Public Safety

Plant Equipment, CML to merge

PSAP equipment vendors Plant Equipment and CML Emergency Services today announced their intent to merge, creating a combined company with about 500 employees that will have an installed base of more than two-thirds of the U.S. public-safety market

Bitwave announces programmable transceiver chip

Fabless semiconductor startup BitWave this week announced the development of the Softransceiver RFIC, a radio transceiver chip that can used to communicate with different wireless protocols and frequencies via software programming changes

House passes budget bill with 700 MHz rules

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a budget reconciliation bill Friday, setting the stage for lawmakers to resolve differences regarding the clearing of the 700 MHz band in conference committee

Radio Club of America honors Fellows, award recipients

NEW YORK–The Radio Club of America last Friday inducted the following as Fellows during its annual banquet and awards dinner here

Sprint adds pictures to Nextel walkie-talkie services

Sprint recently announced the availability of Nextel Direct Send Picture service, which lets subscribers send and review a picture while on a Nextel walkie-talkie call without having to access a separate data service.

Senate approves 700 MHz bill

By a vote of 52-47, the U.S. Senate yesterday approved a bill that would make 700 MHz spectrum available to public-safety and commercial wireless operators on April 7, 2009

FCC prepares to take alert system digital

FCC commissioners yesterday approved an order requiring digital television and radio broadcasters to participate in the emergency alert system (EAS)—a mandate that currently affects only analog broadcasters

DOJ agency seeks ideas on public-safety interoperability

The National Institute of Justice, the research-and-development wing of the Department of Justice, this week issued a call for papers on emerging technology solutions for public-safety interoperable communications

VoIP providers ask court for 911 stay

Four voice-over-IP (VoIP) providers yesterday announced they filed an emergency request with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for a partial stay of the FCC’s E-911 order that requires VoIP providers to provide E-911 service to all customers by Nov. 28

Coast Guard uses F4W network in Wilma’s aftermath

Tactical wireless broadband solutions developer F4W yesterday announced it has deployed a disaster-response network in Miami in support of the U.S. Coast Guard’s relief effort in the wake of Hurricane Wilma

Plant Equipment, CML to merge

Bitwave announces programmable transceiver chip

House passes budget bill with 700 MHz rules

Radio Club of America honors Fellows, award recipients

Sprint adds pictures to Nextel walkie-talkie services

Senate approves 700 MHz bill

FCC prepares to take alert system digital

DOJ agency seeks ideas on public-safety interoperability

VoIP providers ask court for 911 stay

Coast Guard uses F4W network in Wilma’s aftermath

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