Newscan: Former rescue-squad volunteer to lose amateur license after unauthorized transmissions on city radio system

Telematics may have taken something of a back seat in terms of passenger-car technology lately but it is still the driving power for one mobility provider’s growth plans. Start-up rideshare company Alto says it is carving a place in the market focused on employee-based premium vehicle private hire transportation, totally at odds with the bargain-basement […]

T-Mobile is looking to land some punches on AT&T’s burgeoning public-safety business by calling in the ref. The company told the FCC that it should require FirstNet to disclose details about its ongoing relationship with AT&T. T-Mobile also told the commission that it should make clear that “FirstNet must provide interoperability that ensures all public […]

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) […]