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Government broadband debate could affect more than consumers

Telecom carriers are lobbying federal and state lawmakers heavily to prevent government entities from offering telecom services to protect the incumbents’ commercial interests, but the effort ultimately could negatively impact public-safety communications

Open Mobile Alliance confirms industry standard for PoC

The Open Mobile Alliance has made available the OMA push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) 1.0 Candidate Enabler, providing the mobile industry with the ability to deliver new services across multiple carriers and geographic boundaries

McCain, Lieberman make initial DTV move in the Senate

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) today introduced legislation that would require television broadcasters to clear valuable 700 MHz spectrum for public-safety entities and other users by Jan. 1, 2009

NAED honors top 911 dispatcher

Julie Regier, a dispatcher for Austin-Travis (Texas) County EMS emergency dispatch, was honored as the first annual Dispatcher of the Year as selected by the National Academies of Emergency Dispatch

APCO to help train Afghanistan emergency communicators

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials this week said that the Kabul City Police (KCP) Communications Center Working Group has selected the APCO Institute Public Safety Telecommunicator I course as the standard it will use for training Afghanistan’s first public safety communications professionals.

Stevens’ FCC efforts foiled again

Christine Kurth yesterday withdrew her name from consideration for an FCC appointment, marking the second time a candidate backed by powerful Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has opted against pursuing a position on the regulatory body.

House resolution seeks FCC reconsideration of BPL

ARRL, formerly known as the American Radio Relay League, this week expressed support for a proposed U.S. House of Representatives resolution that asks the FCC to “reconsider and review” its interference policies as they relate to broadband-over-powerline (BPL) deployments.

NENA president wants closer relationship with VoIP sector

CHICAGO–National Emergency Number Association (NENA) President Bill McMurray, speaking yesterday at the 2005 VoIP: Telephony conference, predicted that the FCC’s order requiring voice-over-IP providers to offer the same enhanced 911 services made available by wireline and wireless carriers ultimately would result in technologies that improve the performance of public-safety answering points and first responders in the field

Rebanding guidebook supplement expected in a couple of weeks

Licensees affected by the reconfiguration of users in the 800 MHz band later this month can expect further clarification of items addressed in the Transition Administrator (TA) guidebook released in April, a TA official said yesterday

FCC starts the clock on rebanding

In a largely procedural move, the FCC last week approved a public notice that officially designates the beginning of 800 MHz rebanding as July 27 and establishes several key deadlines for the reconfiguration process that is scheduled to be concluded in the summer of 2008

Government broadband debate could affect more than consumers

Open Mobile Alliance confirms industry standard for PoC

McCain, Lieberman make initial DTV move in the Senate

NAED honors top 911 dispatcher

APCO to help train Afghanistan emergency communicators

Stevens’ FCC efforts foiled again

House resolution seeks FCC reconsideration of BPL

NENA president wants closer relationship with VoIP sector

Rebanding guidebook supplement expected in a couple of weeks

FCC starts the clock on rebanding

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