CBO Scores Public Safety Bill Lower Than Expected
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its much anticipated report on the estimated cost of S911, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act of 2011, and the report concludes that...
View ArticleFCC Investigating Carrier Networks in Wake of Quake-Gate
In the wake of massive consumer complaints about the performance of carrier networks in the aftermath of Tuesday's 5.9 earthquake in Virginia, Admiral Jamie Barnett, Chief of the FCC’s Public Safety...
View ArticleMichigan Seeks to Share 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Network with Utilities
The State of Michigan filed a request for waiver from the FCC to allow for construction and deployment of a 700 MHz public safety interoperable broadband network, and as part of the waiver, the State...
View ArticleAlternatives to Passage of 700 MHz Legislation Being Considered After Failure...
It had been widely expected that the $1.2 trillion package produced by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (Super Committee) would have included spectrum auctions and funded the creation of...
View ArticleCongress Reaches Deal on 700 MHz Public Safety Spectrum Provisions; Leasing...
Spectrum provisions, including those pertaining to access to the 700 MHz public safety broadband network by non-public safety entities, have been included as part of larger congressional legislation...
View ArticleOverview Of 700 MHz and Other Spectrum Provisions In Congressional Conference...
700 MHz Provisions The 700 MHz public safety provisions are good news for utilities and critical infrastructure industries, which are interested in sharing the spectrum with public safety in order to...
View ArticleUTC Experts Provide Statements on Payroll Tax Report
UTC has issued the following statement about the Payroll Tax Report that was approved by Congress last week:"We applaud Congress on approving this report. For years, UTC has advocated that utilities...
View ArticleLooking To Get Into Wireless Collocation? The Time is Right!
The allocation of the 700 MHz D-block for the creation of a public safety broadband network (PSBN) is big step towards the creation of a reliable and robust communications network for emergency...
View ArticleFCC Seeks Information On 700 MHz Waiver Recipient Transition Process
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Public Notice on April 6, 2012 inviting comments on the "Transition Process for 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Waiver Recipients." Specifically,...
View ArticleFCC Memo Outlines Minimum 700 MHz PSBN Interoperability Requirements
The staff of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) filed a"non-binding" memorandum on the minimum interoperability requirements for the 700 MHz...
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