News NENA supports NG-911 funding bill 22nd June 2010 The legislation would provide as much as $1.25 billion over five years to help public-safety answering points (PSAPs) upgrade to next-generation 911.
News Alcatel-Lucent rolls out LTE connected car 22nd June 2010 The LTE Connected Car runs and operates like a standard car but with high-speed interconnectivity.
News EMS groups join push for D Block 17th June 2010 Add the emergency medical service (EMS) community to first-responder groups asking Congress to reallocate the 700 MHz D Block to public safety for a proposed nationwide, wireless broadband network.
News Public-safety organizations formalize alliance, push for D Block 8th June 2010 The Public Safety Alliance hopes to use national advertising and grassroots campaigning to convince Congress to reallocate the 700 MHz D Block.
News Alcatel Lucent, EADS team for LTE project 19th April 2010 The companies are looking to leverage both commercial wireless and emergency radio standards to create an integrated and interoperable network at 700 MHz.
News Public safety gives input on proposed interoperability center 4th March 2010 Public-safety officials expressed support for the concept of a national interoperability center for public-safety broadband communications, although many speakers asked for clarifications about the role and scope of the proposed entity during an FCC forum about the matter.
News NATE launches tower-hazard-recognition tutorial 25th February 2010 The National Association of Tower Erectors has launched a tutorial developed to educate project managers, site superintendents and other on-site personnel to help them better recognize hazardous situations at broadcast and communications tower sites.
News FBI asks for NIST’s help 18th February 2010 User interface can take pictures of fingerprints or faces and send the data wirelessly to a central hub for analysis.
News Digital-radio fireground tests delayed 16th February 2010 New tests to assess digital-radio performance in fireground-noise environments have been delayed until the spring, according to an official participating in the process.
News Aeroflex introduces LTE signal-fading simulator 10th February 2010 Integrated within the 7100 Series digital radio test set, the new fading simulator option offers RF engineers baseband tool for signal fading profiling, a requirement for LTE certification.
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