TA announces subscriber-deployment programBy: By Donny Jackson In an effort to accelerate progress in 800 MHz rebanding, the Transition Administrator yesterday announced a program that will let work on public-safety licensees’ subscriber units begin before all negotiations with Sprint Nextel are completed... NTIA head outlines interoperability grant programBy: By Donny Jackson Public-safety organizations should learn this summer the guidance associated with $1 billion in communications interoperability grants that will be distributed by the end of the year, the head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) told Congress today... McCain introduces 700 MHz legislationBy: By Donny Jackson As expected, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) yesterday introduced new legislation that would have a public-private partnership build a nationwide broadband network for public safety on 30 MHz of spectrum scheduled to be auctioned to commercial operators next year... Dingell comments raise questions about 700 MHz transition dateBy: By Donny Jackson Lackluster federal efforts to ease the digital-television (DTV) transition could lead to a delay in the 700 MHz transition date of Feb. 17, 2009, that was enacted a year ago, the chairman of the House Commerce Committee indicated this week... Frontline Wireless offers an alternative 700 MHz proposalBy: By Donny Jackson Frontline Wireless, a two-month-old startup boasting a trio of high-profile industry leaders, this week unveiled its proposal for a 700 MHz nationwide, broadband public-safety network that would utilize spectrum currently allocated for both commercial and public-safety use... Consultant: 700 MHz proposal beyond FCC authorityBy: By Donny Jackson An FCC proposal calling for a public-private partnership on 700 MHz spectrum already earmarked for public-safety use exceeds the commission’s legal authority, RCC Consultants stated in comments recently filed with the FCC... Public safety wants interoperability funds tied to DHS guidelinesBy: By Donny Jackson Interoperable communications funding of $1 billion should be distributed to public-safety agencies in accordance with established grant procedures used by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), national public-safety representatives said in a recent letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce official... House passes 9/11 Commission billBy: By Donny Jackson Led by its new Democratic Party majority, the House of Representatives this week passed an anti-terrorism bill designed to implement recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, including measures calling for public-safety interoperability and a new model for distributing Homeland Security funding... FCC extends negotiation period for Wave 4, Stage 1 800 MHz licenseesBy: By Donny Jackson Just days before Channel 1-120 border-area licensees in Wave 4 of the 800 MHz rebanding project were scheduled to enter mediation, the FCC announced a 90-day extension of the mandatory negotiating period for the licensees and Sprint Nextel... Federal court sides with FCC on VoIP E911By: By Glenn Bischoff The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently ruled that the FCC’s order that established a 120-day window for voice-over-IP, or VoIP, service providers to provide enhanced 911 services to subscribers was neither arbitrary nor capricious... FCC proposes nationwide broadband spectrum for public safety at 700 MHzBy: By Donny Jackson FCC commissioners yesterday unanimously approved a proposed rulemaking calling for a nationwide broadband communications system to be constructed and maintained via a public-private partnership on half of the 24 MHz of 700 MHz spectrum currently earmarked for public-safety use.... FCC Commissioner McDowell decides not to vote on AT&T-BellSouth mergerRepublican FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell yesterday announced his decision to not vote on the proposed merger of AT&T and BellSouth, the approval of which has been the subject of a longstanding deadlock along party lines at the commission.... FCC places 700 MHz broadband item on agendaBy: By Donny Jackson FCC commissioners next Wednesday will consider a rulemaking that includes “implementing a nationwide, broadband, interoperable public-safety network in the 700 MHz band,” according to the agenda released by the agency this week.... Congress accelerates $1 billion in interoperability fundsBy: By Donny Jackson Just hours before adjourning for the year, Congress approved a measure that calls for $1 billion in interoperability funds to be made available to public-safety agencies in 2007—probably a year earlier than the money would have been disbursed otherwise.... Tower site hits roadblock in Sonoma CountyBy: By Mary Rose Roberts Controversy is brewing over a wireless tower site in Sonoma County, Calif., that has operated without a valid zoning permit since 1999. ... |
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