Report: Cellular E911 location information inconsistent

Feb 13, 2007 3:47 PM, By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO—Public-safety answering point (PSAP) managers should work with cellular providers in an effort to improve the location data the carriers provide when their customers make emergency calls...

Public safety seeks money for 911 upgrades

Feb 13, 2007 2:47 PM, By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO—Technical, operational and logistical challenges faced by public safety answering points (PSAPs) wanting to evolve to a next-generation 911 system can resolved, but funding the massive buildout continues to be a problem...

Senate committee questions Cyren Call proposal

Feb 9, 2007 1:01 PM, By Donny Jackson

A Senate Commerce Committee hearing yesterday focused largely on Cyren Call Communication’s proposal saw members raising concerns about the economics and governance of the public-private plan to build a nationwide, public-safety broadband network...

Coalition: Wireless carriers won’t subsidize Cyren Call proposal

Feb 9, 2007 12:59 PM, By Donny Jackson

A coalition of high-tech companies this week released a report stating that the economics of Cyren Call Communications’ public-private partnership proposal for a nationwide network ...

McCain to introduce legislation for public-private 700 MHz network

Feb 1, 2007 4:40 PM, By Donny Jackson

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) yesterday announced his intention to introduce legislation calling for a public-private broadband network at 700 MHz that would promote communications interoperability between first-responder agencies nationwide on 30 MHz of spectrum slated to be auctioned in a year...

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New year begins with a bang

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson

Public-safety communications promises to be a hot topic in Washington, D.C., during 2007, judging from the flurry of activity already seen in the form...

MCVs have come a long way

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By James Careless

There was a time when mobile command vehicles, or MCVs, were little more than converted trucks. In those early days, a law enforcement agency would take...

Look for success where it can be found

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jim Szalajeski

Interoperability currently is a hot topic and a big buzzword in the public-safety communications sector, but it isn't anything new. In fact, the minutes...

IP pushes its way into LMR world

Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Jim Barthold

The transition from traditional land mobile radios, or LMRs, into next-generation IP-based devices will resemble the Mississippi River's convergence with...

Free training tool aids first responders

Nov 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Mary Rose Roberts

BreakAway Games released the final version of its Incident Commander training simulator, PC software that lets players assume leadership roles and drive...