PSST inks deals with Cyren Call, gets short-term financingBy Donny Jackson ORLANDO--The Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST)—the national licensee for public safety’s 10 MHz of 700 MHz broadband spectrum—has finalized a contract with Cyren Call Communications to serve as its adviser and secured financing to fund the non-for-profit organization through the 700 MHz auction... High bids for 700 MHz break key thresholds; no new bids for D BlockBy Donny Jackson Action in this morning’s 17th round of the 700 MHz auction saw the total high bids reach levels that meet congressional budget objectives and a C Block bid that would trigger open-access requirements for networks operating in that swath of spectrum, but bidding on the D Block remains dormant... Rebanding completions top the 100 NPSPAC licensee markBy Donny Jackson ORLANDO--More than 100 public-safety licensees have finished the 800 MHz rebanding process and almost half of the non-border NPSPAC licensees have finalized deals with Sprint Nextel, a Transition Administrator official said during a panel at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Winter Summit... Speaker to public safety: Don’t wait to make funding pushBy Donny Jackson ORLANDO--National economic concerns should not discourage public-safety agencies from pursuing the funding necessary to make their plans for interoperable communications a reality, a speaker said yesterday during the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Winter Summit... Bid submitted for 700 MHz D BlockBy Donny Jackson Today’s first round of the 700 MHz spectrum auction featured a bid for the 10 MHz D Block, which is expected to be paired with public-safety spectrum in the band to provide the foundation for a nationwide wireless broadband network to be used for public safety... Frontline Wireless says it is ‘closed for business’By Donny Jackson Frontline Wireless—the wireless startup that helped make the public-private partnership concept for a nationwide 700 MHz broadband network for public safety a reality—today announced it is “closed for business,” which could drastically impact the upcoming D Block auction... xG Technology gets FCC certification, prepares for first profitsBy Donny Jackson Florida-based startup xG Technology recently received FCC certification for its xMAX equipment, allowing the company to ship base stations for at least four new markets this month and experience its first profitable period, according to CEO Rick Mooers... Sprint settles rebanding cost disputeBy Glenn Bischoff Sprint Nextel recently settled a dispute with the city of Boston over whether the use of inventory-control software that the city had purchased from MCM Technology constituted a recoverable expense related to the reconfiguration of the city’s 800 MHz radio system... Google applies to bid in 700 MHz auctionBy Donny Jackson Search-engine giant Google today announced it has applied to bid in upcoming 700 MHz auction, confirming speculation that has surrounded the company’s advocacy for open-access networks operating in the band... FCC names PSST as national licenseeBy Donny Jackson As has been anticipated for months, the FCC yesterday officially named the Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST) as the public-safety broadband licensee for 10 MHz of 700 MHz spectrum that is expected to be used for a nationwide, interoperable broadband network that will be built by a commercial operator... FCC rebanding order creates major headachesBy Glenn Bischoff ORLANDO--An FCC order issued in September designed to accelerate the reconfiguration of 800 MHz airwaves, a project that is well behind schedule, not only is causing headaches for all involved but is having exactly the opposite effect, according to panelists speaking today at the IWCE-MRT Wireless Summit... Poarch: Financial benefits of national public-safety network could be enormousBy Glenn Bischoff ORLANDO--While most in the public-safety community are focused on the exciting applications that will be available to first responders in the field once the 700 MHz high-speed network is deployed several years from now, there might be another benefit that officials will find just as exciting: far less expensive radios in the future. So said Derek Poarch, chief of the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, speaking at today’s IWCE-MRT Summit... Shared Spectrum secures funds to pursue public-safety applicationsBy Donny Jackson Cognitive-radio vendor Shared Spectrum this week announced that that it has been awarded funds from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to develop a multi-band cognitive radio system designed for public-safety use... FCC: PSST submits only 700 MHz licensee applicationBy Donny Jackson As expected, the Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST) was the only entity to submit an application to serve as the national licensee for public safety’s 10 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band, according to the FCC... AT&T buys 700 MHz spectrum from Aloha PartnersBy Donny Jackson AT&T this week announced a deal to pay $2.5 billion in cash for 12 MHz of spectrum held by Aloha Partners in the 700 MHz band... |
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