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Nov 16, 2015, 03:09 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement After The Tax Foundation Released its "Record High Taxes and Fees on Wireless Consumers in 2015" Report

Please attribute the following statement to CTIA-The Wireless Association® Vice President of Government Affairs Jot Carpenter: "American wireless...

Oct 27, 2015, 06:22 ET CTIA Statement After the U.S. Senate Approved the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act

After the U.S. Senate voted 74-21 to approve S.754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, CTIA-The Wireless Association® Vice President...

Oct 27, 2015, 03:02 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement on the Spectrum Pipeline Act

The following statement should be attributed to CTIA-The Wireless Association® President & CEO Meredith Attwell Baker: "The Spectrum Pipeline Act is...

Oct 19, 2015, 07:43 ET Majority of Americans Use PINs or Passwords to Protect Their Mobile Devices and Personal Information

CTIA-The Wireless Association® announced the results from a survey [PDF] it commissioned on consumer security behaviors, conducted by Harris Poll....

Oct 19, 2015, 01:44 ET CTIA - The Wireless Association® Announces 2015 CTIA Startup Lab Winners

CTIA-The Wireless Association® announced the winners of the CTIA Startup Lab 2015 class. The program, held last month in Las Vegas and San Francisco, ...

Oct 02, 2015, 11:11 ET CTIA and Participating Wireless Companies Announce New Effort to Help Consumers Combat Stolen Smartphones and Protect Personal Information

CTIA-The Wireless Association® and participating wireless companies today announced a new effort to update the Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary...

Sep 10, 2015, 06:46 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association Announces 2015 CTIA Awards Winners

On day two of Super Mobility 2015, CTIA–The Wireless Association® announced the winners of the Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards, Hot for the...

Jul 01, 2015, 09:11 ET Wireless Industry Delivers on Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment

Today, CTIA-The Wireless Association® announced the wireless industry's fulfillment of the Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment that gives U.S. ...

Jun 24, 2015, 03:24 ET Policymakers Must Free Up More Than 350 MHz of Additional Licensed Spectrum to Meet Growing Demand for Mobile Broadband says Report

To meet America's growing demand for mobile broadband, the wireless industry will need more than 350 megahertz (MHz) of new licensed spectrum by...

Jun 17, 2015, 10:22 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Survey Shows Americans Used 26 Percent More Wireless Data in 2014

Today, CTIA–The Wireless Association® released the results of its annual survey, which shows Americans used 4.1 trillion megabytes (MB) of data in...

Jun 11, 2015, 05:10 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement on U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Decision on the Open Internet

Please attribute the following statement to CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Meredith Attwell Baker: "Today's decision by the court...

May 11, 2015, 11:58 ET Licensed Spectrum for Commercial Wireless Networks Generates More Than $400 Billion in Annual Economic Activity for America

Spectrum licensed to U.S. wireless carriers generates more than $400 billion annually in economic activity, according to a report issued today by the ...

May 01, 2015, 03:50 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Seeks Stay of FCC's Internet Regulations

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Apr 14, 2015, 11:06 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Filed Lawsuit to Challenge FCC Open Internet Order

CTIA filed a lawsuit with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today challenging the FCC's decision to impose sweeping new net neutrality rules and...

Mar 18, 2015, 04:12 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement After the CSRIC Working Group IV's Released Its Cybersecurity Report

After the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) released its report on cybersecurity, CTIA-The Wireless...

Feb 26, 2015, 01:15 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement After the FCC Vote on the Open Internet Proceeding

The following statement should be attributed to CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Meredith Attwell Baker: "The FCC's Net Neutrality...

Jan 29, 2015, 12:52 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement After the Conclusion of the FCC's AWS-3 Spectrum Auction

Please attribute the following statement to CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Meredith Attwell Baker: "The AWS-3 auction is the...

Jan 29, 2015, 03:19 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement After the FCC Approved its Location Accuracy for Emergency Calls Order

The following statement should be attributed to CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Meredith Attwell Baker: "On behalf of CTIA and its...

Jan 16, 2015, 01:02 ET Americans Surveyed Reject Aggressive Network Neutrality Regulation for Mobile Broadband and Recognize the Competitive and Innovative Nature of Wireless Industry

A vast majority of Americans (78 percent) recognize that wireless is different from wired broadband services and warrant a different approach to...

Jan 14, 2015, 04:15 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Response to President Obama's Announcement on Broadband

The following statement should be attributed to CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Meredith Attwell Baker: "CTIA applauds President...

Dec 18, 2014, 05:31 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement on the FCC's CMRS Report

Please attribute the following statement to CTIA-The Wireless Association® Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Scott Bergmann: "The FCC's report yet ...

Oct 17, 2014, 12:34 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement After the FCC October Open Meeting

After the FCC's October Open Meeting addressing wireless infrastructure deployment and new spectrum bands, CTIA-The Wireless Association® President...

Oct 01, 2014, 01:21 ET CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement After the Release of the Greenhill & Co. Report on 600 MHz Incentive Auction

After Greenhill & Co. released its report on the 600 MHz Incentive Auction, CTIA-The Wireless Association® Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Scott ...

Sep 10, 2014, 02:44 ET CTIA Announces 1,000 Apps Tested for KnowMyApp.org

On day two of Super Mobility Week, CTIA-The Wireless Association® announced that more than 1,000 apps have been tested as part of the KnowMyApp...

Sep 09, 2014, 09:30 ET Super Mobility Week September 9, 2014 (Day One) Keynotes and Events

The following is being released by CTIA: WHO: CTIA Super Mobility Week is North America's largest forum for mobile innovation, bringing together the...