Networks and Systems NewsSpeakers say utilities should partner with public safety for 700 MHz broadbandBy Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com) “Don’t wait for that opportunity; make that opportunity,” Matt Schnell, telecommunications supervisor for the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD), said at UTC's Telecom 2012.... Las Vegas tabs Harris for LTE pilotBy Donny Jackson Public-safety personnel are accessing data information at 4G speeds via a dedicated LTE system operating on Band 14 700 MHz spectrum as part of a six-month pilot program.... Solving in-building noise issuesBy Ira Wiesenfeld, P.E., and Christopher Dalton There are several reasons why in-building coverage can suffer, but a common and often-overlooked reason is the noise floor that is present within the building in various areas where radio coverage is required.... NTIA suspends public-safety LTE projects using federal fundsBy Donny Jackson NTIA’s position changed “dramatically” when Congress enacted legislation that provided $7 billion in funding for a nationwide network, Lawrence Strickling said.... APCO, TETRA association partner to support public-safety LTE researchBy Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com) Support for mission-critical LTE communications research became global today, when the Global Alliance of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) and TETRA Critical Communications Association (TCCA) announced joint support of first-responder LTE research being conducted in the U.S.... TCS cybersecurity portfolio stresses proactive, not reactive, mitigationBy Glenn Bischoff (glenn.bischoff@penton.com) TeleCommunication Systems' Enterprise Security and Protection (ESP) portfolio includes a variety of tools — firewalls, intrusion-detection and prevention systems, malware, adware, and anti-virus software — and guidance from TCS’s team of cybersecurity experts. ... Enterprises go 'virtual' to extend reach, serve customers betterBy Glenn Bischoff (glenn.bischoff@penton.com) Living in the financial world as it does, there are lots of other vital alerts and other important information that Fiserv must deliver to clients, as soon as possible. The company knew that it needed to find a better way of communicating, and turned to ON24, which provides cloud-based webcasting and virtual-communications solutions. ... Wisconsin launches EFJohnson P25 statewide system (with related video)By Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com) The state of Wisconsin yesterday conducted a ceremony celebrating the launch of its interoperable, statewide P25 system known as the Wisconsin Interoperable System for Communications (WISCOM) that features a network backbone from EFJohnson.... FCC waives narrowbanding requirement for T-Band systemsBy Donny Jackson Public-safety LMR networks operating on T-Band (470–512 MHz) spectrum will not be subject to the narrowbanding deadline at the end of the year, the FCC stated in a public notice released today.... Harris County selects Motorola for LTE expansionBy Donny Jackson Harris County has accepted Motorola Solutions' deployment of the initial seven-site network, which leverages the statewide 700 MHz spectrum waiver held by the Texas Department of Public Safety.... Rimage announces secure content-distribution platformBy Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com) With Signal Online Publishing, content is protected with encryption. Perhaps more important, text, data, image or video can be accessed only for a limited amount of time.... Dual-polarized MIMO antenna addresses in-building LTE coverage issuesBy James Careless Galtronics Corp. recently unveiled dual-polarized antennas designed for the in-building 4G/LTE market.... Why RF pattern-matching beats GPS in big citiesBy Glenn Bischoff (glenn.bischoff@penton.com) Per Enge, chief technical advisor to Polaris Wireless, spoke about the challenges of location accuracy and how RF pattern-matching can be utilized to mitigate those challenges.... How to minimize the effects of time-delay interferenceBy Ira Wiesenfeld, Minerva Chandler and Chris Dalton In this article, we examine ways to minimize TDI’s effects, which will cripple system performance — even when excellent RF coverage exists.... NTIA cautions against early public-safety LTE deploymentsBy Donny Jackson (donald.jackson@penton.com) Officials for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently asked jurisdictions with plans to deploy public-safety LTE systems during the next year to stop their work to ensure that money is not wasted on equipment that will not integrate into the nationwide broadband network....
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