A double-edged swordBy Doug Mohney Radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology paradoxically has the potential to speed the flow of people and goods coming into America while enhancing... APCO offers fire communications courseThe Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) released its new fire service communications-training course, Fire Service Communications,... Issues abound for call centersBy Glenn Bischoff and Donny Jackson Clearly, the public-safety answering point community has more questions than answers right now, as myriad challenges cloud the future for the nation's... FCC proposal has intriguing solutionsBy Alan Tilles The FCC's June 2006 release of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning the Hurricane Katrina Review Panel's recommendations is interesting from many... Get engaged in 800 MHz rebandingBy Brett Haan, 800 MHZ Transition Administrator Reconfiguration of the 800 MHz band is progressing. Licensees and Sprint Nextel are reaching frequency reconfiguration agreements, or FRAs, and many licensees... NENA pushes for next-gen planningBy David Jones, NENA When people dial 911, they expect their calls to be answered, and they expect the telecommunicators on the other end of the calls to know where they are... FCC seeks comments on Katrina panel recommendationsBy Donny Jackson FCC commissioners last month decided to solicit public comment on a series of recommendations, including facilitating first-responder interoperability,... TA, FCC clears path for public safetyBy Donny Jackson One year after the official beginning of the 800 MHz rebanding process, the FCC and the Transition Administrator have announced a series of measures designed... IEEE to develop new protocolIEEE has begun work on the IEEE Standard for Long Wavelength Wireless Network Protocol, a new P1902.1 standard for the RuBee visibility network protocol... LMR dealers divided on broadband planBy Merrill Douglas While many in the two-way radio world may be chattering about Morgan O'Brien's proposal for a nationwide, IP-based 700 MHz broadband network for public... Carefully read the labelGLENN BISCHOFF gbischoff@mrtmag.com A very long time ago, snake-oil salesmen plied their craft in fledgling towns and remote outposts throughout the American West. They would stand on the... The work has just begunBY GLENN BISCHOFF The last 12 months for the National Emergency Number Association, or NENA, has been a mixed bag. The organization, which represents the interests of public-safety... Land mobile industry makes stridesBY ALAN TILLES After several years of what seemed like malaise in the land mobile industry, IWCE this year seemed to be quite a turn-around. If you were there, you saw... Leaving no PSAP behindBY STEPHEN MEER, INTRADO Today's 911 network is solely dedicated to enabling citizens to request emergency assistance by connecting a caller to a call-taker. The current system... National SOS gains supporters, criticsBY GLENN BISCHOFF A grassroots initiative dubbed the National SOS Radio Network recently announced new support for its plan to create a de facto emergency communications... |
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