1. Articles in category: Public Saftey

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    1. Policy Updates

      Explore Telecommunications Industry Association (Jan 31 2013) FCC , Public Saftey , Regulatory

      FCC announces effort to free up 195 MHz in the 5 GHz band for unlicensed use. FCC Press Release FCC plans to hold a Broadband Adoption and Usage Summit on February 7, 2013.

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      Mentions:   First Responder Network Authority

    2. 4G/LTE - Qualcomm Preps 4G Walkie-Talkie Tech - Telecom News Analysis

      Explore Light Reading (Nov 6 2012) 4G , 700 MHz , LTE , Public Saftey

      Qualcomm takes the lead in a US LTE public safety project to develop 4G radios that can communicate even if the network goes down.

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      Mentions:   4G World

    3. Sandy & Communications

      Explore Light Reading (Oct 30 2012) 4G World , FCC , Public Saftey

      Sandy & Communications

      It was a strange start to 4G World , UBM TechWeb 's show in Chicago Monday.

      The proceedings were knocked more than a little sideways by the raging storm that continues to pound the Northeast of the U.S. Some speakers, such as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Ajit Pai, had to deliver presentations via videoconferencing sessions after getting stuck without a flight to Chicago.

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      Mentions:   4G World

    4. US pushes forward on public-safety LTE network

      Explore Computerworld (Jun 18 2012) Public Saftey

      IDG News Service - The body defining standards for a mobile LTE network serving police, fire departments and other public safety agencies across the U.S. has finished testing radio-access gear and will start interoperability testing of packet-core equipment on July 9. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LTE   National Telecommunications and Information Administration   First Responder Network Authority

    5. Move over LightSquared: Is the U.S. Government the Next Wholesale Mobile Network Operator?

      Explore (Jun 5 2012) FCC , LTE , Public Saftey , Spectrum

      Ten years after the 9/11 attacks on theWorld Trade Center, President Obama signed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 that contained, amongst other measures, language establishing and funding a new national public safety LTE network for first responders.   Less well known, the new law incorporated "Covered Leasing Agreements" as an integral catalyst to spur and fund the new network operated by the First Responder Network Authority, FirstNet.  Produced under pressure as the ten year anniversary of the attacks came and went, the new law leaves many questions, not the least of which is: Is the U.S. government the new mobile broadband wholesale network in town?

       

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      Mentions:   LTE   Yankee Group   Ken Rehbehn

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