PCIA Washington Bulletin articles

Recent articles from PCIA Washington Bulletin

NUMBERING.
July 24, 2000... On July 14, PCIA asked the FCC for a 90-day extension of the Aug. 1 filing deadline for the Numbering Resource Utilization/Forecast Report (FCC Form 502). Joining PCIA in filing the motion for extension of time were the Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS) and the...

TOWERS.
July 24, 2000... On July 19, PCIA filed with the FCC a petition for expedited declaratory ruling to clarify the meaning and application of a provision in the commission's environmental rules regarding FCC actions that are categorically excluded from environmental processing. FCC rules require environmental...

NARROWBAND PCS.
July 24, 2000... PCIA submitted comments to the FCC in response to the commission's Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which sought comment on the FCC's proposal to auction the remaining one megahertz of narrowband PCS spectrum currently held in reserve. The commission also requested comment on how...

PCIA GLOBALXCHANGE.
July 24, 2000... Attendees at PCIA GlobalXChange will learn how an established wireless industry player is embracing the wireless Internet marketplace when industry pioneer Christopher Galvin, chairman and CEO of Motorola, presents a keynote at this year's event. Galvin will draw upon Motorola's decades of...

A Summer Treat! The FCC Rules on Paging Complaints Against LECs and Unequivocally Reasserts Paging Carriers' Interconnection Rights.
July 24, 2000... On June 22, the FCC released a very favorable ruling in response to formal complaints that had been filed by PCIA member companies TSR Wireless and Metrocall. If you haven't heard the good news yet, take note: the commission sided with PCIA's policy positions and decisively concluded,...