WASHINGTON-The chairman of the House Commerce Committee said Wednesday he wants his committee to consider a "Berlin" subsidy plan to end the transition to digital TV and return spectrum so it can be auctioned."I do think it is a fair judgment that from a...
WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said he found Nextel Communications Inc.'s complaints about the 2.1 GHz band unusual because the carrier did not raise relocation concerns when it presented its first proposal to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band in 2001. "I would...
WASHINGTON-Press reports circulated today that FCC Chairman Michael Powell had pulled away from supporting Nextel Communications Inc. getting spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band as part of a solution to public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band.Last week, RCR Wireless News reported that Powell...
WASHINGTON-Mobile Satellite Ventures, despite legal and regulatory challenges, is aggressively moving forward with its business plan and appears poised to be first to market with a potentially disruptive technology comprised of satellite and land-based facilities that will bring wireless signals to areas of the...
Wireless messaging applications in the United States typically involve voting for reality TV show contestants, participating in trivia contests or requesting some sort of information, and most cost a few dollars or less. But one company is hoping to expand the functions of text...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. would deposit at least $3 billion in a trust fund and receive spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band instead of the 1.9 GHz band in a plan to solve public-safety interference at 800 MHz proposed late Thursday by the Cellular Telecommunications...
WASHINGTON-California Public Utilities Commission member Carl Wood (D) has lost majority support for his telecom consumer plan, with fellow Commissioner Geoffrey Brown (D) deciding to draft an alternative bill of rights because of differences with Wood on sections of the proposal that have come...
DENVER-Emily Motsay has been promoted to reporter at RCR Wireless News. Motsay covers the tower and in-building wireless beats for the publication and the rcrnews.com Web Site. She also reports on speech-recognition technologies and satellite services, as they pertain to the wireless industry. Motsay...
WASHINGTON-Legislation has been introduced that would classify voice over Internet Protocol as an information service, releasing it from telecommunications regulation. "VoIP-technology that enables efficient, cost-effective delivery of voice communications over Internet broadband networks-is at a critical stage in its development, but its potential to...
WASHINGTON-As of Thursday morning it appears that Nextel Communications Inc. has been successful in convincing a majority of the Federal Communications Commission that adopting key portions of its Consensus Plan is the best way to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band.FCC Chairman...
WASHINGTON-California Public Utility Commission members Carl Wood and Geoffrey Brown, who joined in revising a bill of rights for telecom consumers that mobile-phone carriers continue to oppose, said they plan to take their case to the press.Wood and Brown said they plan to meet...
WASHINGTON-A powerful lawmaker directed the Federal Communications Commission to send its best scientists to meet with the Pentagon to help alleviate the continuing problem of improvised explosive devices."Would the FCC have some idea to solve the IED problem?" asked Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), chairman...
WASHINGTON-A powerful lawmaker Wednesday directed the Federal Communications Commission to send its best scientists to meet with the Pentagon to help alleviate the continuing problem of improvised explosive devices."Would the FCC have some idea to solve the IED problem?" asked Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.),...
WASHINGTON-A group of senators, many of them alumni of the 1996 Farm Team, are urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject a recommendation to restrict universal-service subsidies to primary lines. "Imposing a primary-line restriction whereby neither second lines nor cell phones are included for...
WASHINGTON-Members of the United States Senate, many of them alumni of the 1996 Farm Team, are preparing a letter to be sent to the Federal Communications Commission urging it to reject a recommendation to restrict universal-service subsidies to primary lines."Imposing a primary-line restriction whereby...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is considering a staff proposal that would give Nextel Communications Inc. 10 megahertz of spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band in a rebanding plan to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, but Nextel would be required...
When Monet Mobile Networks Inc. launched service in November 2002, many in the industry believed that the promise of advanced wireless data technology had finally become a reality-which is why the carrier's bankruptcy filing came as such a surprise."Personally, I'm very, very sorry to...
Editor's Note: This item originally ran in Monday's Web update. However, information regarding CTIA's position on cell broadcasts was misstated. The corrected version is below.WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association has had to clarify for some of its members what maps must be available...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association will unveil a new logo, mission statement, and set of core values when it meets in Atlanta later this month for its Wireless 2004 conference but on Sunday, CTIA President Steve Largent was scheduled to give state regulators...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-CDMA 1xEV-DO carrier Monet Mobile Networks Inc. said it will shut down its network April 2. The wireless Internet carrier covers eight cites in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North and South Dakota."Due to unfortunate, regrettable circumstances, we're shutting down service to our customers," said...
CANNES, France-Both Vodafone Group plc and Verizon Wireless renewed their commitment to their four-year-old partnership, according to various news reports, but a shadow still hangs over the sometimes-antagonistic alliance.Vodafone's chief executive Arun Sarin said in recent reports that he remains committed to the company's...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell two new BlackBerry wireless e-mail devices for its GSM/GPRS network, devices that bolster Cingular's longtime support of Research In Motion Ltd.'s products.Cingular said it would sell the monochrome BlackBerry 6280 for $250 and the color-screen BlackBerry 7280...
CANNES, France-Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. and others led the charge on the mobile phone front, introducing a range of wireless devices from the most advanced to the most unique.First, Motorola introduced new devices running on Microsoft Corp.'s...
WASHINGTON-The public-safety members of the Consensus Plan coalition to solve the 800 MHz interference problem upped the ante by delivering a letter to the White House asking President George W. Bush to support its solution."Two years is too long, Mr. President, for the nation's...
