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05/10/2013
Telecommunications Industry Association: The following members are the newly elected…
Telecommunications Industry Association: The following members are the newly elected chairs and vice-chairs for the TR-8 Mobile and Personal Private Radio Committee and its subcommittees: David VanderStaay, Thales Communications Inc., re-elected chair of the TR-8.3 Encryption Subcommittee Tom Senese, Motorola Solutions, vice chair of the TR-8.3 Encryption Subcommittee Jim Eastwood, Motorola Solutions, re-elected chair of […]
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05/10/2013
TIA Backs Voluntary, Not Mandatory, STB Energy Standards
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) filed comments with the California Energy Commission in response to the agency’s proposal to mandate energy-conservation standards for set-top boxes and network equipment. "Mandating conservation standards at a main communications gateway to the home, where significant changes in functionality are most efficient and likely to occur, will negatively impact innovation […]
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05/10/2013
— Ga.-based Aio Wireless, AT&T’s new prepaid subsidiary, plans to…
— Ga.-based Aio Wireless, AT&T’s new prepaid subsidiary, plans to roll out nationwide text/talk/data wireless service with no annual contract during the next year, first targeting Houston, Orlando and Tampa. Customers can choose from three rate plans that work with smartphones, tablets and feature phones from such manufacturers as Samsung, Nokia and ZTE. — […]
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05/10/2013
McCain’s Plan: One From Column A, One From Column B
Has a la carte’s time finally come? Operators have alluded to “soon” for some time (much akin to the late George Carlin’s definition of “soon”), but Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has decided to push the issue. His just-introduced, three-pronged Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013 tackles wholesale and retail unbundling of programming by distributors and […]
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05/10/2013
NIBs And RAVENs: How To Help Ensure Connectivity, No Matter What
What began as a typical hunting trip for two brothers to an isolated reef in Yakutat Bay in Alaska nearly turned tragic when the anchor of their skiff gave way, and the boat started to drift out to sea. After a failed attempt to get back on course, the brothers thought they were out of […]
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05/09/2013
Solvency And Services: Could LightSquared Go Two For Two?
It looks like the beleaguered LightSquared may be seeing illumination at the end of the financial and regulatory tunnels, despite past industry objections to its proposed broadband services (CTDaily, 05/15/12). The Va.-based company recently won a three-month FCC experimental license, which it plans to use to test-share the 1675 MHz-1680 MHz band with federal users. It […]