Volume 1, Issue 4, April, 2008

CCA News—Your Monthly Update

Volume 1, Issue 4, April, 2008

Convention Early Bird Deadline Nears

The Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) 16^th Annual Convention and Exhibition is fast approaching. Have you made your plans yet? The Convention is taking place April 27-30, 2008 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The hotel is holding rooms at the special group rate of $179.00 per night, single/double occupancy. To insure this special rate and room availability, you must register by April 4^th. Contact the hotel reservation line directly at 888/746-6955 and be sure to mention the Competitive Carriers Association. Early Bird registration rates for the Convention are also available until April 4^th. This is going to be an outstanding event, one you won’t want to miss. We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas! More Details

Call For Award Nominations

Do you know a person or company in the cellular industry that has gone above the normal call of duty in their community? How about an individual who has made outstanding contributions to our industry? Does one of our Associate Members stand out in a crowd? We want to know about them! More Details

Notice of Annual Business Meeting

The Annual Business Meeting of the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA), Inc. will be held 8:00-8:30 am, Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in conjunction with the CCA Annual Convention and Exhibition. The membership will be asked to vote on several items of business. More Details

A Message from the President

CCA President Pat Riordan reflects on his year as one of turmoil, movement, change, stability and growing strength. Read what he says about each and how the past year has brought new recognition to CCA in Washington D.C. and the industry. More Details

Call for Committee Members

At the center of the Competitive Carriers Association are members like you devoting their time and efforts to the Committees who help promote the mission of CCA. These committees help bring learning opportunities and legislative representation to the membership as a whole and are an integral part of CCA. More Details

2008/2009 Membership Directory Now Open for Sales

The Competitive Carriers Association is committed to providing members with the information and industry trends you need to help your business grow. For this reason, we have partnered with Naylor, LLC, recognizing the company’s 38 years of experience with trade publications. We are confident the professionals at Naylor will provide us with a top quality publication and enhance the growing reputation of our association within the industry. More Details

Transitioning from ESN to MEID

CCA recently held it’s first Webinar on Transitioning from ESN to MEID. After working through some technical challenges, the 18 CCA members who attended the webinar heard presentations from panelists that included Gary Pellegrino, President of CommFlow Resources, Inc., David Crowe of CNP Wireless, and John Derr, Staff Director, Technical Regulatory Affairs, Standards and Technology Department of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), all experts in the field. The WEBINAR was organized and executed by Art Prest, CCA’s Technical Consultant and Susan Clement CCA’s Membership and Communications Manager. Presentations can be accessed here. Future Webinar plans are in the planning stages including one on CPNI in the near future.

Member Press Releases

· Pario Solutions offers Managed Roaming Solutions to its Hosted Wireless Customers

· Immix Wireless to Deploy Interop Technologies CSC Gateway

· Interop Technologies and Alaska Digitel Announce Agreement to Deploy OTA Programming Solution

· West Central Wireless Selects Interop Technologies SMS Center 4.0

Washington Monitor

This month, the Monitor looks with interest at several regulatory issues that are at the forefront. Among the articles:

· E911 Location Accuracy deadlines put on hold by U.S. Court of Appeals

· GAO report highlights pitfalls in FCC performance

· FCC to expand broadband data collection

· FCC must complete CMAS proceeding

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CCA Advocacy Snapshot

This month CCA Legislative Consultant Gwen O’Brien, refreshes readers on the many steps involved with enacting laws. Only Members of Congress may propose or sponsor a new law. Ideas for laws can come from citizens, interest groups, public officials or the Governor. The idea is next drafted as a bill and then filed with the clerk of the House and/or the Senate who assigns the bill number. The bill is formally introduced when the clerk of the chamber of origin reads aloud the bill’s number, sponsor and title on the floor during a legislative session. More Details