UWB standards groups merge 

The WiMedia Alliance and the MultiBand OFDM Alliance Special Interest Group announced that the two groups have merged and will operate under the WiMedia Alliance banner...

Nokia unveils push-to-talk handset 

Nokia has introduced the 6230i tri-band handset, which offers push-to-talk service over GPRS, and features a video camera system that enables the recording of video of up to one hour in length...

Nextel responds to petition to remove BearingPoint from TA team 

By Donny Jackson

Nextel Communications this week asked the FCC to deny a petition filed to remove BearingPoint from the Transition Administrator team overseeing 800 MHz rebanding, saying that BearingPoint revealed that it had a contractual relationship with Nextel during the search process...

ARRL schedules summer FieldDay ’05 event in Texas 

The Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) will partner with Rusk State Park on June 25-26 to sponsor FieldDay ’05, an event the ARRL has organized since 1933 to promote amateur radio and let operators hone their skills...

Nextel accepts 800 MHz rebanding order 

As expected, Nextel Communications today announced that it has accepted the terms of the FCC’s 800 MHz order, which calls for the wireless carrier to pay for interference-alleviating reconfiguration of the band in exchange for contiguous spectrum at 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz...

FCC agenda includes items on multicasting, 900 MHz 

The Federal Communications Commission yesterday released the agenda for its monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 10, which includes a vote on the controversial item of cable companies’ obligations to carry multiple digital channels supplied by commercial broadcasters, also known as multicasting...

NexGen City sues Motorola, MeshNetworks for merging 

By Donny Jackson

Dallas-based NexGen City has filed a $100 million lawsuit in a Texas state court alleging that Motorola and its acquisition, MeshNetworks, conspired to create a monopoly in the peer-to-peer wireless market for public-safety and homeland-security applications...

Rebanding schedule released by Transition Administrator 

By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO—Officials for the Transition Administrator team responsible for supervising the rebanding effort to mitigate interference at 800 MHz yesterday unveiled an aggressive schedule to complete the complex three-year project at APCO’s Winter Summit...

SDR Forum extends deadline for interoperability comments 

The Software Defined Radio (SDR) Forum has extended to Feb. 23, 2005, the deadline for comments pertaining to a request for information (RFI) the group issued in November...

MDC, XGate certified for Dataradio 

Mentor Engineering today announced its Mobile Data Computer (MDC) and XGate middleware products recently were certified for the Dataradio private wireless data network...

Powell makes resignation plans official; analyst says Abernathy next 

By Donny Jackson

FCC Chairman Michael Powell today confirmed multiple news reports by issuing a statement that he will resign from the agency effective some time in March, while an analyst’s report indicates fellow Republican Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy will make a similar announcement as early as next week...

Reports: Powell to resign from FCC 

By Donny Jackson

FCC Chairman Michael Powell will resign today, according to reports from multiple news sources...

Supreme Court hears arguments in tower case 

Supreme Court justices yesterday heard oral arguments in a case that could pave the way for wireless operators to secure tower sites much more easily, but most observers indicate the high court likely will not make such a ruling...

FCC creates web site for 800 MHz users 

The Federal Communications Commission will launch a web site dedicated to keeping 800 MHz users updated on the status of the rebanding effort designed to mitigate interference in the band, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Chief John Muleta said today...

No votes at next week’s FCC meeting 

The Federal Communications Commission’s meeting scheduled for next Thursday will not include any items for consideration, according to the agenda released yesterday afternoon...