASHINGTON-At the stroke of midnight Saturday, all the wireless carriers that selected a handset solution for E-911 Phase II rules failed to meet the FCC's requirements, and as RCR Wireless News went to press it was unclear if any of the carriers would receive...
WASHINGTON-The Electronic Frontier Foundation blasted a federal judge's decision to give the Department of Justice access to cell-phone location information. The ruling appears to be within the scope of the digital wiretap law, but comes amid revelations that President Bush authorized phone wiretaps without...
Editor's note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories during the past 12 months. While our list does not include the...
Editor's note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories during the past 12 months. While our list does not include the...
It's time for New Year's resolutions: stop smoking, lose weight, get to the gym more often, and all sort of other well-meaning pledges that fade by February. As the shutters close on the Christmas selling season and carriers look to the projects, projections and...
If life is a journey, 2005 has been a long, strange trip for the wireless industry.Looking back at the events of this year only underscores how quickly this industry changes. We reported that Verizon Wireless launched Vcast service in January and committed to MediaFlo's...
Editor's Note: Each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff chooses the person who has impacted the wireless industry the most during the past 12 months. This year's choice is Motorola Inc.'s Ed Zander. Since the beginnings of the U.S. wireless industry, Motorola represented...
Editor's Note: Each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff chooses the person who has impacted the wireless industry the most during the past 12 months. This year's choice is Motorola Inc.'s Ed Zander. Since the beginnings of the U.S. wireless industry, Motorola represented...
WASHINGTON-One week after the 9/11 Commission gave the federal government an "F" in public-safety interoperability, Wayne County, Mich., said it chose a software solution from Codespear L.L.C. to solve its public-safety interoperability problems. Codespear said that once installed, its software-only solution enables any device...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry has had explosive growth as a result of the policies championed by former FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, said FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein at Abernathy's final commission meeting last Friday. "The explosion of wireless devices is partly due to your good work,"...
WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. wireless affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said its lawsuit against Sprint Nextel has been pushed back from its original trial date of Dec. 16 until Jan. 9. The lawsuit has also been consolidated with similar cases filed by fellow affiliates Horizon Personal Communications...
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee is giving the communications industry a chance to come up with a voluntary system to help parents control content over all media platforms-including mobile phones-or lawmakers warned they may legislate a solution. After conducting a daylong forum on media decency,...
WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. asked the Federal Communications Commission to delay the retuning process for the 800 MHz band, claiming that the slow start reported by the 800 MHz Transition Administrator is due to a steep learning curve exacerbated by things beyond Sprint Nextel's control....
By Heather Forsgren Weaver WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. asked the Federal Communications Commission late Thursday to delay the retuning process for the 800 MHz band, claiming that the slow start reported by the 800 MHz Transition Administrator last month is due to a steep learning...
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee is giving the communications industry a chance to come up with a voluntary system to help parents control content over all media platforms-including mobile phones-or lawmakers warned Tuesday they may legislate a solution.After conducting a daylong forum on media decency,...
The Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate acquisition train continued to roll as the carrier picked up its largest cargo yet-CDMA affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. for $4.3 billion. The purchase price includes Sprint Nextel assuming $900 million of Alamosa debt.Under terms of the deal, Sprint Nextel...
Watching Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. exchange nasty barbs over intellectual property rights smacks of similar bickering between Qualcomm and L.M. Ericsson in 1999 over patents for the CDMA protocol.The Qualcomm-Ericsson fistfight ended not in court but in a business deal.Here's what RCR Wireless...
DENVER-Amy DeVita has rejoined RCR Wireless News as Northeastern/International Sales Manager. DeVita spent six years representing RCR Wireless News from 1998 to 2004, before deciding to take some time off to spend with her family. Prior to that, she worked at Thompson Financial Services...
To the Editor: The Oct. 24 RCR Wireless News story regarding the North Carolina Communication Tower Standards erroneously reported that the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) opposed the 100-percent fall protection provisions of that document. I appreciate this opportunity to clarify this issue."100-percent...
To the Editor, Ms. Ford, I read your opinion piece in the Oct. 17 issue of RCR Wireless News and think you missed the mark on why consumers should purchase wireless insurance/handset protection.You sited a formula of a consumer buying a phone for $50...
WASHINGTON-Since customers must be at least 18 years old to have their own mobile-phone account, the wireless industry last week said it would begin classifying carrier-controlled content and restrict access to inappropriate content to non-primary account phone users. CTIA last week released the details...
DENVER-Amy DeVita has rejoined RCR Wireless News as Northeastern/International Sales Manager. DeVita spent six years representing RCR Wireless News from 1998 to 2004, before deciding to take some time off to spend with her family. Prior to that, she worked at Thompson Financial Services...
WASHINGTON-Federal regulators late Tuesday praised CTIA's initiative to classify mobile content into Restricted Carrier Content-available to those above 18 years old-and Generally Acceptable Carrier Content. "This industry effort should really help families who rely on their cell phones, but do not want their children...
Sprint Nextel Corp. became the first U.S. operator to offer full-track music downloads, launching a dual-delivery service last week using phones from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sanyo Electric Co. The carrier introduced a mobile music store that allows users to purchase and download...
