Editor's Picks
Glenn Bischoff is the editor of Urgent Communications, a position he had held since December 2003. Previously, he was the policy and law writer for sister publication Telephony for three years. His journalism career also includes five years as the editor of Outside Business, which won several ASBPE Midwest Chapter awards for editorial excellence during his tenure. He also has written for magazines in various industries, and worked as a freelance writer for the Daily Herald — Illinois' third-largest daily newspaper — for eight years. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northern Illinois University in 1980. Current PicksIn-Building BlocksOct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Lynnette Luna Municipalities finally have the tools to push in-building public-safety communications throughout the country, but cost and complexity threaten to slow the process.... Crystal clearOct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Jay M. Jacobsmeyer, P.E. Almost every radio has a crystal oscillator — here's how they work.... CellTrust unveils secure SMSOct 14, 2009 4:36 PM, By Lynnette Luna The enterprise appliance enables encrypted SMS messages from handset to handset, application to handset or vice versa. ... FCC should heed NPSTC concerns about 2011 deadlinesOct 13, 2009 4:26 PM, By Donny Jackson The interim deadline of Jan. 1, 2011 for narrowbanding, includes some stipulations that could have some unexpected interoperability and equipment-cost issues that the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council believes should be avoided.... Pennsylvania looks to leverage statewide system beyond LMROct 7, 2009 3:53 PM, By Donny Jackson Throughout the debate over the proposed national broadband network for public safety, many members of the first-responder community repeatedly have noted that public-safety radio systems have considerable assets that could be leveraged in a manner that could reduce deployment costs.... Archived PicksAll atwitter about TwitterJul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com) Public-safety agencies, particularly law enforcement, are "tweeting" and much more, as they leverage social networking to get the word out and increase their knowledge base.... Mending fencesJul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com) Public safety shows signs of getting its act together on the 700 MHz issue.... Is TETRA on its way to North America?Jun 17, 2009 4:56 PM, By Lynnette Luna For the last decade or so, a question repeatedly has resurfaced in the U.S. market: Why can't the European trunked radio standard TETRA be deployed on U.S. soil? And the finger always pointed to Motorola... Rural 700 MHz filings worthy of attentionJul 16, 2009 12:02 PM, By Donny Jackson Waiver requests allowing early wireless broadband network buildouts for public-safety use in the 700 MHz band are not new, but they had come from governmental entities that typically have access to considerable funding resources — until last week.... Mission: improbableJun 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com) Many believe the worlds of IT and RF are as different as the former East and West Germany. But, as the German reunification proved, the seemingly impossible can be accomplished if the will to do so is great enough. It's a notion that public-safety communications officials need to embrace for the expected IT/RF convergence to be effective.... LMR sector is in a jamJun 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Alan Tilles It may be a technologically complex issue, but the problem of cell-phone use in prison is so immense that efforts by the LMR industry to prevent these units from being introduced will be viewed very negatively.... 700 MHz still up in the airMay 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson Entire wireless awaits word from FCC, Congress on D Block airwaves... A heads-up when surf's upMay 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Barthold Washington state's tsunami alert system is getting a lot of attention... Testing the waters in D.C.May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Doug Mohney ROW-B could provide public safety with a glimpse of its 700 MHz future... THE POWER OF POWERApr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson In most areas, wireless communications involve a series of tradeoffs. Frequency, modulation scheme, physical-layer technology and other factors influence... No place to hideApr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mary Rose Roberts Solar flares and storms are wreaking havoc on communications... The age-old questionMar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By James Careless Why do public safety radios cost so much? Because they do so much... Army's jamming strategy blows upMar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Doug Mohney Spectrum management challenges abound in Iraq, but technology help is on the way... Say hello to a year like no otherJan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Alan Tilles A new year has dawned, one that should see an incredible amount of activity on many fronts... When the unthinkable happensJan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Merrill Douglas Call-takers get guide for handling reports of missing and sexually exploited children... Turning the cornerDec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, An MRT Staff Report Without question, 2008 will be the year of answers for the urgent-communications sector, as the future for key technologies, initiatives, entities and players finally will crystallize... A righteous goal is within reachDec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Morgan O'Brien Almost any description of the FCC's recent order setting forth plans for a wireless broadband public-safety network will invoke the term "unprecedented"... FCC chief: Better days lie just aheadDec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Charles Werner I recently spoke with Derek Poarch, chief of the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, who made it clear that he believes it is wholly unproductive to place blame regarding the current state of the 800 MHz reconfiguration project... A ray of lightNov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Mary Rose Roberts Miners face a dangerous work environment made more harrowing by conditions that make reliable wireless communications difficult, if not impossible.... Path to safer roads takes positive turnNov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Lynnette Luna Technologies are emerging that could reduce congestion and prevent fatal accidents... Many moving partsNov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Rick Burke & Jim Dombrouski Rebanding affects much more than public safety, which will lengthen the process...
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