The dawn of a new day 1st February 2007 I always have been a bigger fan of sunrises than sunsets. The early morning hours are quiet and peaceful and offer promise yet to be shattered by the
Fasten your seat belts for rebanding 1st February 2007 The FCC’s recent decision to permit public-safety licensees to discuss terms and conditions of their 800 MHz rebanding agreements with other public-safety
An ounce of prevention 1st February 2007 As I sit in my comfortable office chair to write this column, I reflect back on a most uncomfortable 2003 trip to Cleveland. I arrived on a sweltering
Overlay solution may be as close as near space 29th January 2007 From a communications perspective, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was a real-life example of Murphy’s Law: Everything that could go wrong, did
A case of the haves versus the have-nots 22nd January 2007 This week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the Big Apple is committed to deploying technology that would let anyone with a camera phone send images and video to the city’s 911 and 311 call centers
Removing rebanding’s nondisclosure issue a positive step 16th January 2007 Public-safety licensees have expressed car-buyer-like frustrations while negotiating 800 MHz rebanding deals with Sprint Nextel. The carrier’s negotiators saw thousands of quotes during Phase I of rebanding and have seen hundreds more in the current phase of negotiations with public-safety entities
A history lesson 1st January 2007 The Founding Fathers were utterly amazing. The U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, authored more than two centuries ago, have stood the test of
FCC errs on latest rebanding decision 1st January 2007 Last year was turbulent in many ways. Most significantly for the land mobile radio industry, it marked the beginning, in earnest, of 800 MHz rebanding.
Apply the litmus test to new technology 1st January 2007 Public-safety agencies depend on radios as basic tools, especially in emergencies. That fact remains as true today as it has for decades. Newer technologies
Reconfiguration milestones, momentum 1st January 2007 For those of us who’ve lived and breathed the 800 MHz reconfiguration process, Dec. 26, 2006 was a date with special meaning it marked 18 months since
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