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Another great educational opportunity next week

We will be presenting the second annual IWCE/UC virtual trade show on Wednesday, Dec. 12. UC Editor-in-Chief Glenn Bischoff chatted with Event Director Stacey Orlick about what attendees can expect to experience next week.

News

Harris announces Washington Gas deployment

Utility significantly increases its voice and data capacity by deploying a hybrid communications system designed by Harris.

News

FCC issues narrowbanding reminder

With just a few weeks to go, it is estimated that as many as 35% of affected licensees will not meet the commission’s Jan. 1 deadline for converting LMR systems below 512 MHz to 12.5 kHz-wide channels.

Commentary

Federal R&D money for public-safety LTE should be accelerated

UC Editor Donny Jackson discusses the need to accelerate the distribution of research and development money for the public-safety LTE network, particularly as it applies to mission-critical voice.

News

NYPD’s Dowd: Sandy ‘came in like a tsunami’

Compared with commercial networks, public-safety communications in the Big Apple fared remarkably well during and after Superstorm Sandy.

Article

The advantages of close spacing

Techniques exist that enable RF engineers to locate antenna sites closer than they might otherwise think possible — which could reduce the number of sites and preserve precious resources.

Photo of U.S Army soldiers testing a Harris PRC-117G software-defined radio.

Article

Software-defined radio: Simply a better way to do radio

Modern devices gain much-needed flexibility through software implementations.

News

Public-safety communications fare better than commercial networks after Superstorm Sandy

Roughly 25% of cellular towers were rendered inoperable by Superstorm Sandy, but initial reports indicate that public-safety LMR systems largely remained operational.

Commentary

Tune in to tomorrow’s webinar on LTE/LMR convergence

Everyone in public safety is excited about the broadband communications network that’s coming — and with good reason. It will make possible capabilities that once were the stuff of dreams. But there are plenty of concerns about this network — also with good reason.

Article

Briefs: Missouri county selects Tait for public-safety network

Also, the FCC extends the deadline for comments related to its latest 4.9 GHz proceeding, and Aeroflex adds MIMO support to a digital test set.

Another great educational opportunity next week

News

Harris announces Washington Gas deployment

News

FCC issues narrowbanding reminder

Commentary

Federal R&D money for public-safety LTE should be accelerated

News

NYPD’s Dowd: Sandy ‘came in like a tsunami’

Article

The advantages of close spacing

Article

Software-defined radio: Simply a better way to do radio

News

Public-safety communications fare better than commercial networks after Superstorm Sandy

Commentary

Tune in to tomorrow’s webinar on LTE/LMR convergence

Article

Briefs: Missouri county selects Tait for public-safety network

Commentary

How 5G is making cities safer, smarter, and more efficient

3GPP moves Release 18 freeze date to March 2024

Do smart cities make safer cities?

Events

UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

Twitter

AT&T wireless growth keyed by FirstNet—now provides 24,000 agencies with 4.4 million connections dlvr.it/ShY5qH

Report: Remote work causing offices to empty, but walkable cities still in high demand dlvr.it/ShXM7Z

AT&T FirstNet unleashes robotic dogs for emergency services dlvr.it/ShW7p8

Federal agencies infested by cyberattackers via legit remote-management systems dlvr.it/ShVhn3

How 5G is making cities safer, smarter, and more efficient dlvr.it/ShVS1h

MCPTT interworking for critical communications dlvr.it/ShTm3P

Self-driving cars present terrorism risk, FBI director says dlvr.it/ShTTHx

UK Home Office officially will cut ESN ties with Motorola Solutions in December dlvr.it/ShNjfN