Commentary Father knows best 9th December 2010 Marty Cooper characterized the cell phone as just one of a long series of milestones in the evolution of radio technology. He added that wireless technology is on the cusp of another exciting evolutionary phase.
Article Full speed ahead 1st December 2010 Next year, some projects will move forward in high gear, while others will remain stuck in neutral.
News NIST releases smart-grid interoperability standards 20th October 2010 The software-based standards have been developed to help electric utilities build out flexible smart grids and to provide manufactures with the needed requirements so disparate systems can be integrated into the grid and interoperate.
News NFPA 72 provides for wireless alarm options 17th September 2010 The National Fire Protection Association recently approved wireless products for commercial sites as a way to alert emergency control centers of a fire on the premises under section 26.6.3.1 of NFPA 72.
News NFPA affiliate gets $250,000 grant to review smart-grid technologies 10th August 2010 FPRF will collaborate with NIST and the NFPA standards body to ensure safety issues associated with the build out of the smart-grid infrastructure is addressed. Specifically, the organization will review and update NFPA 70, the national electric code.
Article Just the beginning 1st May 2010 A new era has dawned for power utilities, as so-called “smart” technologies are giving them better and more profitable ways to manage and distribute their resources. If spectrum issues can be worked out, the potential for the smart grid is limitless.
Werner on Virtual USA 25th March 2010 Charles Werner discusses Virtual USA, an information-sharing initiative that aims to give the nation the ability to share information seamlessly across localities, states and regions.
NIST tests firefighter tracking device 1st February 2010 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are studying a wireless, personnel alert safety system, or PASS, device at the request
News Briefs: ANSI approves APCO/NENA standard for TERT deployment 25th June 2009 Also: Illinois dispatch implements APCO EMD; Canadian FD deploys FDM dispatch system; MiMOMax Wireless wins 2009 FCS Business Radio Innovation Award; and Sirit, Axiompass launch vehicle-monitoring technology in Mexico.
Trilliant talks up powering the smart grid 10th June 2009 Rob Conant, Trilliant’s senior vice president of network products, discussed the smart-grid opportunity, the company’s recent acquisition of SkyPilot Networks and its value proposition to the utility industry.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
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