CTIA-The Wireless Association

Two prominent wireless industry groups — CTIA and the Competitive Carriers Association — this month floated potential changes to the geographic boundaries of licenses in the 3.5 GHz band to the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC continues to consider changes to rules governing that ...

Two organizations representing mobile wireless service providers have sent a letter to the FCC with what they called a “compromise proposal” for the planned auction of citizens band radio service (CBRS) licenses in the 3.5 GHz spectrum band. The compromise CBRS proposal comes from CTIA – The ...

The U.S. trails behind China and South Korea in 5G progress, a potentially costly mistake, warns CTIA in a report released yesterday. CTIA estimates 5G could bring 3 million new jobs and grow the U.S. economy by $500 billion. The 5G boom is in jeopardy, says CTIA, if the U.S. does not quickly embrace ...

The US is falling behind in the 5G race, with China and South Korea ahead in the game, according to research by Analysys Mason commissioned by the US mobile industry group CTIA. The report comes as the CTIA holds a summit in Washington DC with policymakers to underline the need for more ...

That's according to a report released Monday by CTIA, a trade association for the US wireless industry. The study, which was conducted ... "China holds a narrow lead in the race to 5G thanks to a combination of industry momentum and government support," the CTIA report said. There are a few things that ...

The U.S. is losing out to China in the race to overall 5G readiness, but CTIA is sounding the horn that the U.S. can still do something to change the situation if policymakers act in 2018 to reform local zoning rules and unlock access to midband spectrum. The association that works on behalf of big wireless ...

Things didn't end well between George Carlo and Tom Wheeler; the last time the two met face-to-face, Wheeler had security guards escort Carlo off the premises. As president of the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA), Wheeler was the wireless industry's point man in Washington.

CTIA also issued a news release earlier this month: Protecting your accounts against number porting. “There is a reported increase in activity and I think the carriers are addressing the problem to ensure that it doesn't get worse,” said John Marinho, CTIA's vice president of technology and cybersecurity.

Wireless trade association CTIA stated the average small cell deployment cost $33,460, about 29 percent of which could be attributed to NEPA and NHPA reviews. An Accenture report commissioned by CTIA estimated the reforms proposed by the FCC could lower network deployment costs by $1.6 billion ...

Although numerous states adopted the uniform standards the industry argues are necessary to quickly deploy next-generation networks, debates in other states have festered amid opposition from environmental and local government advocates. Wireless industry group CTIA said operators are expected to ...

CTIA represents the biggest mobile carriers, such as AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, and Sprint. USTelecom represents wireline telcos with copper and fiber networks, such as AT&T and Verizon. All three groups also represent a range of smaller ISPs. As intervenors in the case, the groups will file briefs ...

CTIA commissioned a just-released report (PDF) from Accenture that projects 2018 NHPA/NEPA costs at $241 million as small cell deployment begins ramping up significantly. It's estimated that carriers will deploy an incremental 86,000 small cells in 2018, a 550% increase from small cells deployed in ...

A new industry-backed study suggests that the wireless infrastructure rules changes up for a vote before the FCC next week could save $1.6 billion through 2026. The report, commissioned by CTIA and compiled by Accenture Strategy, found that reviews of small cell installations under the National Historic ...

Law360 (March 13, 2018, 2:43 PM EDT) -- Wireless communications trade group CTIA on Tuesday released a study it commissioned on an FCC proposal to roll back regulatory reviews for small cell installations, estimating that, in the hurtle toward 5G, companies could save $1.56 billion based on a nearly two-thirds ...

"Small cells are similar in size to a pizza box and can be deployed on streetlights or utility poles in about one hour," said CTIA in releasing the report. "However, under rules that were designed decades ago for 200-foot cell towers, getting necessary federal and local permissions can take over a year and ...

“CTIA's member companies and others in the wireless industry have put forth various examples of the significant costs associated with compliance with the NEPA [National Environmental Policy Act] and NHPA [National Historic Preservation Act] requirements imposed under the Commission's rules,” wrote ...

Republican FCC commissioner Brendan Carr was getting plenty of industry warm fuzzies Wednesday (Feb. 28) for a proposal, that clearly has chair Ajit Pai's backing, to promote 5G wireless broadband buildouts by exempting most 5G facilities from environmental and historic review processes and putting ...

CTIA was pleased to hear of the move. “We applaud DOD and the Administration for seeking out win-win opportunities and pledge to work cooperatively to ensure critical national security objectives are protected while unlocking new spectrum for commercial use,” said CTIA President and CEO Meredith ...

“The FCC's decisive action will help America win the global 5G race by significantly reducing the number of months to deploy 5G networks and decreasing the cost to build out new small cells by almost a third,” said CTIA President and CEO Meredith Attwell Baker in a press release. “The reforms will make a ...

The Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) and CTIA submitted a compromise proposal to the FCC on Friday that outlines an agreement whereby they say the FCC should license Priority Access License (PAL) geographic license areas using Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the top 306 Cellular ...

Law360 (April 23, 2018, 4:37 PM EDT) -- CTIA, the wireless industry organization, has agreed to create a task force to address the problem of contraband cellphone use in U.S. prisons, according to a letter to GOP lawmakers from Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai. The task force — which will include ...