News Briefs: Datron adds payloads to Scout UAV 6th September 2012 Also: TCS part of federal contract; USMSS names executive director; Tait gets DMR interop certificate; El Salvador deploys Tiburon solution; TrustComm joins SIA.
Commentary Utilities, public safety could be ideal broadband partners 4th September 2012 Utilities and public safety should work together on broadband, because they bring complimentary assets to the table.
News PSCR seeks global support for public-safety LTE 30th August 2012 International support will be a key for the first-responder community to realize its vision of affordable devices that meet public-safety-specific needs.
News FCC plans to enforce UHF/VHF narrowbanding mandate 28th August 2012 FCC official: Licensees operating below 512 MHz should expect consequences if they fail to meet the commission’s narrowbanding deadline.
Video Dowd on FirstNet board appointment 28th August 2012 Glenn Bischoff, editor-in-chief of Urgent Communications, chats with NYPD Deputy Chief Charles Dowd about his appointment to the FirstNet board of directors.
News Gurss: Congress may have to revisit T-Band mandate 23rd August 2012 The mandate delivered by Congress that public-safety users of T-Band spectrum (470-512 MHz) vacate the airwaves 11 years from now is so unworkable that public safety eventually could ask federal lawmakers to revisit it.
News NTIA releases information on planning grant program for 700 MHz LTE 23rd August 2012 State and local public-safety agencies will be able to provide input on the performance requirements and design of a nationwide LTE network for first responders as part of a 5-year, $135 million planning grant program beginning early next year
Video DHS transitions multiband radios to emergency-response agencies 22nd August 2012 David Boyd of the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate discusses the transition of multiband radios to emergency-response agencies.
Commentary Significant questions remain after FirstNet board appointments 22nd August 2012 Any public-safety agencies or vendors expecting a great deal of additional clarity — as a result of the announcement of the 15 FirstNet board members — regarding the LTE buildout in the short term may be disappointed.
News FCC official: 911 outages from derecho storms ‘unacceptable’ 21st August 2012 Carrier network and PSAP outages that prevented millions of citizens in the eastern U.S. from accessing 911 systems for extended periods of time in the aftermath of June derecho storms is “simply unacceptable,” an FCC bureau chief said.
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