WASHINGTON-In a potential trend-setting move that could prove a huge loophole in the antenna siting law, the Vermont Department of Public Service has asked the state legislature to consider allowing state and local government agencies to impose radio frequency radiation safety guidelines through private...
A New Hampshire town has approved a zoning ordinance forbidding wireless antennas in residential areas, in what the local planning director characterizes as an attempt to "get in front of the curve" of a changing industry."Our job is to deal with things before they...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association has endorsed the EDR-Site Locator manufactured by EDR-Wireless Group, a division of EDR Inc. The EDR-Site Locator, a map-based database of nearly 1 million existing and potential wireless antenna sites, will be updated daily and maintained by EDR...
AirNet Communications Corp. named Dr. Lee Hamilton vice president of product engineering. Hamilton will be responsible for developing and implementing AirNet's wireless broadband base station and related infrastructure equipment products. Hamilton previously served as general manager of system transmission products at Motorola Inc.'s Information...
effrey Si;va Grumbling in private wireless land. The word is the refarming item that was anticipated for vote this month is being pushed back until fall, which could delay further the reconfiguration of private networks and orders for narrower band equipment.... John Windhausen, senior...
Qualcomm Inc. announced the availability of a single-chip vocodor that utilizes PureVoice, the latest version of the 13 kilobit Qualcomm Code Excited Linear Predictive speech coding algorithm. PureVoice was developed for use in Qualcomm's cellular and personal communications services products featuring the company's Code...
WASHINGTON-Stepped-up lobbying by city, state and county officials and support from a top House Republican likely will weaken the Klug-Manton antenna siting amendment in the House-Senate conference on telecommunications reform legislation this fall.Rep. Thomas Bliley, R-Va., chairman of the Commerce Committee and chief sponsor...
With the heavy lifting on telecommunicatins reform legislation nearly complete, it's all politics from here on out.The Senate bill, engineered by Commerce Committee Chairman Larry Pressler, R-S.D., is ripe for floor action as early as next week. In the House, Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Jack...
