Commentary...from our newslettersNTIA should consider certain LTE projects as testbed opportunitiesMay 24, 2012 6:32 PM, By Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com) Assuming that standardized LTE is used in accordance with interoperability guidelines, real-world deployments can can provide valuable information that can be leveraged by FirstNet as it designs this much-anticipated network.... Utilities need to act during this window of opportunityMay 22, 2012 4:10 PM, By Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com) Putting politics aside, one of the problems with forging a partnership with utilities is determining who should be at the table to represent the sector’s interests.... Remember to feed the elephantsMay 17, 2012 5:37 PM, By David Kahn Earlier this year I attended NIST’s 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Demonstration Stakeholders Meeting, where very smart people presented their visions for the national LTE/4G network. However there seemed to be a few elephants in the room that largely were ignored.... Creating global market critical to public-safety broadband successMay 15, 2012 6:02 PM, By Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com) Today's APCO/TCCA announcement does not guarantee that all continents eventually will migrate their next-generation public-safety radio systems to LTE, but it is a step in the right direction. ... Public safety anxiously awaits 700 MHz broadband directionMay 10, 2012 6:54 PM, By Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com) Some of those most instrumental in stating the case for public safety’s need for additional spectrum and funding have been left in a rather uncomfortable limbo while anxiously awaiting word from the nation’s capital about the next steps they should take.... ...from our magazineThe long arm of broadbandMay 1, 2012 12:02 PM, By Glenn Bischoff (glenn.bischoff@penton.com) There are some who believe that the public-safety broadband network is much more a law-enforcement play, and that the fire and emergency medical services won’t benefit nearly as much. I am certain that those people are wrong.... A new world requires new rulesApr 4, 2012 12:03 PM, By Steven Devine Public-safety leaders need to expand their perspectives and work with the regulatory community to ensure that any legacy rules still in place that may be burdensome to public-safety agencies are revisited as the sector travels down the path to an exciting broadband-centric future.... Avoid getting into a boxApr 1, 2012 12:00 AM, By Alan Tilles Because some users perhaps are not properly installing trunked systems — therefore causing significant interference — this is a good time to review the FCC’s rules on VHF/UHF trunking.... A mother like no otherApr 1, 2012 12:00 AM, By Glenn Bischoff (glenn.bischoff@penton.com) A loyal reader informed me that the frequency-hopping technology today known as spread spectrum — upon which cellular communications and other wireless technologies, such as CDMA, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, are based — was invented by the actress Hedy LaMarr.... Here's a little T-Band aidMar 5, 2012 5:08 PM, By Alan Tilles Since there is not much meat in the bill on this issue, it is important to review what was included — and what was not included — and discuss what typically would happen at this point....
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