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| CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM - August 13, 1998 | ||
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| Tax Likely to Raise Phone Bills in Denver | ||
| The Denver Treasurer's Office says that next month it will impose a tax on long-distance companies such as AT&T Corp., MCI Communications Corp. and other carriers that serve Denver residential and business customers. The monthly tax, which will equal $1.12 per Denver customer, is expected to be passed on to consumers and businesses as an itemized surcharge on monthly bills. Providers of wireless phone and paging services in Denver also may have to pay, depending on how their network technology operates. (DENVER POST) | ||
| Telecommunications Resellers
Association Recommends
Faster Way to Achieve Wireless Number Portability |
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| In August 10 comments to the FCC, the Resellers Association said that it is unnecessary for every cell site in the United States to be modified in order for wireless number portability to work. The TRA plan calls for wireless number portability to be phased-in with implementation in major markets first, and with secondary and rural markets brought online more slowly but still within a reasonable period of time. (YAHOO) | ||
| It's Tough to Find Your
Way in World of Wireless Service,
Wall Street Journal Columnist Writes |
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| Consumers face a bewildering array of technology choices, brand names and prices. "All the hype surrounding wireless phones obscures a few hard truths: Consumers still are plagued by too many calls that don't get through, by poor sound quality and by calls that break up in progress. Switching services often just means swapping one set of problems for another," the columnist writes. (WALL ST. JOURNAL) | ||
| Phone Wars Leave FCC in a Political Combat Zone | ||
| The stakes are immense, coming as technological change and corporate consolidation continue to sweep through the telecommunications industry. (NEW YORK TIMES) | ||
| Ira Fishman, CEO of the
Schools and Libraries Corp.,
to Announce Departure |
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| Fishman is expected to announce today that he is leaving the controversial program to link schools and libraries to the Internet. The program has come under fire from Congress, which says that the FCC overstepped its authority when it established it, and from telecommunications companies, which were slated by the FCC to pay much of the cost of the program. (YAHOO) - (WALL ST. JOURNAL) | ||
| Rural Minnesota Residents Want Phone Service | ||
| Demands are being made by some people in rural northern Minnesota to have phone lines extended to their homes. It's service they've never had. One area resident says he uses an expensive and unreliable "radio-phone'' to keep in touch with the world. (STATE NEWS SERVICE) | ||
| Raytheon Reduces Price of Wireless LAN PC Card | ||
| Raytheon Wireless Solutions announced it is reducing the price of the Raylink(TM) wireless LAN PC Card. Effective immediately, the manufacturer's suggested retail price will be $495.00 (U.S.) representing a $55.00 decrease from previous prices. (YAHOO) | ||
| Public Sector Trails in Y2K Fixes | ||
| A study, by Cap Gemini America, a technology services and consulting group, found that the public sector is 16 percent behind the least prepared private industry category. Among the nation's biggest corporations, the health, transportation, and utility industries are furthest behind in dealing with Year 2000 computer problems. The Cap Gemini survey consisted of interviews with IT managers at 116 of the nation's corporations and 14 government agencies. (CNET) | ||
| CWA Strike Against U S WEST Looking More Likely | ||
| Spokesmen for both sides say that progress is slow on key issues such as vacation time and a company proposal to link customer service to employee pay. (STATE NEWS SERVICE) | ||
| Bell Atlantic and IBEW
in New England Reach Agreement
on New Contracts |
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| Under the new contracts, wages will increase by up to 3.8 percent effective Aug. 9, 1998, and up to 4 percent effective Aug. 8, 1999. Pensions will increase by a minimum of 20 percent over the two-year life of the new agreement. (WOW-COM) | ||
| Sprint Tries Net Phone Service | ||
| Sprint announced today that it plans to try out a phone-to-phone service that uses its Internet Protocol backbone to carry calls instead of the regular phone network. The program, dubbed Callternatives, will begin in five U.S. cities (Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle), and customers will be able to call throughout the United States as well as other countries including India, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, and Taiwan. (CNET) | ||
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