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As expected, President Joe Biden on Friday signed the continuing resolution bill passed by Congress that averted a federal-government shutdown and extended the FCC’s authority to conduct spectrum auction until Dec. 16, potentially leaving an opportunity for next-generation 911 (NG911) funding to be attached to a lengthier extension. House members voted 230-201 on Friday to […]

LMR licensing activity continued to increase slightly in both the public-safety and business/industrial arenas during the third quarter, setting the stage for 2022 to be the first year in which both sectors register LMR licensing increases in a decade—albeit at much lower levels than 10 years ago. Figures in the FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS) […]

Southern Linc said it plans to stop offering LTE services in Florida at the end of this month. “Our Florida customers have been notified of this coverage change. When our customers with home service in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia travel to the panhandle, they will roam on one of our roaming partners,” Southern Linc’s Lynda […]

FCC International Bureau officials last week granted Lynk Global an industry-first license to begin commercial offerings of satellite-direct-to-standard-phone communications—a technology that promises to address most gaps in carrier partners’ outdoor coverage footprint. Adopted on Friday, the FCC order lets Lynk deploy 10 non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellites in low-earth orbit (LEO) to support connectivity—on spectrum between […]