Motorola: Proposed 700 MHz reallocation cost neutral to public safety 13th October 2006 Proposals to reallocate public-safety spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band would involve minimal costs to public-safety agencies, which should make them easier to consider, a Motorola official said this week.
FCC makes first decisions on TV ‘white spaces’ spectrum 12th October 2006 Vacant spectrum between television channels—often described as “white spaces”—can be used to deliver low-power, fixed wireless services after the digital television (DTV) transition is completed, the FCC tentatively concluded today.
U.N. Foundation partners with industry to deliver global, emergency communications 9th October 2006 The U.N. Foundation and the Vodafone Group Foundation announced a five-year, public-private program formed to provide emergency-response communications systems to disaster areas within 48 hours.
ARRL to file BPL suit against the FCC 6th October 2006 ARRL, the national association representing amateur-radio licensees, tomorrow is expected to ratify a court appeal of the FCC’s latest order regarding permissible emissions levels from broadband-over-power line (BPL) providers.
Patent infringement case leads to cease-and-desist order 6th October 2006 A federal court this week ordered Gamber-Johnson via a cease-and-desist order to stop sales of its VersaTrue line of mounting products.
ARRL urges FCC to approve refarming 5th October 2006 The American Radio Relay League sent a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on Oct. 3 to protest delays related to WT Docket No. 04-140, the amendment to Part 97
FCC approves acquisition of Midwest Wireless Holdings 4th October 2006 The Federal Communications Commission approved on Monday rural-telephone-operator Alltel Corp.’s $1 billion acquisition of Midwest Wireless Holdings.
Congress passes port-security legislation without 911 amendments 3rd October 2006 Congress passed a port-security bill during the weekend, but the legislation did not include several 911-related amendments that now may be difficult to enact during this congressional session.
Law firm announces rebanding seminar 3rd October 2006 Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker, a Washington, D.C., law firm that represents 800 MHz licensees, is hosting an 800 MHz rebanding seminar on Nov. 13, 2003, in Charlotte, N.C
Sprint Nextel: Extension needed to reband public safety 1st October 2006 Days after a Sprint Nextel official was quoted as stating the wireless carrier would ask the FCC for a delay of as much as two years in the rebanding
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