Commercial partnership proposed for public-safety communicationsBy: By Donny Jackson Fledgling Cyren Call Communications, led by Nextel Communications co-founder Morgan O’Brien, today filed a bold public-private proposal with the FCC calling for public safety and commercial wireless carriers to use 30 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band to build a nationwide, next-generation wireless network... Burns, Clinton seek $42 million for PSAPsBy: By Donny Jackson Sens. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) have submitted two requests asking that $42 million in the 2007 federal budget be earmarked to fund improvements to public-safety answering points... TA announces deadlines for planning-funding requestsBy: By Donny Jackson 800 MHz licensees submitting requests for planning funding for rebanding purposes should deliver their applications by deadlines established in the first timetable created for such requests, according to a recently released Transition Administrator (TA) guideline... Padcom wins patent lawsuit against NetMotionBy: By Donny Jackson A U.S. district court jury this week ruled that mobile VPN software vendor NetMotion Wireless infringed on two patents held by competitor Padcom.... TA releases updated planning-funding numbersBy: By Donny Jackson The number of 800 MHz licensees that have been approved to receive planning funding has increased dramatically since the Transition Administrator began taking a more active role in the process two months ago, according to numbers released by the TA this week... TV stations ask to clear 700 MHz band earlyTwo Christian broadcast stations have asked the FCC for permission to cease transmitting analog signals this year, which would make the 700 MHz spectrum available for other wireless uses... FCC releases NPRM on 700 MHz spectrum usageBy: By Donny Jackson The FCC this week released a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comments on the possible realignment of public-safety spectrum in the 700 MHz band to accommodate broadband applications for emergency responders... ARRL welcomes FCC testing of Manassas BPL systemBy: By Donny Jackson ARRL, the national association for amateur radio operators, has applauded a recent FCC decision to get more information on a complaint that the high-profile broadband-over-power-line system in Manassas, Va., is causing harmful interference to a ham-radio operator in the area... FCC to consider new bureau, 700 MHz rulesThe FCC will consider two items affecting public-safety communications during its regular meeting today... IEEE selects single proposal for mesh networking specificationThe IEEE 802.11 working group announced this week that it confirmed a single proposal that will serve as the basis for its 802.11s standard, which will provide an interoperable and secure wireless distribution system between 802.11 mesh network access points.... APCO honors public-safety communications leadersThe Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials named Harlin McEwen, chairman of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Communications and Technology Committee, and Steve Souder, director of the Fairfax County (Va.) Department of Public Safety Communications, as recipients of its Leadership in Advocacy Award... State highway officials contract with RadioSoft for frequency coordinationRadioSoft announced it has received a contract from the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials to enhance the association’s mobile radio frequency coordination... McDowell nomination hearing scheduled for todayRepublican FCC nominee Robert McDowell will be the focus of a nomination hearing before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee this afternoon. ... Pol: Cities need stronger first responder communicationsIn testimony this week on behalf of the National League of Cities, Rob Drake, mayor of Portland suburb Beaverton, Ore., said the federal government should “allow more flexibility” in the use of federal public-safety funds... Senators propose legislation to use unused broadcast spectrumBy: By Donny Jackson Two U.S. senators this week introduced separate legislative proposals that would earmark unused broadcast spectrum for unlicensed wireless applications, including broadband and home networking... |
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