PCIA Washington Bulletin articles from January 2000

PCIA Washington Bulletin archives from January 2000

PAGING COMPENSATION.
January 10, 2000... The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 27 upheld the FCC's 1996 decision granting reciprocal compensation rights to paging carriers. In its ruling, the court found that one-way paging carriers terminate traffic and, therefore, are entitled to...

Kitchen Appears on CNN.
January 10, 2000... PCIA President Jay Kitchen appeared as a guest on CNN's Dec. 29 broadcast of "TalkBack Live." The program, which aired live, focused on the question, "Should Cell Phones be Banned While Driving." Kitchen told viewers that, rather than...

UNIVERSAL SERVICE.
January 10, 2000... In a filing submitted Jan. 3, PCIA asked the FCC to reconsider or clarify certain aspects of its universal service order, released Nov. 2, to assure that wireless carriers can obtain high-cost support once they become eligible...

CARRIER STATUS.
January 10, 2000... PCIA filed comments with the FCC on Dec. 17 in support of Western Wireless' petition for eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) status. The carrier is seeking ETC status so that it can be eligible to obtain subsidies from the federal...

NUMBERING.
January 10, 2000... PCIA filed comments Dec. 20 asking the FCC to clarify a recent order addressing numbering issues. PCIA was concerned that one aspect of the order could work to inadvertently deny service providers access to NXX codes (the three-digit exchange...

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
January 10, 2000... In reply comments filed Dec. 20, PCIA urged the FCC to adopt a confidential, voluntary reporting mechanism, with selective mandatory surveys, in its efforts to gather information about the status of local telephone service competition and the...

Y2K And All's OK: A Lesson to be Learned.
January 10, 2000... That breeze you have been feeling since 12:15 a.m. New Year's Day is the collective sigh of relief as all of us realized that the Y2K rollover swept across Planet Earth more or less uneventfully. Those of us who have been working on and...

Kitchen Speaks on CES Panel.
January 10, 2000... PCIA President Jay Kitchen discussed the future role of wireless technology in the lifestyles of business executives and consumers at the CES 2000 Luncheon SuperSession in Las Vegas on Jan. 6. Kitchen participated on a panel of industry...

E-COMMERCE SEMINAR.
January 10, 2000... PCIA, in partnership with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (WC&P), will present "Preparing for the Wireless eCommerce Revolution" Feb. 16 - 17 in Dallas at the Wyndham Anatole Hotel. Experts from WC&P, one of the world's leading law firms in the...

FIXED WIRELESS OWNERSHIP.
January 24, 2000... To achieve harmony in rules governing fixed wireless broadband ownership, PCIA asked the FCC to let lapse on June 30 rules that restrict LEC and cable companies from owning or investing in more than 20 percent of A-block licenses in their own...

FIXED WIRELESS - 24 GHz.
January 24, 2000... PCIA on Jan. 19 submitted comments to the FCC regarding the opening of the 24 GHz band for fixed wireless broadband uses. In its filing, the association asked the commission to ensure that the fixed wireless rules it adopts for this band are...

UNIVERSAL SERVICE.
January 24, 2000... PCIA has joined the recently formed Competitive Universal Service Coalition (CUSC). Consisting of telecom companies and associations, the coalition was created to ensure that universal service reform yields pro-competitive programs and...

PAGING AUCTIONS.
January 24, 2000... On Jan. 7, PCIA joined other parties and intervenors in a brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the FCC's decision that all geographic paging licenses are mutually exclusive and should be auctioned....

PCS RE-AUCTION.
January 24, 2000... The FCC on Jan. 12 issued a public notice stating that a re-auction of C- and F- block broadband PCS licenses that have been canceled or returned to the commission will begin July 26. PCIA President Jay Kitchen said he applauded the...

CHANNELS 60 - 69.
January 24, 2000... The FCC on Jan. 5 adopted licensing and service rules for 30 of the 36 MHz being reallocated as commercial spectrum from television channels 60-69, located in the 746-806 MHz band. The commission established "guard bands" for the remaining 6...

SECTION 255.
January 24, 2000... The FCC's Section 255 rules stipulating that telecommunications equipment and services be accessible to people with disabilities, if readily achievable, go into effect Jan. 28. Included among the requirements is the obligation for carriers...

New Developments in the Realm of Towers, Antennas and Historical Properties.
January 24, 2000... Recently adopted changes to the rules implementing Section 106 of the National Historical Preservation Act of 1966 may complicate the process of getting approval for new tower construction, and possibly even for collocations on existing towers...

NUMBERING.
January 24, 2000... In response to yet another six states that sought numbering authority from the FCC, PCIA reiterated its stance that the commission quickly adopt a nationwide numbering solution and eliminate the need to address number exhaust issues on a...

CEBIT 2000 TOUR.
January 24, 2000... It's not too late to join PCIA's member tour of CeBIT 2000, a four-day program that will provide a study of one of the world's largest international computer and communications trade shows. Scheduled to begin just prior to CeBIT 2000, the...

E-COMMERCE SEMINAR.
January 24, 2000... Michael O'Farrell, vice president of business development for PCS Innovations, will be a special guest speaker at PCIA's upcoming conference, Preparing for the Wireless eCommerce Revolution, scheduled for Feb. 16-17 in Dallas. O'Farrell...