PCIA Washington Bulletin articles from July 2000

PCIA Washington Bulletin archives from July 2000

PCS C/F BLOCK.
July 10, 2000... PCIA filed comments with the FCC June 22, regarding the commission's proposal to change eligibility for PCS spectrum that currently is reserved for entrepreneurs and rural telephone companies. In its comments, PCIA argued that the current band...

CALEA.
July 10, 2000... On June 30, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a Further Notice of Inquiry requesting comments on factors the FBI must consider in developing reasonable methodologies for characterizing CALEA capacity requirements for paging...

LOW POWER OPERATIONS.
July 10, 2000... The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) recently accepted the recommendations of the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) for low power operations on the former offset channels in the 450-470 MHz UHF band. In conjunction with...

This Summer Not All The Suspense Is At The Movies.
July 10, 2000... Welcome to "Voyeur TV"--The Telecom Chronicles While Survivor, Big Brother and the blockbuster summer movies are attracting the attention of most you not at the beach or the lake this first summer of the 21st century, those of us working in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...