News Briefs: FCC announces first post-Sandy field hearing 15th January 2013 Also, Klein adds speaker/microphone, Miami-Dade County transitions to P25, and Genesis names a director for its new division.
News Charlotte awaits FirstNet approval to proceed with LTE plans 15th January 2013 Once it gets the green light, city expects that it will take an additional 18-24 complete deployment of the network.
News FCC releases report on derecho-related 911 issues 10th January 2013 A “large portion” of 911 system outages were “avoidable,” had carriers followed best practices, according to the report.
News Harris County seeks FirstNet OK to expand LTE network 10th January 2013 Currently, eight sites are operating, but county wants to add six more.
News Many public-safety licensees still need to narrowband systems 8th January 2013 An estimated 20,000 licensees still have to file applications, despite a record number of applications being filed with APCO last month.
News Intrado unveils interim text-to-911 application 3rd January 2013 Texts will be received by an emergency call relay center established by the company, which will then interact with public-safety answering points.
News Narrowbanding generates flurry of activity for frequency coordinator 3rd January 2013 “In my years, this is the busiest we’ve been,” said EWA President/CEO Mark Crosby, after the organization received more than 700 applications in the last week alone.
News Briefs: Radio IP mobile VPN now supports Android 20th December 2012 Also, Texas city deploys Alvarion WiMAX solution; Catalyst adds CSSI to console solution; ARINC joins NXDN Forum.
News Intrado inks deal for ‘Apocalypse-proof’ HF offering 20th December 2012 Solution would leverage frequencies that once were reserved for maritime use, but which were freed up for public-safety and critical-infrastructure use by a recent FCC order.
News Anritsu introduces seventh generation of spectrum analyzer 20th December 2012 Anritsu announced seventh generation of its Spectrum Master handheld spectrum analyzers. Key features of this iteration include faster sweep times and the ability to detect bursty signals
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