News Public safety, industry look for more FirstNet communication 29th January 2013 Representatives of first-response agencies and public-safety communications vendors yesterday expressed frustration with the lack of communication they have had with the FirstNet board.
News Briefs: FirstNet begins interviews for top post 29th January 2013 Also, the FCC waives its restriction on 25 kHz-capable equipment in the T-Band, and Cummins invests in fuel-cell vendor ReliOn.
Commentary FCC grants fresh round of antenna-structure lighting waivers 29th January 2013 By Michael Higgs — FCC is considering revisions to rules regarding antenna-structure lighting.
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.
Commentary O’Brien offers intriguing 700 MHz broadband perspective 22nd January 2013 Many in public safety are anxious to see tangible buildout begin on the much-anticipated nationwide first-responder LTE network, but Morgan O’Brien — the man who first proposed the notion — notes that several key hurdles already have been cleared.
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.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
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