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WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association rejected the strongest-signal proposal for completing E911 calls, saying it was not technically feasible. The strongest-signal proposal would require cellular carriers to program cell phones to …

As standards bodies around the world study the possibility of harmonizing third-generation technology, the prospect has taken an ugly turn in the United States. While GSM-based wideband Code Division Multiple …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and the Personal Communications Industry Association, unable to get wireline carriers and manufacturers on board, moved forward on their own last week with a lawsuit …

WASHINGTON-Wireless and wireline carriers last week tabled a plan to sue the FBI over implementation of the 1994 digital wiretap law, just as Rep. Bill McCollum (R-Fla.) was putting the …

The CDMA Development Group said wideband cdmaOne technology is ready to be submitted to the International Telecommunications Union after gaining approval from groups within the Telecommunications Industry Association. The CDG …

WASHINGTON-Negotiations between the Justice Department and the telecom industry over a digital wiretap standard collapsed last week, an outcome that will pull the Federal Communications Commission into the fray and …

Vendors and carriers have renewed hope that the world could have one standard in place for third-generation systems, but Europe holds one of the keys in making it a reality. …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced it published a series of documents on system specifications for Cellular Digital Packet Data in the first step toward establishing the documents for standardization. …

Since announcing its new vision last fall, the Wireless Data Forum has taken several significant steps in the last weeks to move toward its goal of transforming into an industry-wide …

WASHINGTON-Attorney General Janet Reno said Friday she will postpone seeking Federal Communications Commission intervention in the digital wiretap controversy if the telecom industry can show progress in the coming months …

In a jointly published report, the Telecommunications Industry Association and the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association estimate the mobile and wireless communications market reached $41.6 billion in 1997, and predicted the market …

European Telecommunications Standards Institute members last week reached a consensus agreement for a third-generation mobile phone standard, incorporating two major proposals that were on the table. The agreement came after …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association has proposed manufacturer guidelines to the Federal Communications Commission to address telecom equipment accessibility issues. Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 states that …

WASHINGTON-Comments regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s notice of proposed rule making on the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act have one thing in common-moving the compliance date back two years, …

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced it officially completed its merger with the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association, which now is a not-for-profit subsidiary of TIA. The union is the final result of …

What, you haven’t had enough paparazzi already? Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of Harrods and the man who might have been father-in-law to the late Princess Di, is back in the …

WASHINGTON-Amid an uproar of protest within an earshot of the White House against China’s human and religious rights record and its sale of nuclear technology to rogue states, President Clinton …

CTIA clarifies role in standardization Dear Editor: As initiator of the CTIA Ad-Hoc Group on Phone-to-Vehicle Interfaces (VIF), I was disturbed to read in your Sept. 22 edition that CTIA …

While many cities across the nation have been caught off guard by the number of towers wireless providers want to construct, the city of Greensboro, N.C., forecasted the onslaught nearly …

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry is preparing to mount a fierce lobbying campaign to support renewing most-favored-nation trade status for China. The debate on China MFN, which has become a ritual this …

Ericsson Inc. won a victory of sorts recently when the interim standard for the common air interface of Project 25 was taken off IS status and sent back to committee. …

A Minnesota cryptographer said the cellular industry knows the cryptographic algorithms used in U.S. cellular digital systems are inadequate and were watered down by U.S. military pressure-and the industry is …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association is sponsoring the first China-America Telecommunications Conference April 20-24 in Dalian, China. The U.S. Department of Commerce is co-sponsoring the event. The Commerce department and …

Editor’s Note: No other debate has ignited the wireless telecommunications industry like the one that rages between TDMA and CDMA technology. For several years, the greatest argument against CDMA technology …

The MultiMedia Telecommunications Association and the Telecommunications Industry Association announced an affiliation and intent to merge, creating a joint membership exceeding 1,000 companies. “MMTA’s focus on computer telephony integration and …