Industry Organizations


  • CTIA LOBBIES FCC OVER CALEA COST
    The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association submitted evidence to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the cost of implementing the FBI's wish list for wiretapping. CTIA claimed that the technology the FBI wants will increase the cost of each ...More
    March 1, 1999
    Posted in News
  • THE FCC GRANTS EXTENSION OF LNP DEADLINES
    The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has granted CTIA's petition requesting a nine-month extension for implementation of number portability requirements for wireless telephone systems. The bureau indicated that extending the deadline ...More
    November 1, 1998
    Posted in News
  • An interview with...Mary Clark, Director of Operations, CIBERNET
    This month's subject, Mary Clark, director of operations for CIBERNET, is responsible for oversight of financial settlement programs and industry standards activities, many of which have wide-ranging implications for wireless carriers and their billing system vendors. A vet ...More
    September 1, 1998
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • CTIA CAMPAIGNS TO APPEAL EXCISE TAX
    The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) launched a campaign to repeal the federal excise tax on communications. The tax was enacted as temporary in 1898 to fund the Spanish-American War and was re-imposed by Congress in 1914 as a temporary tax on luxury ...More
    May 1, 1998
    Posted in News
  • CIBERNET SIGNS US WEST WIRELESS
    Cibernet, a provider of services for intercarrier roaming payment exchange, announced that US West Wireless chose Cibernet's Financial Net Settlement Program designed to settle roamer billing between roaming partners. This is intended to allow US West Wireless to use a ...More
    February 1, 1998
    Posted in News
  • CTIA NAMES NEW SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
    The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA), the international association for the wireless telecommunications industry, has selected Margaret Tutwiler as senior vice president for Public Affairs and Communications. ...More
    June 1, 1997
    Posted in News
  • Several Vendors Lift the Sheets on New Products at CTIA Show
    The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) conference is usually good for a handful of new product announcements or contract signings in the billing/customer care marketplace, and the 1997 version of this annual event was no different. Here are some ...More
    May 1, 1997
    Posted in Articles, Billing