Public Safety

IP gains momentum in PSAP arena

But public-safety officials cautious of possible unsecured connections

Industry giants join forces

Motorola and Microsoft to jointly develop public-safety data applications

Transition Administrator releases funding policies

The Transition Administrator (TA) team supervising the 800 MHz rebanding effort today released new policies regarding funding for internal labor and distinguishing between “hard” and “transactional” costs associated with reconfiguration of the frequency band

House panel approves 700 MHz bill

House Commerce Committee members yesterday voted 33-17 to approve legislation that calls for the digital-television transition to be completed by the end of 2008

CML lands Montana 911 deal

Emergency communications systems provider CML Emergency Services today announced an agreement to provide equipment to public-safety answering points (PSAPs) throughout the state of Montana

Cisco announces interoperability platform

Networking giant Cisco System today announced its Internet Protocol Interoperability and Collaborations Systems (IPICS) solution that will let disparate private radio systems interoperate with one another, as well as with various voice, video and data devices

Senate panel OKs 2009 transition for 700 MHz

Senate Commerce Committee members today passed a bill that calls for television broadcasters to stop transmitting analog signals in the 700 MHz band by April 7, 2009

McCain: “Embarrassed” by DTV transition delay

Senator John. McCain (R-Ariz.) expressed his frustration that Congress hasn’t moved fast enough in moving television broadcasters out of 700 MHz spectrum

Draft Senate bill calls for April 2009 release date for 700 MHz spectrum

Draft legislation out of the Senate Commerce Committee calls for television broadcasters to release their analog spectrum in the 700 MHz band in April 2009, with 24 MHz going to public safety and the rest being divided among commercial operators participating in a January 2008 auction

AT&T offers plan for nomadic VoIP 911

AT&T has submitted a proposal known as Heartbeat to the FCC that the company said is designed to help ensure that even nomadic customers of its CallVantage voice-over-IP service have updated address information when making 911 calls

IP gains momentum in PSAP arena

Industry giants join forces

Transition Administrator releases funding policies

House panel approves 700 MHz bill

CML lands Montana 911 deal

Cisco announces interoperability platform

Senate panel OKs 2009 transition for 700 MHz

McCain: “Embarrassed” by DTV transition delay

Draft Senate bill calls for April 2009 release date for 700 MHz spectrum

AT&T offers plan for nomadic VoIP 911

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