Public Safety

U.S.-Canada deal paves way for 700 MHz public-safety communications

It may be some time before U.S. public-safety entities can use much-desired 700 MHz spectrum, but an agreement between the U.S. and Canada announced last week has established the technical parameters for those airwaves to be used along the borders between the countries

FCC: Negotiations on 800 MHz border pacts progressing

U.S. officials have begun 800 MHz spectrum-coordination discussions with representatives from Canada and Mexico, border countries with which treaties must be reached before the U.S. can complete its rebanding effort in the 800 MHz band to alleviate interference with public-safety communications

Speaker: PSAP migration to IP is inevitable

LONG BEACH, Calif.–The buzzword–or more accurately buzz-acronym–that has dominated talk at this week’s National Emergency Number Association conference is VoIP, as public-safety answering point managers try to figure out how they’re going to process 911 calls from VoIP subscribers and manage their own transitions to IP-based infrastructures

Federal PSAP funding to be far less than promised

LONG BEACH, Calif.–When President George Bush signed telecom legislation in December 2004 that authorized $250 million annually for the next five years to fund public-safety answering point upgrades and create a national coordination office, the PSAP community knew Congress wouldn’t appropriate the full amount. What they didn’t know was just how little they would be getting over the next couple of years

Rebanding gets started

After years of proceedings, the long-awaited 800 MHz rebanding officially begins today with the beginning of the voluntary negotiation period for Wave 1 licensees in the Channel 1-120 range, which must be cleared before other 800 MHz users can be relocated to frequencies

Harris to present platform at NENA conference

Harris will present a paper on its new H-Class content-delivery platform for public safety at the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) conference this week in Long Beach, Calif.

NENA launches nationwide TTY testing program

The National Emergency Number Association, in conjunction with telecom testing company TelecomXchange International, has developed a system, known as TTY-PASS, to ensure that equipment used by 911 centers to communicate with deaf or hearing-impaired callers is accurately working

Hillsborough, N.J. program unites county departments with radio system

Officials in Hillsborough, N.J., have developed a Department of Public Works Watch Program, comprising 250 employees that report accidents, crimes and suspicious activity through the use of two-way radios

Sensoria announces wireless VoIP on mobile mesh devices

Sensoria, a San Diego-based vendor of mobile mesh software and equipment, this week announced that it has worked with TeleSym to develop a voice-over-Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) solution for peer-to-peer wireless communications on all future Sensoria mesh-enabled devices

McCain, Lieberman make initial DTV move in the Senate

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) today introduced legislation that would require television broadcasters to clear valuable 700 MHz spectrum for public-safety entities and other users by Jan. 1, 2009

U.S.-Canada deal paves way for 700 MHz public-safety communications

FCC: Negotiations on 800 MHz border pacts progressing

Speaker: PSAP migration to IP is inevitable

Federal PSAP funding to be far less than promised

Rebanding gets started

Harris to present platform at NENA conference

NENA launches nationwide TTY testing program

Hillsborough, N.J. program unites county departments with radio system

Sensoria announces wireless VoIP on mobile mesh devices

McCain, Lieberman make initial DTV move in the Senate

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