Coverage/Interference

News

Somewear Labs enables flexible communications via multiple connectivity technologies

San Francisco-based Somewear Labs is delivering hardware and software solutions designed to let first responders and others leverage multiple forms of connectivity—from satellite to broadband to mesh—to share situational-awareness data in almost any environment without requiring user intervention, according to the company CEO. Somewear Labs founder and CEO James Kubik said the company’s offerings are […]

News

Motorola Solutions notified of plans to extend Airwave service in UK through 2029

Motorola Solutions received a notice from the United Kingdom (UK) Home Office seeking to continue services from the Airwave TETRA network through 2029 via a three-year contract extension that is expected to be worth at least $748 million, Motorola Solutions officials stated last week during the company’s quarterly earnings call. Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO […]

Partner content

SES to strengthen itself with $3.1B Intelsat acquisition

Satellite communications company SES announced April 30 that it will acquire its competitor Intelsat, saying it will pay $3.1 billion to buy 100% of equity in the latter company. This implies an enterprise value of $5 billion for Intelsat. SES has said it will finance the transaction from existing cash and equivalents as well as […]

News

FCC proposes georouting rules for 988 calls to suicide, crisis lifeline

FCC commissioners last week voted unanimously to propose rules that would require carriers to provide a georouting solution for all wireless calls to 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline based on the caller’s physical location rather than the current method of using the area code associated with the wireless device. Under the FCC proposal, carriers would […]

Audio

SBC: John Foley discusses upcoming event, training support, 911 initiative

Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) Managing Director John Foley discusses the organization’s upcoming Wireless Tech & Policy Summit, continued efforts to train and certify intallers of in-building coverage solutions, and its “911 Inside” initiative advocating for wireless coverage inside facilities. The Safer Buildings Coalition Wireless Tech & Policy Summit is scheduled for June 6 in […]

Partner content

Xcel Energy named in 15 lawsuits over 2024 Texas panhandle fires

Xcel Energy has been named in 15 lawsuits in connection with the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle, which burned more than 1 million acres in March. Company leaders acknowledged that power lines owned by Xcel Energy appear to have played a role in igniting the fire during a first quarter earnings call on April 25. So far, Xcel […]

Partner content

Nokia, NASA to launch 4G on the moon

NASA and Nokia are partnering to bring 4G to the moon, in a project to “pave the way for sustainable human presence” on other planets. SpaceX is slated to launch the lander carrying 4G infrastructure to the moon’s south pole later this year and the network will then be remotely controlled from Earth. The network […]

News

PSSA suggests a way for FCC to give FirstNet Authority access to 4.9 GHz, even with legal questions

Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) this week outlined a framework that would let the FCC provide access the FirstNet Authority to the 4.9 GHz band via a nationwide overlay license awarded to a separate nationwide band manager, thereby circumventing legal issues raised last week about the PSSA’s previous proposal. PSSA representatives have recommended that the […]

Commentary

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Highlights The 3GPP Plenary meetings took place March 18-22, 2024, in Maastricht, Netherlands. 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN) and Core Terminal (CT) groups continued to focus on completing the work for Release 18 (R18). The specifications are functionally frozen (no new features will be added) and only minor exceptions remain. The specifications remain on track […]

News

FCC awarding FirstNet Authority spectrum license to 4.9 GHz would be ‘unlawful,’ CERCI-sponsored legal analysis claims

A proposal calling for the FCC to grant the FirstNet Authority a nationwide license to the 4.9 GHz spectrum currently designated for public-safety use would be “unlawful,” according to a legal analysis filed this week with the FCC by an organization opposing the idea. Commissioned by the Coalition for Emergency Response and Critical Infrastructure (CERCI), […]

News

Somewear Labs enables flexible communications via multiple connectivity technologies

News

Motorola Solutions notified of plans to extend Airwave service in UK through 2029

Partner content

SES to strengthen itself with $3.1B Intelsat acquisition

News

FCC proposes georouting rules for 988 calls to suicide, crisis lifeline

Audio

SBC: John Foley discusses upcoming event, training support, 911 initiative

Partner content

Xcel Energy named in 15 lawsuits over 2024 Texas panhandle fires

Partner content

Nokia, NASA to launch 4G on the moon

News

PSSA suggests a way for FCC to give FirstNet Authority access to 4.9 GHz, even with legal questions

Commentary

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

News

FCC awarding FirstNet Authority spectrum license to 4.9 GHz would be ‘unlawful,’ CERCI-sponsored legal analysis claims

Commentary

September 3GPP Plenary: 6G officially begins, Release 19 on track

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

Video

Check out key takeaways from Disaster Management Symposium webinars, register to view archives

Video: Opening of the Expo Hall on day three of IWCE 2023

Lynk CEO Charles Miller: The sky’s the limit

Events

UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up