CTIA: Americans used 100M+ TB of wireless data in 2023, up 36% YoY, the largest single-year increase; the number of wireless connections rose 6% YoY to 558M
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The NCTA, CTIA, and USTelecom, trade groups that represent nearly the entire broadband industry, file motions to help the FCC to defend repeal of net neutrality
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After DHS highlighted major SS7 protocol flaws, Verizon and AT&T lobbying group labelled the flaws “theoretical” in doc sent to Congress, which experts dispute
Joseph Cox / Motherboard : Tweets: @josephfcox , @ericgeller , @josephfcox , and @josephfcox Tweets: Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : The document where CTIA says talking about some SS7 vulns is “unhelpful...
Wireless communications lobby group CTIA says web browsing and app usage history isn't “sensitive information” in filing against FCC's broadband privacy rules
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica : Tweets: @beanjammin , @malwarejake , and @marsroverdriver Tweets: Ben Holt / @beanjammin : Consider all the safeguards libraries put in place to protect book borrowers' p...
Wireless communications lobby group CTIA says web browsing and app usage history isn't “sensitive information” in filing against FCC's broadband privacy rules
ISP lobby groups make case against the FCC's broadband privacy rules. — ISPs that want the federal government …
CTIA website shows mobile app data usage
A new website launched by mobile trade group CTIA shows smartphone and tablet users how much data is used by popular apps. — KnowMyApp.org, unveiled by CTIA Thursday, allows mobile device owners to ...
Stolen smartphone database is complete, says CTIA
But will it make a difference? — AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless launched a database for stolen smartphones last year, and today the wireless industry says that database is complete. C...
New FCC chairman tells wireless carriers to unlock cell phones
Act now or we will regulate, Wheeler tells CTIA. — In one of his first days on the job, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has asked the CTIA Wireless Association to move quickly...
Nano-SIM update: Apple design modified to fix concerns, standard will be decided this month
We just spoke with SIM card maker (and pioneer) Giesecke & Devrient here at CTIA about progress on the creation of the 4FF standard — the so-called nano-SIM — over which Apple and Nokia have been warr...
Wireless charging to get a boost from Samsung, Qualcomm
At CTIA in New Orleans, Samsung and Qualcomm debut an industry group formed to create and promote a new wireless charging standard. — Follow @KentGerman — Wireless charging isn't new, but the tech...