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...

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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.

Last month the U.S. wireless industry officially marked the 25th anniversary of the day the first cellular system opened for business in Chicago. Many of the industry's movers and shakers gathered in Chicago Oct. 13 for the Wireless History Foundation's gala celebrating the anniversary. That monumental event triggered a lot of discussion (and reminiscing) among the FierceWireless ed...

Overall consumer mobile phone purchases declined 15 percent year-over-year PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, – According to The NPD Group, the leader in market research for the wireless industry, Apple's iPhone 3G surpassed the Motorola RAZR as the leading handset purchased by adult consumers in the U.S. in the third quarter (Q3) of 2008. RAZR had been ranked by NPD as the top-selling consumer handset ...

CTIA-The Wireless Association has elected new officers and Executive Committee members for the wireless industry trade group. Former Vice Chairman, Robert Dotson, T-Mobile USA President and CEO, has been elected as the new Chairman. Mr. Dotson succeeds Verizon Wireless CEO, Lowell McAdam, as CTIA Chairman and will assume the position in January 2009. Other CTIA elected officers announced at today'...

Nov. 4, 2008, will go down as a historic day both for the country as well as for the wireless industry. The impact of the presidential election is probably self-evident and better explained by those with more knowledge on the subject.

With the wireless industry’s nationwide players having posted third-quarter results, it appears that the market is quickly changing from a battle of the big 4 to a war between the big 2.

The consolidation in the wireless industry continues. Fresh off the news that Verizon's acquisition of Alltel is likely to go through, AT&T is also acquiring a smaller player. According to the AP and Mercury News, AT&T has agreed to acquire Centennial Communications (NASDAQ: CYCL) for a cash deal of $944 million. The deal will add approximately 1.1 million customers to its subscriber ...