News Pa. transportation authority nears test of emergency communication system (with related video) 13th September 2011 Now SEPTA has 50 portable two-way radios available on its frequencies for first responders in time of crisis.
News UTC: Utility spending on telecom could reach $3.2B 12th September 2011 This level of communications spending represents a 21% increase over the estimated $2.64 billion utilities spent in 2009 and at least a 3% rise over the $3.1 billion spent in 2010.
News Dish Network gives LightSquared yet another headache (with related video) 24th August 2011 Dish is banking on approval given LightSquared’s success with the FCC. It wants to build out the hybrid network using 40 MHz of spectrum it acquired from the two bankrupt firms under a new subsidiary called Gamma. The initiative is similar to what LightSquared is proposing in the L-band.
News Public Safety Alliance: Virginia earthquake underscores need for dedicated network 23rd August 2011 Today’s earthquake shows why public safety shouldn’t be forced to rely on commercial-carrier networks that struggle to handle increased demand during such scenarios, a public-safety consortium official said.
News Public safety readies for final push on Capitol Hill 18th August 2011 New APCO president provides insight on where things stand with federal legislation that would reallocate the vital 700 MHz D block spectrum to public safety.
News Experts: Cybersecurity is becoming a bigger problem for mission-critical entities (with related video) 17th August 2011 Today’s IP-based systems are “exponentially” increasing the opportunities for hackers, because there are many more breach points, L.R. Kimball’s J. Kevin McGeary said.
News When public safety talks, Capitol Hill now listens 16th August 2011 Bill Carrow, APCO’s outgoing president, spoke about the effort to get the D Block spectrum reallocated to public safety, as well as couple of other noteworthy initiatives.
News FCC bureau chief: Don’t count on narrowbanding waivers 11th August 2011 David Furth cautioned operators of land-mobile-radio (LMR) systems operating at 512 MHz and below that the commission’s Jan. 1, 2013, deadline for narrowbanding those systems isn’t going to change.
News Nixle offers next-generation messaging product for free (with related video) 10th August 2011 Nixle announced the launch of its next-generation Nixle Connect platform at no cost to government agencies, which have used the company’s secure technology to leverage social media and text messaging to communicate directly with their constituencies.
News Motorola unveils LTE devices, hosted core offering (with related video) 8th August 2011 Motorola Solutions announced plans to provide hosted LTE core solutions to public-safety entities and new LTE devices at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in Philadelphia.
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