BayRICS is testing xG Technology public-safety pilot network in three California municipalities. A cognitive-radio pilot network built by xG Technology on unlicensed 900 MHz spectrum has been deployed in three San Francisco Bay-area municipalities for public-safety communications. Initial usage has been “encouraging,” but the system will be subject to more comprehensive testing later this month, according to an official with the Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications Systems Authority (BayRICS).

BayRICS General Manager Barry Fraser said “we’re really just getting started” with evaluations of the three-site xMax system that covers the cities of Livermore, Dublin and Pleasanton, but initial impressions have been positive.

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