A South Carolina prison's plan to use technology to jam cell phones, a popular form of contraband in prisons, has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers, the FCC and the CTIA. Article

Operators jam the jammer The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has offered to work with South Carolina's prison boss to find a way to prevent mobile phones being used in prisons, but industry body the CTIA is calling on the FCC to get a court order preventing anyone from demonstrating the technology.…

CTIA yesterday again filed objections to the FCC’s upcoming vote on an AWS-3 spectrum auction, this time suggesting multiple alternative proposals.

If you take a look around state legislatures and administrations next year, you’re probably going to see a lot of new faces. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 11 states changed or tied party control in the 2008 election. This influx of “new blood” combined with the experienced veterans will be faced with large challenges and opportunities, including heal...

We first gave you a sneak peak of Rescue+Mobile at CTIA in September, LogMeIn’s remote support tool for mobile platforms. LogMeIn has now announced that Rescue+Mobile is now available for BlackBerry. You can learn more about Rescue+Mobile at the link below. Pricing and device support is available after the jump. LogMeIn Rescue+Mobile Features LogMeIn Rescue+Mobile Pricing and Support * Compu...

CTIA has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to keep child pornography off of wireless networks. CTIA and representatives from the wireless industry have created the Wireless Child Safety Task Force. Wireless companies will continue to prohibit websites believed to contain child pornography from being hosted on their servers. Through the efforts of the Task ...

Thomas Wheeler, the former head of CTIA and still a player in the wireless industry, was named to the Obama-Biden transition team to head up efforts in the science, technology, space and arts agencies, which probably includes the FCC. Wheeler, who was a large fundraiser for President-elect Barack Obama during the Democratic primaries, was the head of CTIA for 12 years and knows the ins-and-ou...

The wireless industry group had been suing to see if the FCC had the authority to require open access on the C block 700-MHz spectrum.

Should wireless carriers be required to share their future networks with competitors’ customers?

Social networking giant MySpace announced the availability of a new, integrated mobile solution customized for device maker Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones. The application--which RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie first announced in September during his keynote appearance at CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2008--promises instant, push-based messaging of social content, complete with a...