May

9

Cell Phone Jamming Needs To Be Legalized For Local And State Law Enforcement

May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Contact: Kelly Casey Corporate Communications Director CellAntenna Corporation (954) 510.2219 kcasey@cellantenna.com   Cell Phone Jamming Needs To Be Legalized For Local And State Law Enforcement CEO of CellAntenna cites FCC data that concludes that jamming is not a menace (May 8, 2012) New Orleans, LA – CEO of CellAntenna Corporation, Howard Melamed, announced today at [...]

May

7

Advocates Appeal to FCC to Keep Jamming Illegal by Law Enforcement – CellAntenna Disagrees.

May 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Late last week, several groups appealed to the FCC to keep cell phone signal jamming illegal to all levels of government and law enforcement. CellAntenna advocates legal jamming by law enforcement ONLY.  Because the FCC is incapable of policing illegal cell phone jammers, local governments should be permitted to monitor for illegal jammers and punish [...]

Mar

12

New Zealand Sees Surge in Illegal Cell Phone Jammers

March 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment

It appears that New Zealand, like the United States, is fighting its share of illegal cell phone jamming devices. The concern with these illegal devices is their threat to public safety and well-being.  The devices were originally used by military officials, but have made their way into the hands of renegade members of the public.  [...]

Mar

12

PC World Dedicates Coverage to Cell Phone Jamming

March 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Check out the latest article from PC World with regard to illegal cell phone jamming.  Look for CellAntenna’s response to the FCC regarding when cell jamming should be permitted.  It is our opinion that first responders and law enforcement be the ONLY groups permitted to engage in the use of cell jamming in emergency situations.  [...]

Mar

12

FCC Reminder: Cell Phone Jammers are Illegal

March 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Another article posted this week regarding illegal cell jamming devices.  Cell jamming is prohibited under the 1934 Communications Act.  At CellAntenna, we advocate the illegality of cell jamming devices to the general public.  However, jamming should be legal for emergency responders and law enforcement. Click here to read the article. CellAntenna provides has provides cell [...]

Mar

16

CellAntenna CEO Featured in Wired Magazine

March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment

On paper, it’s a no-brainer: Prisoners have mobile phones they are using to run gangs, call friends, and intimidate witnesses. Tech companies have the equipment to jam the phones by flooding the airwaves, and prisons want to use them. But the 1930s law setting up the nation’s telecommunications bureaucracy makes such jamming illegal. That drives [...]

Jan

14

CellAntenna Combats Threat of Cell Phones in Prisons and Schools

January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment

New CJAM™ Cell Phone Threat Scan Service Arms Authorities Against Contraband Cell Phones in Correctional Facilities and Schools CellAntenna Corporation is helping to combat the use of contraband cell phones in correctional facilities and schools. The company today unveiled its new CJAM™ Cell Phone Threat Scan (CTS) service, an important new offering that builds on [...]

Aug

21

Strategy and Tactics to Combat the Use of Cell Phones by Terrorists

August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment

CellAntenna CEO Howard Melamed Speaks at Fourth Annual Gulf Coast Terrorism Prevention Conference Aug 20, 2009 – Howard Melamed, President and CEO of CellAntenna Corporation was a keynote speaker today at the Fourth Annual Gulf Coast Terrorism Prevention Conference held in Sarasota Florida and sponsored by the Sarasota Sherriff’s department. His topic was “Strategy and [...]

Apr

17

The World is Flat According to the FCC and CTIA: The Legal Argument Behind Jamming

April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The World is Flat According to the FCC and CTIA: The Legal Argument Behind Jamming By Howard Melamed CEO CellAntenna Corporation April 12, 2009 According to the FCC, the Federal Communications Commission and the CTIA, the organization representing the cell phone service providers, the world is flat. That means all of their thinking is based [...]

Apr

13

Cell Phone Problem in Prisons Target of Legislation

April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment

By Tricia Bishop | tricia.bishop@baltsun.com When prosecutors revealed last month that a Baltimore man accused of using a contraband cell phone in jail to order the killing of a witness was again caught with an illegal phone behind bars, the judge’s jaw dropped. He couldn’t fathom how this keeps happening. It’s “amazing,” said U.S. District [...]