Broadcasters support hard date for 700 MHz transitionBy: By Donny Jackson Consensus continues to grow for a Jan. 1, 2009, deadline for television broadcasters to relinquish their analog spectrum in the 700 MHz band, with a National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) representative yesterday testifying before the Senate that his organization supports such a “hard” date.... Reporter’s notebook: NENALONG BEACH, Calif.--Stancil Recorders plans to introduce a VoIP-enabled card for its logging recorders sometime around the end of the year, said CEO Michael Custer... Key VoIP E-911 deadlines setBy: By Donny Jackson An FCC order requiring voice-over-IP (VoIP) providers to provide emergency-calling services through the traditional 911 system was published in the Federal Register yesterday, establishing key compliance deadlines... NENA honors ‘everyday heroes’By: By Glenn Bischoff LONG BEACH, Calif.--The National Emergency Number Association, this week at its annual convention, joined with 911 Cares to present the 2005 “Everyday Heroes” awards... U.S.-Canada deal paves way for 700 MHz public-safety communicationsBy: By Donny Jackson It may be some time before U.S. public-safety entities can use much-desired 700 MHz spectrum, but an agreement between the U.S. and Canada announced last week has established the technical parameters for those airwaves to be used along the borders between the countries... FCC: Negotiations on 800 MHz border pacts progressingBy: By Donny Jackson U.S. officials have begun 800 MHz spectrum-coordination discussions with representatives from Canada and Mexico, border countries with which treaties must be reached before the U.S. can complete its rebanding effort in the 800 MHz band to alleviate interference with public-safety communications... Federal PSAP funding to be far less than promisedBy: By Glenn Bischoff LONG BEACH, Calif.--When President George Bush signed telecom legislation in December 2004 that authorized $250 million annually for the next five years to fund public-safety answering point upgrades and create a national coordination office, the PSAP community knew Congress wouldn’t appropriate the full amount. What they didn’t know was just how little they would be getting over the next couple of years... Harris to present platform at NENA conferenceHarris will present a paper on its new H-Class content-delivery platform for public safety at the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) conference this week in Long Beach, Calif.... Open Mobile Alliance confirms industry standard for PoCThe 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 SenateSen. 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 dispatcherJulie 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 communicatorsThe 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 againChristine 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 BPLBy: By Donny Jackson 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 sectorBy: By Glenn Bischoff 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... |
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