Regulations

FCC moves to speed 800 MHz rebanding

FCC commissioners this week approved an order and a public notice establishing new benchmarks that are expected to accelerate completion of the behind-schedule reconfiguration process in the 800 MHz spectrum band

FCC tells Sprint to speed rerouting from public-safety airwaves

The FCC gets tough with Sprint. Go to full story… …

Connecticut to spend $1 million on communications equipment

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell announced that the state is buying $1 million worth of new communications equipment to support the State Tactical On-scene Channel System. Implemented two years ago, the system lets local police chiefs, fire chiefs and …

Public-safety communications marketplace expected to grow to $5.5 billion

Reston, Va.-based analyst firm INPUT announced that the state and local public-safety interoperable communications marketplace will grow to $5.5 billion by 2012, including $3.4 billion from federal-funding sources. However, while the Public-Safety …

E911 location, 800 MHz rebanding on FCC agenda

FCC commissioners will consider new rules for E911 location accuracy and 800 MHz rebanding—issues critical to public safety—during their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, according to the agenda released by the agency this week

FCC accepts 700 MHz waivers

Public-safety licensees operating or deploying systems on 700 MHz spectrum can submit a waiver to the FCC to secure extensions to the tight deadlines established by the commission for relocating operations in the band, a spokesman for the agency said this week

FCC rejects M2Z Networks request

FCC commissioners dismissed proposals to build a nationwide wireless broadband network that could be used by the public free of charge, citing the need for a proceeding that would let the commission consider all potential uses of the 2.1 GHz spectrum in question

NPSPAC licensees begin rebanding

Band plan for those along Canadian border in the works

FCC makes bold 700 MHz move

Public/private partnership to give first responders broadband service nationwide

NIGHTMARE on Main Street

Massive chemical-plant accidents and intentional sabotage against critical infrastructure are constant threats to the American way of life, with the potential to kill thousands. But government only recently has forced industry to adopt wireless security technologies to help prevent such horrors

FCC moves to speed 800 MHz rebanding

FCC tells Sprint to speed rerouting from public-safety airwaves

Connecticut to spend $1 million on communications equipment

Public-safety communications marketplace expected to grow to $5.5 billion

E911 location, 800 MHz rebanding on FCC agenda

FCC accepts 700 MHz waivers

FCC rejects M2Z Networks request

NPSPAC licensees begin rebanding

FCC makes bold 700 MHz move

NIGHTMARE on Main Street

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