WASHINGTON-The Rural Cellular Association has asked the Federal Communications Commission to change the band plan for the 700 MHz spectrum that is expected to be made available with the transition to digital TV. "RCA asks that the FCC make portions of the spectrum that...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. told the Federal Communications Commission last month that it will not meet the Dec. 31 deadline to have 95 percent of its handset base capable of locating 911 callers."Sprint Nextel would likely achieve 80-percent to 85-percent handset penetration by the end...
WASHINGTON-The Communications for Coordinated Assistance and Response to Emergencies (ComCare) Alliance is asking the Federal Communications Commission to maintain its deadline for location-capable handsets. ComCare requested that the FCC deny a waiver request from CTIA and the Rural Cellular Association for the rules requiring...
WASHINGTON-The Communications for Coordinated Assistance and Response to Emergencies (ComCARE) Alliance is asking the Federal Communications Commission to maintain its deadline for location-capable handsets.ComCARE requested that the FCC deny a waiver request by CTIA and the Rural Cellular Association for the rules requiring wireless...
CTIA and the Rural Cellular Association said their members that have chosen handset solutions to meet the wireless enhanced 911 rules will not be able to meet the Dec. 31 deadline to have 95 percent of the handsets in use on their networks be...
WASHINGTON-CTIA and the Rural Cellular Association said their members that have chosen handset solutions to meet the wireless enhanced 911 rules will not be able to meet the Dec. 31 deadline to have 95 percent of the handsets in use on their networks be...
WASHINGTON-The Rural Cellular Association told the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau last week that the Federal Communications Commission in a recent report to Congress underestimated and poorly reflected the efforts of Tier III wireless carriers to implement wireless enhanced 911 Phase II. "With the small...
WASHINGTON-The Rural Cellular Association told the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Wednesday that the Federal Communications Commission in a recent report to Congress underestimated and poorly reflected the efforts of Tier III wireless carriers to implement wireless enhanced 911 Phase II."With the small number of...
Two weeks ago at the Rural Cellular Association meeting in Las Vegas, I had a discussion with Bob Sullivan, CEO of The Wireless Source, about his company's recycling efforts and wireless phone recycling in general and just how much work there still is to...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Somera Communications, which provides equipment asset management programs, reported a number of deals with rural wireless operators ahead of this week's Rural Cellular Association Conference.The company announced it will supply its Redeployment Planning, Equipment Placement and Valuation, Equipment Supply and Equipment Deployment...
WASHINGTON-In the world of wireless enhanced 911, the Fourth of July fireworks were not just up in the sky. Carriers, public-safety officials and government spent the holiday week reacting to a strongly worded letter from Thomas Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet...
LAS VEGAS-With company names based more on family names or regions of the country instead of original creations brewed up by marketing experts, members of the Rural Cellular Association last week held their Ninth Annual Convention and Exhibition in the city of excess, Las...
AUSTIN, Texas-The Rural Cellular Association elected three new officers. They include President Tommie Morgan, MobileTel Inc.; Vice President Gary Hudson, Poka-Lambro Telecommunications Inc.; and Secretary-Treasurer Terry Addington, First Cellular of Southern Illinois.RCA includes member companies that serve more than 100 license areas and approximately...
If your customer was also your neighbor, or someone you ran into often, it might change the way you treat them. That is the reason some rural cellular carriers say their customer service is better than their larger counterparts."To a larger carrier, customers are...
