The Federal Communications Commission this week lauded CTIA's efforts to control mobile adult content and urged the association to step up its efforts in keeping inappropriate material out of the hands of children. In a letter to Steve Largent, CTIA president, FCC Wireless Telecommunications...
WASHINGTON-A key Democrat on the House telecommunications subcommittee Thursday put the brakes on setting a hard date for the digital TV transition. "I think it is impossible to say at this point what the final outcome will be. We don't know how big the...
The Federal Communications Commission this week lauded CTIA's efforts to control mobile adult content and urged the association to step up its efforts in keeping inappropriate material out of the hands of children.In a letter to Steve Largent, CTIA president, FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau...
WASHINGTON-The transition to digital TV moves forward-or does it? The messages were mixed last week as the Federal Communications Commission denied broadcasters must-carry rights and industry leaders called for a hard date even as a key senator was saying he does not favor a...
DENVER-RCR Wireless News is pleased to announce Cindy Plough has joined Crain Communications as circulation manager for the publication, and Dennis Carey has been hired as its promotions manager. Both work in the Denver office. Plough will handle all subscription-related issues for the print...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry plans to meet this week to begin work on a wireless content ratings system similar to other entertainment industries. "We are going to do something. Hopefully by the end of the year, the industry will have adopted a voluntary rating system....
DENVER-RCR Wireless News is moving to new offices effective Monday, Jan. 17. The newspaper's new address is 1746 Cole Blvd., Suite 150, Golden, Colo., 80401. All telephone numbers and e-mail addresses will remain the same. RCR Wireless News is owned by Crain Communications Inc.
WASHINGTON-CTIA plans to spend "tens of millions of dollars over the next three years" on an advocacy strategy legally separate from the wireless association, CTIA President Steve Largent told the press Tuesday.Largent said the CTIA executive committee had pledged the money, and no surcharges...
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...
VIENNA, Austria-Telekom Austria submitted an offer to purchase a majority stake in Telekom Montenegro. The value of the offer was not disclosed. Telekom Montenegro is currently owned 51 percent by the Republic of Montenegro, with the remaining shares held by local private shareholders and...
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. By successfully closing the acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., making Cingular Wireless the nation's largest carrier, as...
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. By successfully closing the acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., making Cingular Wireless the nation's largest carrier, as...
Sprint PCS' largest affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. made good on previous comments that it was interested in acquiring a fellow affiliate by signing a deal last week to purchase AirGate PCS Inc. for $630 million. The deal, which is expected to close during the...
Just a few years ago, players on the CDMA aisle of the technology wars believed the future belonged to them alone. The other players, huffing with GSM, could not figure out what armor to deploy. Qualcomm Inc.-which gave CDMA to the industry and the...
A Wall Street Journal report Friday afternoon citing sources on both sides indicated No. 3 Sprint Corp. and No. 5 Nextel Communications Inc. had reached a tentative agreement on an all-stock $36 billion deal. According to the report, Sprint would pay around 1.3 shares...
WASHINGTON-A New York judge said Verizon Wireless can purchase bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s remaining licenses for $3 billion.A NextWave spokesman said the transaction will be worked into the plan of reorganization the company expects to file with the bankruptcy court Dec. 6.Once the deal...
Wireless executives should be opening up their checkbooks about now to thank the House GOP. What a bunch of guys. From now on, we shall refer to the chamber as the Wireless House.Let history record that these patriotic lawmakers-otherwise frantically scrambling to pass a...
The United States may have stolen the text-messaging world record from the text-loving British thanks to a lightning-fast performance by Ben Cook, a 17-year-old high school student in Salt Lake City. Cook was competing in the "Fastest-Fingers Text Messaging Contest," sponsored by Cricket provider...
The United States may have stolen the text-messaging world record from the text-loving British thanks to a lightning-fast performance by Ben Cook, a 17-year-old high school student in Salt Lake City.Cook was competing in the "Fastest-Fingers Text Messaging Content," sponsored by Cricket provider Leap...
After months of suggesting wireless customers switch from their current operators to Verizon Wireless, the nation's second-largest carrier has launched a new advertising campaign in the Northeast specifically targeting AT&T Wireless Services Inc.The campaign, which began this week in The New York Times and...
Following weeks of speculation, Verizon Wireless inked an agreement late last week to acquire bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. and its remaining spectrum licenses for $3 billion. The deal, which is subject to government approval as well as approval from NextWave's bankruptcy court, will add...
WASHINGTON-Key documents appear to contradict public statements by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. on workforce diversity allegations in three discrimination lawsuits and on a confidential report prepared by an outside consultant for the new No. 1 wireless carrier. A redacted copy of the Scendis Report obtained...
Dear Editor: Nextel is disappointed and dismayed regarding the news article by Heather Forsgren Weaver posted on rcrnews.com and printed in the Oct. 25 edition of the newspaper highlighting a phrase used by Nextel Chief Executive Officer Tim Donahue regarding the status of the...
WASHINGTON-Three nationwide GSM carriers will participate in a digital emergency alert pilot that officially kicked off last week, but questions remain about whether the Bush administration-sponsored project can secure support from top CDMA wireless operators and the leading industry trade association. The six-month pilot...
