Regulations

APCO offers fire communications course

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) released its new fire service communications-training course, Fire Service Communications,

Issues abound for call centers

Clearly, the public-safety answering point community has more questions than answers right now, as myriad challenges cloud the future for the nation’s

IEEE to develop new protocol

IEEE has begun work on the IEEE Standard for Long Wavelength Wireless Network Protocol, a new P1902.1 standard for the RuBee visibility network protocol

FCC proposal has intriguing solutions

The FCC’s June 2006 release of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning the Hurricane Katrina Review Panel’s recommendations is interesting from many

Senate communications bill calls for broadened 911 funding

The Senate Commerce Committee yesterday approved a controversial communications-reform bill that would let $1 billion in funding earmarked for first-responder interoperability also may be used to pay for technology upgrades for public-safety answering points (PSAPs)

Sprint Nextel highlights rebanding progress for first year

Significant progress has been made in clearing Channel 1-120 licensees in the 800 MHz reconfiguration, Sprint Nextel announced yesterday, which marks the first official anniversary of the rebanding project

Senate committee seeks acceleration of interoperability funds

Senate Commerce Committee members yesterday decided by voice vote to approve an amendment to the massive communications bill making $1 billion in interoperability funds available to first-responder agencies this fall

FCC seeks comments on Katrina panel recommendations

FCC commissioners this week announced their decision to solicit public comment on a series of recommendations, including facilitating first-responder interoperability, made by an independent panel in the wake of multiple communications failures caused by Hurricane Katrina

TA releases details on ‘fast-track’ planning option

Licensees affected by the 800 MHz rebanding process can apply for planning funding under streamlined guidelines released by the Transition Administrator (TA) last week

Myriad deployment issues exist for VoIP 911

PITTSBURGH—While public-safety answering points, voice-over-IP service providers and third-party facilitators labor to deploy 911 emergency call services to VoIP subscribers, a plethora of issues currently exist that threaten to have a negative impact on the effectiveness of such deployments, according to panelists speaking this week at the National Emergency Number Association Conference

APCO offers fire communications course

Issues abound for call centers

IEEE to develop new protocol

FCC proposal has intriguing solutions

Senate communications bill calls for broadened 911 funding

Sprint Nextel highlights rebanding progress for first year

Senate committee seeks acceleration of interoperability funds

FCC seeks comments on Katrina panel recommendations

TA releases details on ‘fast-track’ planning option

Myriad deployment issues exist for VoIP 911

Commentary

September 3GPP Plenary: 6G officially begins, Release 19 on track

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

Video

Check out key takeaways from Disaster Management Symposium webinars, register to view archives

Video: Opening of the Expo Hall on day three of IWCE 2023

Lynk CEO Charles Miller: The sky’s the limit

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IWCE 2019 Wrap Up