Regulations

AT&T offers plan for nomadic VoIP 911

AT&T has submitted a proposal known as Heartbeat to the FCC that the company said is designed to help ensure that even nomadic customers of its CallVantage voice-over-IP service have updated address information when making 911 calls

Unlicensed space becoming a hot spot

I can usually gauge the interest in a subject I’m writing about based upon the number of e-mails that I receive

Transition Administrator releases funding policies

The Transition Administrator (TA) team supervising the 800 MHz rebanding effort today released new policies regarding funding for internal labor and distinguishing between “hard” and “transactional” costs associated with reconfiguration of the frequency band

Justice Department OKs major telecom mergers

The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday approved the MCI-Verizon Communications and AT&T-SBC Communications mergers with relatively few conditions

House panel approves 700 MHz bill

House Commerce Committee members yesterday voted 33-17 to approve legislation that calls for the digital-television transition to be completed by the end of 2008

CML lands Montana 911 deal

Emergency communications systems provider CML Emergency Services today announced an agreement to provide equipment to public-safety answering points (PSAPs) throughout the state of Montana

Senate panel OKs 2009 transition for 700 MHz

Senate Commerce Committee members today passed a bill that calls for television broadcasters to stop transmitting analog signals in the 700 MHz band by April 7, 2009

C-AT interoperability solution selected for federal program

The Commercial Equipment Direct Assist Program (CEDAP) has selected the Incident Commander’s Radio Interface (ICRI) from Communications-Applied Technology (C-AT) for inclusion in its 2006 catalog of approved products for smaller entities to request via application, C-AT announced today

McCain: “Embarrassed” by DTV transition delay

Senator John. McCain (R-Ariz.) expressed his frustration that Congress hasn’t moved fast enough in moving television broadcasters out of 700 MHz spectrum

Draft Senate bill calls for April 2009 release date for 700 MHz spectrum

Draft legislation out of the Senate Commerce Committee calls for television broadcasters to release their analog spectrum in the 700 MHz band in April 2009, with 24 MHz going to public safety and the rest being divided among commercial operators participating in a January 2008 auction

AT&T offers plan for nomadic VoIP 911

Unlicensed space becoming a hot spot

Transition Administrator releases funding policies

Justice Department OKs major telecom mergers

House panel approves 700 MHz bill

CML lands Montana 911 deal

Senate panel OKs 2009 transition for 700 MHz

C-AT interoperability solution selected for federal program

McCain: “Embarrassed” by DTV transition delay

Draft Senate bill calls for April 2009 release date for 700 MHz spectrum

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?

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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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