Rebanding schedule offtrack 1st November 2006 Just days before Wave 1 800 MHz public-safety licensees were scheduled to have their rebanding agreements finalized, there was no official word about
Creating codes for indoor wireless 1st November 2006 Public-safety agencies face poor indoor radio coverage, especially at 800 MHz. Poor coverage is caused by both building losses and by interference from
Congress passes port-security legislation without 911 amendments 1st November 2006 Congress passed a port-security bill last month, but the legislation did not include several 911-related amendments that now may be difficult to enact
Jurisdictional changes needed for 911 1st November 2006 Tip O’Neil, former Speaker of the House, once said, All politics is local. Surely he didn’t have the 911 system in mind when he made that statement, but
700 MHz speculation heats up 1st November 2006 Just a year ago, public safety was uncertain when it could access 700 MHz spectrum, whether broadband fit into its communications plans and how such a
Think tank advocates IP strategy for public safety 1st November 2006 U.S.-based think tank The Aspen Institute last month released a report that advocates the federal government lead an effort to transition public-safety
Public-safety must control broadband 1st November 2006 Considerable buzz has been generated recently around numerous public-safety broadband propositions, including the Cyren Call proposal to build a public/private
FCC invites comments on Cyren Call 31st October 2006 Cyren Call Communications’ plan calling for a public-private partnership to establish and operate a nationwide broadband network will be the subject of a 30-day comment period, the FCC announced late yesterday.
Guard-band licensees agree to pay costs for new 700 MHz plan 27th October 2006 Access Spectrum and Pegasus Communications this week offered to cover additional incremental costs that would be associated with the companies’ joint proposal to reconfigure the 24 MHz of 700 MHz spectrum that has been allocated for public safety.
Police chiefs seek additional 30 MHz of 700 MHz spectrum 20th October 2006 The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) this week passed a resolution expressing support for the reallocation of 30 MHz of spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band to be held in trust for public safety—a notion first proposed earlier this year by Cyren Call Communications
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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