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Progress continues on clarifying the needs of first responders and the technical standards that will support them, as the board of the future nationwide public safety network, dubbed FirstNet, continue …

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined a five-step action plan to make the transition to next-generation 911 services, including technical standards and funding mechanisms. The five-point plan includes:• Developing automatic location …

PHILADELPHIA — The old model of simply selling equipment to government and public safety agencies is no longer the right way of doing things, Bill Iannaci, director of civil communications …

PHILADELPHIA — Claiming its spot as the No. 1 communications provider to the federal government, Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) is making a larger investment and commitment to the public safety …

PHILADELPHIA — Motorola Solutions Inc.’s (MSI) presence here at the APCO International Annual Conference and Expo is among the largest on hand and considering the amount of news it has …

PHILADELPHIA — To football fans everywhere and especially natives of this sports-saturated city, Vince Papale is a hero. But on stage here this morning at the APCO International Annual Conference …

Raytheon Co. (RTN) will build out a public-safety LTE contract awarded under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, winning an $8.7 million contract to provide Adams County, Colo., with a public-safety …

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Global Alliance has adopted LTE technology as a worldwide standard following the Federal Communication Commission’s approval of a U.S. public-safety LTE request.At a …

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The first responder terminal market is expected to reach $3.6 billion by 2013 from about $1 billion last year, according to a new forecast from ABI Research.Market growth is being …

New enhanced 911 location accuracy proposals endorsed by public-safety groups and the nation’s three largest mobile-phone carriers, while less stringent than now-defunct 2007 federal guidelines, have failed to win ringing …

While key House Homeland Security Committee members appear to back Federal Communications Commission efforts to revise D-Block rules, the panel’s hearing brought to surface differences among lawmakers, first responders and …

The Federal Communications Commission asked a federal appeals court to throw out enhanced 911 location accuracy rules approved last November but not yet put into effect, pointing to public safety …

Public-safety groups, which last year successively persuaded federal regulators to adopt a strict enhanced 911 location accuracy standard over the objections of wireless providers, now say the rule is unworkable …

While ‘interoperability’ and ‘9/11’ have become mainstays in debates on how to improve the highly fragmented public-safety communications regime in the United States, a new survey reveals first responders do …

Wireless carriers have turned up the heat on the Federal Communications Commission, arguing in a lawsuit that new enhanced 911 location accuracy guidelines grossly miss the mark and that the …

The Public Safety Spectrum Trust selected Cyren Call Communications Corp. as its advisor for negotiations with the eventual winner of the commercial-first responder broadband license in the 700 MHz auction, …