PCIA Washington Bulletin articles from December 1999

PCIA Washington Bulletin archives from December 1999

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
December 13, 1999... In a Dec. 3 filing, PCIA expressed its support of the FCC's initiative to gather information about the status of local telephone service competition and the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability. The association added, however,...

UNIVERSAL SERVICE.
December 13, 1999... PCIA filed reply comments Dec. 3 on an access reform and universal service proposal by the Coalition for Affordable Local and Long Distance Service (CALLS). PCIA applauded the coalition's access charge reform plan, which aims to recover...

CALEA.
December 13, 1999... PCIA on Dec. 6 filed an intervention motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in the case of United States Telecom Association (USTA) v. FCC, which challenges the commission's rules on implementing CALEA assistance...

NUMBERING.
December 13, 1999... PCIA responded quickly to the FCC's providing numbering authority to five more states in early December, and to new requests from another two states, by again urging the commission to quickly adopt a nationwide numbering solution and end this...

SERVICE to TRIBAL LANDS.
December 13, 1999... In reply comments filed Dec. 9 in the FCC's proceeding on extending wireless services to tribal lands and unserved areas, PCIA re-emphasized that wireless services offer a viable and cost-effective means of delivering telephony service to...

TOWERS.
December 13, 1999... PCIA and members of its Site Owners and Managers Alliance (SOMA) have been engaged in discussions with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to take issue with the way some FAA regional offices issue "no hazard" determinations. Tower...

Y2K at the FCC.
December 13, 1999... PCIA, the FCC and the telecommunications industry are making final preparations for the midnight changeover from 1999 to 2000. PCIA, at the FCC's request, recently provided the commission with contact information for large carriers in case the...

FCC Gives Holiday Gift to Spectrum Users.
December 13, 1999... The FCC provided spectrum users with a little-noticed Thanksgiving gift at its November open meeting: The commission adopted a policy statement on spectrum management principles for the next millennium that should assist the industry in...

CeBIT 2000.
December 13, 1999... PCIA for the second year will be participating in CeBIT, one of the largest computer-marketing events in the world. This year, however, the association will step-up its role by offering members a special tour of CeBIT 2000. Held Feb. 22-25...