PCIA Washington Bulletin articles from February 2000

PCIA Washington Bulletin archives from February 2000

Kitchen on Future Associations.
February 7, 2000... PCIA President Jay Kitchen shared his vision of the effective association of the future at GSM Association Day on Feb. 1 in Cannes, France. Launched by the GSM Association, this first-time forum was presented prior to the GSM World Congress,...

McDermott on Wireless Issues.
February 7, 2000... The key to communicating the benefits of wireless technologies is knowing what customers like and dislike about wireless services, and predicting what they will want in the future, said Mary McDermott, PCIA senior vice president and chief of...

FBI GUIDE ON CALEA.
February 7, 2000... The FBI in late January released its Flexible Deployment Assistance Guide, which proposes to evaluate the circumstances of carriers seeking an extension of the deadline(s) by which they must meet the assistance capability requirements of CALEA....

MEET DR. B.A. DONOR.
February 7, 2000... Visit the PCIA Foundation's Web site and meet Dr. B.A. Donor, the site's resident transplant physician. Dr. Donor can be found at www.pcia.com/founations/BADQ&A.htm, ready to answer questions and educate visitors to the site about organ...

10th ANNUAL BOWLER EVENT.
February 7, 2000... The PCIA Foundation is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Eugene C. Bowler Dinner & Awards on May 2, 2000, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The foundation is proud to advance the legacy of professionalism,...

PCIA WORKSHOP AT IWCE.
February 7, 2000... PCIA will present its Part 90 Education and Licensing Workshop March 21-22 during IWCE week at the Alexis Park Resort & Spa in Las Vegas. This annual event will provide the most updated and timely information about a variety of topics key to...

Private Wireless: Ideally Suited for 700 MHz Guard Bands.
February 7, 2000... On Jan. 7, the FCC issued its first report and order in WT Docket No. 99-168, wherein the commission created licensing rules for 30 of the 36 MHz being re-assigned from spectrum previously allocated exclusively for broadcasting. However, the...

PCIA 1999 SURVEYS.
February 7, 2000... Two of the wireless industry's most anticipated and easy-to-follow reports are available from PCIA: The 1999 PCIA/Yankee Group Wireless Consumer Survey offers a clear picture of the wireless consumer based on a survey conducted among 6,000...

PCS SPECTRUM RE-AUCTION.
February 21, 2000... PCIA on Feb. 10 submitted testimony for an oversight hearing on a variety of spectrum issues before the U.S. Senate Committee of the Budget on Spectrum Actions, Technology and the Federal Budget. The associations' testimony concentrated on the...

CALEA--COURTS.
February 21, 2000... Filing as an intervenor in a lawsuit challenging portions of the FCC's third report and order on CALEA, PCIA stated that the commission erred when it agreed with the FBI that carriers must provide to law enforcement information that a caller...

CALEA-FCC.
February 21, 2000... PCIA vehemently opposed a petition by the FBI asking the FCC to reconsider its ruling that carriers are not required to provide surveillance status messages to law enforcement under CALEA. Calling the FBI's petition "nothing more than an...

FIXED WIRELESS.
February 21, 2000... On Feb. 3, PCIA and its Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) sent a letter to members of the House and Senate urging them to oppose any legislation that would allow the Bell operating companies (BOCs) to expand their monopolies into long distance,...

LEAP YEAR 2000.
February 21, 2000... Just as PCIA worked with the paging industry to prepare for the Year 2000 changeover in January, the association continues its partnership efforts to assure an uneventful Leap Year come Feb. 29. PCIA is teaming with paging manufacturers and...

The FBI's CALEA Flexible Deployment Assistance Guide -- A Mixed Blessing.
February 21, 2000... Last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI released the CALEA Flexible Deployment Assistance Guide. The guide is the FBI's suggested method for evaluating the situations of those carriers proposing to ask the FCC for an...

WIRELESS FORUM.
February 21, 2000... PCIA's Brent Weingardt, vice president of government relations, will speak at a special workshop March 16 on the upcoming 700 MHz, 39 GHz and 24 GHz auctions. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the 2000 Broadband Wireless World Forum...

SOMA CONFERENCE.
February 21, 2000... PCIA's Site Owners and Managers Alliance (SOMA) will present SOMA 2000: Wireless Networks of the 21st Century and the New Era of Site Management May 17 - 19 in Kansas City, Mo. This annual conference will focus on meeting the challenges of...