FCC approves wireless items in Powell’s final meeting 11th March 2005 In FCC Chairman Michael Powell’s final open meeting, the commission approved several items affecting wireless communications, including one that a dissenting commissioner claimed could impact some 911 funding mechanisms for PSAPs.
Wireless bureau chief Muleta to leave FCC 11th March 2005 John Muleta, chief of the wireless telecommunications bureau at the FCC, will leave the commission at the end of March, according to an FCC announcement released this morning.
C-AT awarded patents for interoperability solution 9th March 2005 Communications-Applied Technology (C-AT) recently announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded the company 13 patents related to its Incident Commanders’ Radio Interface (ICRI), a portable device that provides radio interoperability to first responders
UWB standards groups merge 4th March 2005 The WiMedia Alliance and the MultiBand OFDM Alliance Special Interest Group announced that the two groups have merged and will operate under the WiMedia Alliance banner
Nokia unveils push-to-talk handset 4th March 2005 Nokia has introduced the 6230i tri-band handset, which offers push-to-talk service over GPRS, and features a video camera system that enables the recording of video of up to one hour in length
RELM radio wins encryption certification 4th March 2005 RELM wireless said the National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) has validated its DPHx radio, part of its BK Radio line of digital portable radios, to FIPS 140-2.
Let the rebanding begin 1st March 2005 In an almost anticlimactic announcement, Nextel Communications last month said it would accept the terms of the FCC’s 800 MHz order
ARRL schedules FieldDay ’05 event in Texas 1st March 2005 The Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) will partner with Rusk State Park on June 25 to 26 to sponsor FieldDay 05, an event the ARRL has organized since
Interagency planning is a key precursor 1st March 2005 Egos and agendas must be set aside to reach agreement on channel nomenclature, procedures
NexGen City sues MeshNetworks 1st March 2005 One of last year’s promising partnerships for mission-critical wireless networks has collapsed entirely, as Dallas-based NexGen City now has filed a $100
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