LOCAL BRIEFING
LOCAL BRIEFING
Friday, August 31, 2007; Page D04
TELECOM
FCC Fines Sprint Over 911 Technology
Sprint Nextel of Reston, the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier, may have to pay a $1.3 million fine for failing to equip enough phones with technology that helps 911 operators locate mobile callers. The Federal Communications Commission is fining the company, along with Alltel and U.S. Cellular, for taking too long to adopt tracking technology. They have 30 days to contest the fines. Mobile carriers had to ensure, by Dec. 31, 2005, that 95 percent of subscribers' phones worked with global positioning systems to let public-safety officials find them during emergency calls.
MEDIA
Satellite Radio Rivals Actively Lobby
The nation's only two satellite radio operators, who face steep regulatory hurdles in their proposed merger deal, spent a total of $810,000 in the first half of the year to lobby the federal government, according to disclosure forms. XM Satellite Radio Holdings of the District spent $580,000. Three lobbying firms for Sirius Satellite Radio of New York spent $230,000. A fourth lobbyist, Amani Group, has not filed a lobbying report yet.
Compiled from reports by Washington Post staff writers, the Associated Press and Bloomberg News.
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