I apologize that this did not go out last Friday, I was in Dayton for the annual Amateur Radio Convention and spent the day in the Flea market and kicking the tires on some new products, some of which will make their way into the public safety community within the next year. The 28th of May (next week) is the deadline for providing any questions on the FirstNet RFP draft. I will be submitting a number of questions asking for clarification as I assume many others will be. I do not expect that we will learn from this round who many of the potential bidders are because I assume that those sending in the questions may be a cover for the actual company asking the questions. I am not even sure that those who respond with comments on the RFP at the end of July will really reflect those interested in bidder either. I think that the first indication we will have about who really submitted a bid is when FirstNet opens the RFP’s and perhaps discloses the names of the companies and/or partnerships. From the FirstNet perspective this week’s news is pretty light, so is the news on Net Neutrality as the FCC, those who have filed with the Courts to try and block the FCC’s ruling and Congress are all in kind of a waiting mode to see what the next shoe to drop will be. I believe that it will take a lot of time to sort all of this out and come up with the final answer to how the Internet is going to be managed going forward. This news summary should back on schedule this Friday, have a great week! Andy
FirstNet sheds light on financial challenges during Industry Day event – Urgent Communications via Google Alerts May 15 19:00 FirstNet is seeking partnerships that ensure the nationwide public-safety broadband network is financially sustainable in the long term and provides …
Public safety spectrum & systems.pdf – Upload PDF via Google Alerts May 18 08:20 … worldwide is concentrated on a limited number of frequency bands. Among them, the 400 MHz is the most currently used for narrowband systems. ..
xG Technology Awarded New Patent for Enhanced Method of Mitigating Interference in Wi… – CNNMoney via Google Alerts May 14 20:45 Broadband networks are becoming an important tool of public safety …
 Enterprise Wireless Alliance and pdvWireless Proposed Rules for Realignment of 900 MHz Spectrum Placed on Public Notice – Business Wire May 14 10:10 HERNDON, Va. & WOODLAND PARK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) and pdvWireless (NASDAQ:PDVW) announce today that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has placed on Public Notice the organizations’ proposed rules related to their joint Petition for Rulemaking to realign the Part 90 land mobile radio 900 MHz band. The Public Notice seeks comment on the proposed rules outlining procedural and technical operating parameters and processes related to the administra
FCC Might Finally Start Policing Broadband Usage Caps, Unreliable Usage Meters – Techdirt via Google Alerts May 13 18:26 FCC insiders now say the agency might start policing caps if Comcast …
FCC will consider accessibility items at may 21 meeting – Lexology via Google Alerts May 18 08:35 Currently, the 900 MHz band consists of narrowband channels in ten-channel blocks that alternate between geographically licensed Specialized …
House subcommittee OKs bill aimed at improving interoperable first responder communications – Fierce Homeland Security via Google Alerts May 18 00:40 The independent First Responder Network Authority, better known as FirstNet, is currently meeting with state, tribal and local communities to develop …
BGSU television station considering selling spectrum – Toledo News Now via Google Alerts May 17 19:45 The FCC would essentially be selling the station’s spectrum to companies like Verizon or AT&T to increase wireless broadband that’s used on mobile …
Why The FCC Should Be Skeptical of AT&T’s Broadband Claims – NASDAQ.com via Google Alerts May 16 19:45 AT&T has made the idea that it will use merger-related financial savings to bring broadband service to more homes in its coverage area a key part.
700 MHz tidbits: NYS, El Paso, Oregon, North Dakota and Texas – T4GRU T-Mobile 4G Rollout Updates via Google Alerts May 16 19:10 700 MHz tidbits: NYS, El Paso, Oregon, North Dakota and Texas – posted in Network Deployment/LTE Networks: Minor news and updates: NYS: …
Free Press Jumps in to Defend the Net Neutrality Rules in Court – Save the Internet via Google Alerts May 16 12:10 And we put Net Neutrality back on solid legal ground when the FCC voted in February to reclassify broadband as a Title II service and put in place …
NC Attorney General appeals FCC municipal broadband ruling – Belleville News-Democrat via Google Alerts May 16 11:15 … laws preventing prevented them from expanding their super-fast Internet …
Emergency Services Minister Tony Piccolo abandons controversial plans to merge state’s … – NEWS.com.au via Google Alerts May 16 07:35 They might recommend a change to SAFECOM (SA Fire and Emergency Services Commission), they might recommend a change to some parts and …
Why Is It So Dang Difficult To Get Accurate Information About Broadband Speeds? – The Consumerist via Google Alerts May 15 19:20 Though Verizon’s lawsuit gutted the net neutrality portion of the FCC’s 2010 Open Internet order, one portion of the order that survived was the …
ICANN Testimony Could Impact DNS Stewardship Transition – Web Host Industry Review via Google Alerts May 15 18:20 Last year, the Obama Administration and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced plans to transition …
Internet policy experts support transition of domain names to multi-stakeholder community – FierceGovernmentIT via Google Alerts May 15 10:26 … witnesses generally supported the transition, proposed by Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration in March 2014 …
Authentication Considerations for Public Safety Mobile Networks – brica.de via Google Alerts May 15 00:15 #855667: Authentication Considerations for Public Safety Mobile Networks. The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), an independent agency …
MissionCritical Communications, Radio Resource International, and Public Safety Report … – MissionCritical Communications, Radio Resource International, and Public Safety Report … via Google Alerts May 14 11:45 The FCC is seeking comment on a supplement to the petition for rulemaking filed by the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) and Pacific DataVision …
OFDM and MC-CDMA for Broadband Multi-User Communications, WLANs and Broadcasting – AvaxHome via Google Alerts May 14 11:10 Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a method of digital modulation in which a signal is split into several narrowband channels at …
Ex-FCC Chair Joins Facebook as VP for Mobile, Broadband Issues – GigaLaw.com via Google Alerts May 14 03:10 Facebook announced it hired Kevin Martin, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, as vice president for mobile and global …
4G LTE Router with Band 28 700 Mhz support – Vodafone Community via Google Alerts May 13 18:26 Looking for an LTE Router that has; Support for LTE Band 28 700 Mhz, and LTE Band 3 1800 Mhz, LTE Band 7 2600Mhz Detachable Antennas so we …
INTA issues Stark warnings to Congress – IPPro The Internet via Google Alerts May 13 18:20 … from the US Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which issues the mandate to ICANN, …
Educators Should Plan Now to Get Two-Way Radios Back to School – BearCom Blog via Google Alerts May 13 17:30 Two Way Radio Rental | Walkie Talkie Rental | Narrowbanding | students raising their hands in When the school year starts in the fall, you’ll have way …
Wireless Group Asks For Clarification Of FCC E-Rate Funding – Law360 via Google Alerts May 13 16:10 … The Wireless Association joined T-Mobile on Tuesday in clamoring for clarification on how to compare the cost of mobile broadband services to that …