APCO 2014: Day 1

Spectrum coordinators last week submitted applications to expand land-mobile-radio (LMR) systems operating on T-Band spectrum (470-512 MHz) into a queue, with applications expected to be submitted formally to the FCC beginning next month and continuing through June, according to people familiar with the process. Both public-safety and enterprise incumbent licensees operating T-Band radio systems were […]

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Representatives from 12 key public-safety organizations met last week in an effort to develop a consensus position about next-generation 911 (NG911) that would encourage Congress to provide federal funds supporting a transition from legacy systems to an IP-based 911 platform capable of supporting multimedia communications. Conducted last Friday in Washington, D.C., the meeting was co-hosted […]