Video What’s new at IWCE (Day 1) 22nd February 2012 Associate Editor Mary Rose Roberts highlights product introductions and company announcements from Kenwood, ICOM America, EF Johnson and Otto Communications.
Industry points to multiple warning signs about narrowbanding 22nd February 2012 Last year, the FCC indicated that 225,000 licensees needed to narrowband their systems, but only about 20% of those have completed the task, according to Peter Moncure, CEO of RadioSoft.
News Congress passes D Block legislation 17th February 2012 This morning, the House of Representatives voted 293-132 in favor of the measure, followed shortly by a 60-36 vote in the Senate to approve the bill.
SAIC nominated as numbering administrator 14th February 2012 SAIC will be responsible for assigning public land-mobile network-identification (PLMN-ID) numbers for all public-safety gear associated with the LTE networks.
‘It’s a great time to be in the radio business’ 6th February 2012 Wow. I can’t remember the last time I heard anyone say that. The last few years have been rough, particularly for those vendors whose bread and butter is in the public-safety and government sectors.
Commentary Don’t believe everything you hear 1st February 2012 Mark Twain’s response to the widely circulated news reports of his death in May 1897 — “Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” — serves as a great lead-in to one of the most troubling public-safety communications rumors of our time. Unfortunately, as ads for my favorite imported ultimate driving machine point out, “Perception is Reality.”
News FCC ruling aids trunked system operators 26th January 2012 The FCC’s recent decision to permit the use of two 6.25 kHz channels utilizing the NXDN 4 kHz emission mask within a single 12.5 kHz channel not only offers greater spectrum efficiency to licensees operating trunked systems in the UHF band (from 450 MHz to 470 MHz), it also greatly simplifies the narrowbanding process, according to Ralph Haller, chairman of the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council.
News NIST updates guidelines for smart-grid readiness 25th January 2012 National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) recently outlined the process by which test laboratories and certifying organizations are accredited for evaluation of smart-grid products.
News Motorola completes first phase of public-safety LTE testing 12th January 2012 The first phase of the PSCR testing is designed to test basic functionality of LTE gear, including performance and coverage capabilities.
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