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Major city police chiefs say 'no'--for now--t o 700 MHz network

Nov 11, 2008 1:18 PM, By Glenn Bischoff

Police chiefs from 35 major cities support a resolution that calls for a postponement of the re-auction of the 700 MHz D Block until a consensus is reached within the public-safety sector...

FCC establishes search engine for interleaved-channel availability

Nov 11, 2008 9:45 AM, By Donny Jackson

Public-safety agencies and critical-infrastructure entities wanting to apply for spectrum released by Sprint Nextel through the 800 MHz rebanding process can access information on available channels through an FCC search engine that was announced last week....

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FCC Names Chief Technologist

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM

On Oct. 1, the FCC named Jon Peha as the agency's chief technologist....

Divided we fail

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Charles Werner

The D Block spectrum will be combined with 10 MHz of public-safety spectrum to create a nationwide wireless broadband network for first responders....

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MSV adds sixth regional mutual-aid talkgroup

Sep 10, 2008 11:33 AM, - UC

FCC grants itself another extension for interleaved decision

Aug 26, 2008 1:43 PM, - UC

McEwen receives public-safety honors

Aug 19, 2008 3:01 PM, - UC

APCO keeps governance structure

Aug 7, 2008 11:04 AM, - MRT

Membership of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) here narrowly decided not to revamp the organization’s constitution and bylaws in a much-anticipated vote this week....

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