Telmex Dominates Telephone Call Completion, Mexico Antitrust Agency Finds Oct 27, 2009
The rulings provide a path for Mexicos telephone regulatory agency, the Federal Telecommunications Commission, to oversee Telmexs prices and service quality. Regulators are seeking ways to boost competition against Telmex, which controls almost 90 percent of Mexicos phone lines. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Iridium Mobile Satellite Communications Services to be Offered in Mexico Oct 22, 2009
Iridium Mexico received its licenses from Mexico's Ministry of Communications and Transportation (Secretaria de Transportes y Comunicaciones or "SCT") and the Federal Telecommunications Commission ("Comision Federal de Telecomunicaciones or COFETEL"). As a result of these new licenses, customers in the business, government and consumer sectors in Mexico now have access to the world's only truly global MSS service. (Primezone Releases)
Televisa Raids Slim's Clients as Telmex Caught in TV Stalemate With Mexico Oct 19, 2009
Telmex is at a stalemate with Mexicos government, which hasnt granted a license for the phone carrier to offer TV. , president of the Federal Telecommunications Commission, told reporters last month that Telmex hasnt met the requirements for interconnecting with other carriers. Telmexs head of strategic alliances and a spokesman for Slim, told reporters in July that the company is complying with government conditions for the license. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Verizon Business wins $140M contract Jul 25, 2009
Verizon Business has also provided data networking services to the Social Security Administration under the s Federal Telecommunications Service 2001 contract prior to the Networx program. Reader Comments. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Cell tower resolution passes 5-0 Jul 23, 2009
The Resolution stated that according to the Federal Telecommunications Law of 1996, potential health impact may not be used as a reason for a town to refuse a communications tower because none has been proven to exist. It also said there was no proof of negative impact on property values and the 15-point Conditions for Approval addresses the issue of site maintenance. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Census deploys Windows Mobile for field data collection Jul 23, 2009
This is the largest single, one-time deployment of Windows Mobile devices to date, said Randy Siegel, Microsoft Federal telecommunications and mobility strategist. Harris Corp., the system integrator for the 2010 census, has selected Sprint to be the wireless data provider for the census. (FCW.com)
Mexican Airwave Sale to Happen This Year, Antitrust Chief Perez Motta Says Jul 21, 2009
The rulings give the Federal Telecommunications Commission more authority to oversee Telmexs prices and the quality of its products. America Movil gained 54 centavos, or 2 percent, to 27. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Spectre of Wi-Fi returns to Sebastopol council chambers Jul 11, 2009
We want the maximum ability to make informed decisions, said Wilson of a provision of the 1996 Federal Telecommunications Act which prevents local government from regulating the placement of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of environmental or health effects of radio-frequency emissions when the proposed facilities comply with FCC regulations. There has been a definite lack of research on this, he said, adding that other local governments, including Los Angeles County, Glendale... (Sebastopol Sonoma West Publishing, CA)
Louis D. Smullin; pioneered microwave, radar research Jul 6, 2009
After leaving the MIT Radiation Lab for several years to lead a microwave research team at the Federal Telecommunications Laboratory in Nutley, N.J., Mr. Smullin returned to MIT in 1947 to spearhead the Institute s Microwave Tube Laboratory. He helped to conceptualize and establish MIT s Lincoln Laboratory, the federally funded research and development center for advanced technology solutions. (Boston Globe)
Mexican Regulator Sets Rules for Airwave Licenses to Stimulate Competition May 26, 2009
The frequencies are suitable for services such as wireless high-speed Internet and are designed to allow a new national competitor to enter the market, the Federal Telecommunications Commission said yesterday in an e-mailed statement from Mexico City. The countrys antitrust agency will set further guidelines to promote competition, the communications regulator said. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Tighter rules on cell phone towers? May 15, 2009
Queens Chronicle - Tighter rules on cell phone towers. Tighter rules on cell phone towers. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
WebTech Wireless Announces Sale of 5,000 Locators and New Partnership Agreement in the Brazilian Market May 8, 2009
Additionally, WebTech Wireless is pleased to announce that is has recently received product certification from Anatel (Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes), Brazil's federal telecommunications agency, authorizing the sale of the new WT7000 Series Locators(TM) in Brazil. The WT7000 Series incorporates a number of new features including embedded Bluetooth for dial-up networking and hands-free voice communications, and a 3-Axis Accelerometer for driver behaviour modeling. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Watertown antenna proposals to go before ZBA Wednesday Mar 21, 2009
Their ordinances must adhere to the federal Telecommunications Act. If we drafted an ordinance that was very limiting or denied applications I think in either case we d be challenged (legally) or be overturned, he said. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
