Policy & Law Commentary

Tech innovation crucial to long-term economic recovery

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Denver, the same city where he accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.

No excuse for lack of 800 MHz agreement with Mexico

I have a son who today is in his mid-twenties, a productive member of society who never has been in any significant trouble. That’s not to say he wasn’t a typical teenager, which landed him occasionally in a heap of trouble with me.

Procrastinators win, public safety loses

The inevitable happened yesterday, as House members followed the lead of their Senate colleagues by approving a four month-delay in the deadline for broadcasters to cease transmitting in analog and to begin transmitting in digital.

The readers always write: Sprint’s interoperability proposal gets a thumbs down

Readers offered many insightful responses to a column I wrote last month regarding Sprint Nextel’s request to the Obama administration for federal funding

Werner: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

Last week I wrote a commentary (Squawk Box, January 28) in which I urged the FCC to rethink its plan to reconstitute the board of directors of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust

How to avoid a debacle

A decision made many years ago. A major education effort to inform users. Legislation by Congress to try to limit the financial impact. Yet despite these

New York-M/A-COM impact promises to reverberate throughout industry

As expected, it looks like the dispute between Tyco Electronics M/A-COM and the state of New York is on the verge of ugliness, as the vendor has filed a notice of its intent to sue the state for backing out of a $2 billion contract and taking at least $50 million out of the company’s letter of credit.

How will Martin be remembered?

Last week, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin resigned from the commission to take a position with the Aspen Institute, a Washington, D.C. think tank.

New Sprint first-responder proposal a Band-Aid

Struggling Sprint Nextel has pitched its own economic stimulus plan to the Obama administration, and it has to do with public safety.

Better late than never

Who doesn’t read Consumer Reports now and then? I do any time I’m faced with a major purchasing decision. There is comfort when one is planning to shell out hundreds—perhaps thousands—of dollars on an item in knowing whether the device is going to perform as advertised

Tech innovation crucial to long-term economic recovery

No excuse for lack of 800 MHz agreement with Mexico

Procrastinators win, public safety loses

The readers always write: Sprint’s interoperability proposal gets a thumbs down

Werner: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

How to avoid a debacle

New York-M/A-COM impact promises to reverberate throughout industry

How will Martin be remembered?

New Sprint first-responder proposal a Band-Aid

Better late than never

Commentary

September 3GPP Plenary: 6G officially begins, Release 19 on track

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

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Check out key takeaways from Disaster Management Symposium webinars, register to view archives

Video: Opening of the Expo Hall on day three of IWCE 2023

Lynk CEO Charles Miller: The sky’s the limit

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IWCE 2019 Wrap Up