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FCC dedicates spectrum for medical body monitoring (with related video)

May 24, 2012 4:20 PM, By Donny Jackson

Rules that will enable medical body-area networks (MBANs) to operate on 2360–2400 MHz spectrum....

Iridium unveils world’s smallest satellite transceiver

May 24, 2012 11:39 AM, By James Careless

Iridium's model 9603 two-way data transceiver is smaller than a matchbook. ...

xG Technology demonstrates data capability

May 15, 2012 5:18 PM, By Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com)

During the demonstration in Fort Lauderdale, wireless data was transmitted to and from an xMax 2.0 base station to smartphones and laptops of rural telco executives as they were traveling at speeds of 30 mph or less, according to Scott Garlington, vice president of engineering for xG Technology....

...from our magazine

Fire's case for broadband

May 1, 2012 12:21 PM, By Mary Rose Roberts

Despite some opinions, the nationwide broadband network that's coming to public safety will be just as important to fire/EMS as it is to law enforcement....

The big bang

Mar 1, 2012 12:00 AM, By Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com)

By sticking together, public-safety organizations were able to secure the 700 MHz D Block spectrum and $7 billion from the federal government to build a nationwide broadband network....

...commentary

Remember to feed the elephants

May 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....

For a good time, call Bill Schrier

May 8, 2012 6:57 PM, By Glenn Bischoff (glenn.bischoff@penton.com)

One of my favorite people is Bill Schrier, who recently departed for the private sector after 29½ years in government, the last 8½ of which were spent as the CIO for the city of Seattle. The headline above this column is my attempt at some good-natured teasing of Schrier, with whom I spoke today. What I actually meant by the headline is that I thoroughly enjoy my conversations with him....

...briefs

Fort Lauderdale police roll out video-surveillance truck (with related video)

Feb 1, 2012 5:18 PM

The side of the vehicle, dubbed the Peacemaker, reads "Warning: You are under video surveillance."...

FDA app to track drug side effects during emergencies

Jan 6, 2012 3:46 PM

The Food and Drug Administration is building a surveillance app for clinicians and regulators to monitor patients having bad reactions to experimental drugs administered during public-health crises....

Radiosys, BTS demo LTE in a box

Oct 21, 2011 3:37 PM

CoreTx and Trillium small-cell software deliver commercial-grade 4G LTE technologies in harsh operating environments, enabling their customers to develop and rapidly deploy end-to-end 4G LTE cellular networks. ...


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