News House subcommittee asks pointed questions about D Block proposals (with related video) 26th May 2011 Expressing concern about use of past federal investments of spectrum and money for public-safety communications, members of a key House subcommittee questioned whether proposals to reallocate the 700 MHz D Block and provide billions of dollars in federal funding would alleviate interoperability problems that exist today.
News Motorola headset computer gives workers voice-activated wireless access to data, video 25th May 2011 The “Golden-i” un-tethers field workers from the mobile data terminals or rugged laptop computers in their service or emergency vehicles.
News House subcommittee sets hearing for public-safety network 18th May 2011 Subcommittee on communications and technology will conduct a hearing entitled “Creating an Interoperable Public Safety Network.”
News FCC proposes to extend outage reporting to broadband 16th May 2011 FCC commissioners approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that calls for voice-over-IP (VoIP) providers to report outages of at least 30 minutes in an effort to make the nation’s 911 emergency-calling system more reliable.
News NPSTC needs volunteers for broadband projects 5th May 2011 The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) needs volunteers for three broadband projects.
News AtHoc introduces new emergency-notification applications 3rd May 2011 Emergency-mass-notification vendor AtHoc recently announced new mobile applications for its IWSAlerts platform that are designed to leverage the capabilities of mobile broadband wireless networks and the functionality of smartphones and tablet devices.
News Motorola demonstrates public-safety LTE capability in Philadelphia 19th April 2011 The demo featured mobile streaming video from a dash-mounted camera in a squad car connected via a Band 14 dongle.
News Carlson Wireless software-defined radio leverages TV white spaces to deliver rural broadband 23rd March 2011 Carlson Wireless has developed RuralConnect IP, a software-defined radio that uses TV white spaces to deliver wireless broadband service to homes, businesses and municipal entities in rural and underserved areas.
News IWCE reporter’s notebook (Part 2) 15th March 2011 IWCE product and service announcements from c4i, PCTEL, AASHTO, Laird, Alcatel-Lucent and Etherstack.
News Haiti asks public safety to donate decommissioned radios 14th March 2011 Radios for Haiti is asking for donations of equipment that soon will become obsolete in the U.S. because of the Federal Communication Commission’s narrowbanding mandate.
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