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2010 Top Women in Wireless

July 21, 2010

View the 2010 FierceWireless Top Women in Wireless list. This is the third annual edition of this popular feature in which Fierce editors track the female stars in the wireless industry.

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It's back to a men's club on the executive level of publically traded tower companies

July 2, 2010

It's doubtful that you'll see power players in pantsuits in the three publically Communications Tower Executivestraded tower company boardrooms for a while. Today's departure announcement of Jean Bua of American Tower Corporation has returned the industry's leadership to an all men's club.

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LA Broadband Summit: Spectrum is scare, but towers are just as important

June 29, 2010

LOS ANGELES - As more services collide on mobile networks, the business models that support the entire wireless ecosystem are being strained like never before.

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Presidential memorandum orders 500 megahertz of spectrum for broadband

June 28, 2010

President Barak Obama issued a memorandum to free up 500 megahertz of spectrum in the next 10 years, directing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission to free up federal and nonfederal spectrum.

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Women pounding on governor mansions' glass ceilings

June 17, 2010

WASHINGTON - As she begins her general election race for South Carolina's top statehouse job, Republican Nikki Haley is part of a group of candidates this year who are simultaneously pursuing another goal: to be their state's first female governor.

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Speaker Lineup Announced for The Women's Conference 2010 Hosted by First Lady Maria Shriver and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

June 17, 2010

LOS ANGELES - California First Lady Maria Shriver today announced an extraordinary lineup of newsmakers and world opinion leaders confirmed for The Women's Conference 2010 to be held from Sunday, October 24 through Tuesday, October 26 at the Long Beach Convention Center. Tickets to the conference's major events - The Main Event, A Day of Health, Wellness & Transformation, and Night at The Village - go on sale next Wednesday, June 23 at 9:00 a.m. PDT.

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Verizon CEO Blasts FCC's 'Unimaginative' Internet Proposal

June 17, 2010

Count Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg among those who aren't impressed with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski's recent proposal for regulating Internet access.

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