PCIA Washington Bulletin articles from September 1999

PCIA Washington Bulletin archives from September 1999

CALEA.
September 6, 1999... The FCC on Aug. 27 released its long-awaited decision on the FBI's requested punch-list items for the assistance capability requirements of CALEA. In its ruling, the commission adopted six of the nine punch-list items sought by law enforcement...

FIXED WIRELESS.
September 6, 1999... In comments filed Aug. 27, PCIA told the FCC that its competitive networks proceeding gives the commission an unparalleled opportunity to expand consumer choice while stimulating competition. PCIA noted that the FCC could be the catalyst...

CPNI.
September 6, 1999... The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver declared unconstitutional the FCC's rules governing how telecom companies can market services and equipment to their customers, stating that the rules violate the rights of carriers to "commercial...

NUMBERING.
September 6, 1999... Responding to comments submitted in July addressing the FCC's proposal for optimizing assignment and use of number resources, PCIA urged the commission to heed the call from carriers, and even from some states, to maintain federal leadership...

SPECTRUM CAPS.
September 6, 1999... PCIA on Aug. 25 filed an ex parte with the FCC regarding CMRS spectrum aggregation limits. Along with its filing, PCIA submitted an update to the market data report it provided with its reply comments earlier in the year. In its initial...

There's No Room for Complacency When it Comes to RF Compliance.
September 6, 1999... Two years ago, the FCC finalized its guidelines for limiting human exposure to radiofrequency (RD emissions. Since then, the wireless industry has worked diligently to ensure that antenna sites and facilities pass muster. However, the jury...

CPP.
September 20, 1999... PCIA applauded the FCC's efforts to explore instituting calling party pays (CPP) as a service option in the United States, but urged the commission to consider several points to assure that CPP is implemented on a uniform, federal basis and is...

SOMA VISITS CAPITOL HILL.
September 20, 1999... PCIA's Site Owners and Managers Alliance (SOMA) took to Capitol Hill Sept. 14. SOMA members told the story of how professional antenna site management is helping communities and wireless carriers work successfully to bring wireless services to...

SPECTRUM CAP.
September 20, 1999... PCIA recently submitted two ex parte filings to the FCC regarding CMRS spectrum aggregation limits. The association also gave the FCC two PCIA-commissioned studies that determined the state of competition in the wireless voice market and the...

FCC DECIDES SPECTRUM CAP.
September 20, 1999... The FCC on Sept. 15 decided to maintain the spectrum cap at 45 MHz in the U.S. urban markets. Following is a statement, in part, by PCIA President Jay Kitchen about that decision: "We are extremely pleased that the FCC has decided to keep...

LMDS.
September 20, 1999... On Sept. 9, Kyle Mussman, chairman of PCIA's Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), testified before the U.S. Senate's CEO Summit on Rural Telecommumcations. Mussman, who is chairman and CEO of HighSpeed.com, stressed that much work remains to...

UNIVERSAL SERVICE.
September 20, 1999... In ex parte comments filed Sept. 15, PCIA voiced concern about a proposed funding mechanism for universal service submitted to the FCC by the Coalition for Affordable Local and Long Distance Service. As such, PCIA asked the FCC to solicit...

NUMBERING.
September 20, 1999... PCIA continues to address each numbering petition submitted by various states seeking additional authority from the FCC to implement number conservation measures. To date, PCLA has challenged petitions filed by eight states, and in each...

Private Land Mobile Radio: The Attention is Good, But the Work is Not Yet Finished.
September 20, 1999... In recent years the minimal attention paid to private land mobile issues by the FCC left that industry segment feeling like a lost orphan. That changed this year, as 1999 brought a renewed focus on issues that affect private land mobile radio...

INCREASED FEES.
September 20, 1999... PCIA is examining a proposal by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to assess application processing fees and monitoring fees for all rights-of-way, including for communications sites. The association will file comments in this matter Oct....