Commentary 911 incident reinforces the need for certification programs 24th January 2013 An Arkansas woman dies allegedly because a call-taker failed to enter her emergency call into the PSAP’s computer-aided dispatch system.
News FCC, LMCC reps discuss narrowbanding implementation 17th January 2013 Goal is to work together to identify licensees that have not complied with the mandate, in order to better understand what to do about it.
Commentary FCC meets with frequency coordinators on narrowband 17th January 2013 FCC personnel met with Part 90 frequency coordinators concerning how those licensees who have failed to narrowband their VHF and UHF systems (and did not receive a waiver) should be treated.
News Briefs: FCC announces first post-Sandy field hearing 15th January 2013 Also, Klein adds speaker/microphone, Miami-Dade County transitions to P25, and Genesis names a director for its new division.
News Charlotte awaits FirstNet approval to proceed with LTE plans 15th January 2013 Once it gets the green light, city expects that it will take an additional 18-24 complete deployment of the network.
News FCC releases report on derecho-related 911 issues 10th January 2013 A “large portion” of 911 system outages were “avoidable,” had carriers followed best practices, according to the report.
News Harris County seeks FirstNet OK to expand LTE network 10th January 2013 Currently, eight sites are operating, but county wants to add six more.
Commentary The readers always write — this time on narrowbanding 8th January 2013 Prevailing attitude is that the FCC should allow the spectrum of non-compliant licensees to be reallocated — an outcome that is wholly impractical.
News Many public-safety licensees still need to narrowband systems 8th January 2013 An estimated 20,000 licensees still have to file applications, despite a record number of applications being filed with APCO last month.
Commentary Proposed rule change does not mean LMR spectrum auctions are imminent 8th January 2013 By Michael Higgs — A footnote in a proposed FCC ruling has some in the LMR community wondering if they will have to bid for spectrum in the future.
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