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.
News APCO, NPSTC seek comments on naming of interoperability channels 9th February 2010 Proposed standard nomenclature for public-safety interoperability channel will be the subject of a month-long comment period.
News LTE rollouts to begin this year 26th January 2010 Verizon and Alcatel-Lucent currently are conducting trials of the 4G technology favored by public safety for a proposed 700 MHz broadband network.
News NENA alters D Block position 19th November 2009 Organization would support 700 MHz D Block reallocation if a sustainable funding model is established at the same time.
News Public-safety group reinforces D Block positions 17th November 2009 But attempts to forge unanimous agreement regarding the best use of the 700 MHz D Block were unsuccessful.
News FCC seeks comments on NPSTC narrowbanding petition 3rd November 2009 Whether current 2011 interim deadlines for narrowbanding between 150 MHz and 512 MHz should be stayed will be the subject of a comment period initiated by the FCC.
News NPSTC opposes NENA 700 MHz reallocation proposal 17th September 2009 Twelve of 13 public-safety associations opposed reallocating the current public-safety 700 MHz broadband spectrum.
News PSST to seek D Block for public safety 10th September 2009 Congress should reallocate the 10 MHz commercial D Block spectrum in the 700 MHz band for public-safety use, the board of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST) — the nationwide license of the public-safety broadband spectrum adjacent to the D Block — voted.
News NENA, carriers seek commercial D Block auction 25th June 2009 Wireless carriers and the National Emergency Number Association have called for a commercial auction of the 700 MHz D Block, less than a month after eight public-safety organizations asked Congress to reallocate the spectrum for first-responder uses.
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