PCIA Impacts President-Elect Obama’s Infrastructure 2.0 Initiative

Economist Recommends $17.4 B Stimulus for Wireless Infrastructure

Since the presidential election, PCIA has communicated the importance of wireless infrastructure to President-Elect Obama’s Transition Team and leadership of the new Congress. 

At the request of Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), the incoming Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, PCIA provided data on the strong economic value of wireless infrastructure deployment, identified appropriate regulatory relief in the infrastructure siting process, and suggested funding priorities for the wireless industry.

On behalf of Obama’s Transition Team, former FCC Chief Economist Dr. Alan Pearce prepared an economic analysis of the wireless industry as input to development of the infrastructure initiative economic stimulus package.  Dr. Pearce relied on PCIA to provide crucial financial and other quantitative data for use in his analysis. 

His resulting report, entitled “Accelerated Wireless Broadband Infrastructure Deployment:  Impact on GDP & Employment in 2009 – 2010,” estimates that direct and indirect investments of $17.4B for wireless broadband infrastructure would increase GDP by 0.9 – 1.3% or $126.3B – $184.1B and create approximately 4.5million – 6.3 million jobs.  The report also emphasizes that time limits should be placed on local jurisdictional review of wireless infrastructure applications and the FCC should clear the backlog of pending applications referred for NEPA review. 

PCIA and its members will continue to be important contributors to the work of the new Administration and Congress as a fast-track economic stimulus package is adopted.

Announcing our new Wireless Careers website & Job Board! The Florida Wireless Association has teamed with theWirelessWorkForce.com to provide a valuable new service to our members. By clicking on the Manage Careers link, (far right on the menu bar), employers and job seekers may access an Effective, Easy and Inexpensive means for matching talent with opportunity.

EMPLOYERS: post jobs and search resumes without charge.  Select your candidate(s) and pay only $50 to be introduced once the candidate has confirmed an interest in the position,. Please give the service a try with your next job opening.

WIRELESS PROFESSIONALS: Stay informed about interesting opportunities effortlessly and automatically. Simply upload an anonymous profile naming the position(s) for which you want to be considered and you will be contacted when those opportunities become available. We urge everyone to keep a discreet profile on the website.

REFER JOB SEEKERS: See a job posting on tWWF and know a perfect candidate? Refer them to tWWF and collect a referral fee upon successful placement. (See our referral policy for details).

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1.      tWWF is exclusively for the wireless community so there is no need to wade through an endless stack of irrelevant resumes. Each and every tWWF member is a wireless professional who is thoroughly familiar with our industry.

2.      tWWF offers access to both active and passive job seekers, broadening the talent pool to include persons who would otherwise be inaccessible.

3.      tWWF is national in scope and is working to partner with all of the  SWAP organizations across the US. To date we are partnered with California, Washington/Oregon, Florida & Kentucky.

tWWF was designed to serve the needs of the wireless telecom community. We hope we have done our job in bringing you a tool that will change the way you find that perfect job or talent. If you have suggestions or comments regarding tWWF, please contact ppachuta@twwf.net.

Research In Motion's BlackBerry Curve was the top-selling smartphone in the fourth quarter, according to research firm IDC, beating out Apple's iPhone 3GS. Although the Curve comes in multiple forms on numerous carriers, the result is still impressive considering that Apple's iPhone sales grew 100 percent in its most recent quarter, to 8.7 million, compared with the year-ago quarter. According to IDC, the Motorola Droid was the No. 3 smartphone in the quarter, benefiting from a full-throated marketing campaign by Verizon Wireless. What other smartphones rounded out the top 10? Special feature 

Sony Ericsson named a new head of global sales and marketing, who will take over beginning in April, just as the company's first phone running Google's Android platform hits the market.

The struggling handset maker said Kristian Tear, currently the head of Sony Ericsson's Western Europe region and of global customer accounts, will replace Anders Runevad, effective April 1. Runevad, who has been leading the company's sales team for the past three years, will return to parent company Ericsson.

Tear joined Sony Ericsson in 2005 after coming over from Ericsson. His successor has not yet been named. Tear will have his work cut out for him as he works with Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg to try and turn the firm's sluggish sales around. In the fourth quarter, Sony Ericsson reported its sixth straight quarterly loss. The company shipped 14.6 million units, down from 24.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2008, and its market share was 5 percent, the same as in the third quarter, but down from 8 percent in the year-ago quarter.

Sony Ericsson also confirmed that its first Android phone, which will begin shipping through NTT DoCoMo and other operators in April, will be upgraded to the latest version of Android sometime after it launches. The phone, which runs on a custom user interface, will have Android 1.6 on it when it ships.

For more:
- see this release
- see this Sony Ericsson blog post

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