APCO seeks nominees 10th January 2007 APCO International is seeking nominees for its 2007 PSAP and CALLS awards. The deadline for nominations is April 1.
FCC removes key barrier from rebanding negotiations 9th January 2007 Public-safety licensees participating in 800 MHz rebanding negotiations will be allowed to share cost estimates and relocation procedures with each other while ignoring nondisclosure agreement (NDA) language advocated by Sprint Nextel during the process, the FCC said in an order released yesterday
News Assistant labor secretary to speak at NATE conference 8th January 2007 Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., the assistant secretary of the Department of Labor’s occupational safety and health agency, will speak at the National Association of Tower Erectors annual conference
Sen. Stevens fast tracks 911 legislation 8th January 2007 One of Sen. Ted Stevens’ (R-Alaska) first acts as the 110th Congress convened last week was to introduce legislation that upgrades the 911 system used to reach operators in an emergency.
FCC extends negotiation period for Wave 4, Stage 1 800 MHz licensees 3rd January 2007 Just days before Channel 1-120 border-area licensees in Wave 4 of the 800 MHz rebanding project were scheduled to enter mediation, the FCC announced a 90-day extension of the mandatory negotiating period for the licensees and Sprint Nextel
A history lesson 1st January 2007 The Founding Fathers were utterly amazing. The U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, authored more than two centuries ago, have stood the test of
Federal court sides with FCC on VoIP E911 1st January 2007 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently ruled that the FCC’s order that established a 120-day window for voice-over-IP,
Reality game 1st January 2007 The standards development process, as it exists today, requires participants to watch their backs as they try to outflank competitors in order to advance their own proprietary interests. No wonder it takes so long
FCC errs on latest rebanding decision 1st January 2007 Last year was turbulent in many ways. Most significantly for the land mobile radio industry, it marked the beginning, in earnest, of 800 MHz rebanding.
AWS auction spawns spectrum shuffle 1st January 2007 Last year’s auction of advanced wireless services, or AWS, spectrum (MRT, October 2006) has generated great enthusiasm on the part of commercial mobile
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