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Public-safety land-mobile-radio (LMR) licensing activity is tracking near normal levels for recent years through almost eight months of the year, but business-industrial LMR licensing is on pace to reach its highest level in five years, according to figures from the FCC’s online Universal Licensing System (ULS) database. In the public-safety arena, FCC officials have received […]

AT&T today announced industry veteran Scott Agnew as the new president of its FirstNet unit, succeeding Jim Bugel, who will retire after serving more than three decades for the telecom carrier. “As America’s Public Safety Network, FirstNet is leading the way for first responder communications,” Agnew said in a prepared statement. “I am proud to […]

Land-mobile-radio (LMR) licensing activity remained relatively flat—albeit at historically low levels—in 2023, but early data this year indicates that business-industrial licensing could experience a significant uptick in 2024, according to figures available in the FCC’s online Universal Licensing System (ULS) database. FCC officials granted just 3,020 public-safety LMR license during 2023, with another nine applications […]

A group of frequency coordinators, critical-infrastructure organizations and a public-safety association this week asked the FCC to reject the most recent Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) proposal for 4.9 GHz and appoint the four public-safety frequency coordinators as a single nationwide band manager for the spectrum. These seven entities made the recommendation in a May […]