The Bush administration's top telecommunications policy advisor said a report will be released early this year detailing the federal government's use of spectrum, information largely kept out of the public's eye even at a time when public and private entities are clamoring for a...
WASHINGTON-Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he would cooperate with Congress if it pursues legislation to increase the supply of public-safety spectrum. Chertoff acknowledged federal, state and local first responders must not only be able to talk with one other during emergencies but also...
WASHINGTON-Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he would cooperate with Congress if the new, Democratic-controlled House and Senate pursue legislation to increase the supply of public-safety spectrum. Chertoff acknowledged federal, state and local first responders must not only be able to talk with one...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission proposed to create a nationwide broadband wireless network at 700 MHz for first responders, but the public-safety community said the initiative does not obviate the need for additional spectrum.The focus on public-safety communications was heightened after the Sept. 11, 2001,...
Editor's Note: Each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff chooses the person we think has impacted the wireless industry the most during the past 12 months. This year's choice is industry veteran and Cyren Call Communications Corp. founder Morgan O'Brien. Nearly five...
WASHINGTON-Public-safety interoperability, a political football since 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, has become a red-hot political hot potato.Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and again when deadly storms ravaged the Gulf Coast last year, policy-makers voiced indignant outrage that federal, state and local public-safety...
WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. has struck a deal to lease satellite TV spectrum from EchoStar Communications Corp., an arrangement that will give the No. 3 wireless carrier on-demand satellite capacity for its emergency response team and engineering sales support programs. "Sprint Nextel leads the nation...
In this election season, the wireless industry stands as an Independent. Indeed, CTIA has been run successfully over recent years by Steve Largent, a Republican, and Tom Wheeler, a staunch Democrat.Wireless crosses party lines. As such, regardless of whether Democrats regain control of Congress,...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission rejected Cyren Call Communications Inc.’s broadband public-safety plan only days after putting it out for public comment. The move stands as a setback for Cyren Call, but Morgan O’Brien, the company’s chairman, said it won’t stop Cyren Call from seeking...
WASHINGTON-The debate is officially on. And the clock is ticking. Six months after receiving Cyren Call Communications Inc.'s plan for a public-safety wireless broadband network the private sector would build and share with first responders, the Federal Communications Commission is now asking for public...
WASHINGTON—The debate is officially on. And the clock is ticking. Six months after receiving Cyren Call Communications Inc.’s plan for a public-safety wireless broadband network the private sector would build and share with first responders, the Federal Communications Commission is now asking for public...
WASHINGTON-GSM proponents including 3G Americas and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. joined the 700 MHz public-safety craze with a technology demonstration aimed at convincing police, firefighters and others to use the GSM family of technology for their wireless communication needs. "The development of mobile broadband wireless...
WASHINGTON—GSM proponents including 3G Americas and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. joined the 700 MHz public-safety craze with a technology demonstration aimed at convincing police, firefighters and others to use the GSM family of technology for their wireless communication needs. "The development of mobile broadband wireless...
Every time someone tries to fix interoperability problems for first responders, it seems the first response is to throw more spectrum at the problem.So Morgan O'Brien comes up with a company-Cyren Call Communications Inc.-and a plan-to use the 700 MHz spectrum that today is...
WASHINGTON—Northrop Grumman Corp.'s five-year, $500 million contract to build a broadband public-safety wireless network in New York City could become the new model for equipping city and state officials with state-of-the-art equipment that enables interoperable voice and data communications offered not by a single...
WASHINGTON—Guard-band licensees in the 700 MHz band have asked the Federal Communications Commission to scrap existing band rules that govern how they operate and adopt a plan that they say would give public-safety users a nationwide interoperable wireless broadband network. The plan also would...
The Federal Communications Commission plans to put the Cyren Call Communications Inc. petition out for public comment shortly, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told the Democratic members of the Senate Commerce Committee.Cyren Call has asked Congress and the FCC to set aside 30 megahertz of...
We didn't spend too much time hedge-hogging last week, what with the upcoming I.T. Show and the Show Daily preparations. But there were still a few things to get us talking. Intrepid RCR reporters Heather Forsgren Weaver and Jeffrey Silva broke the story about...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
WASHINGTON—Verizon Wireless is pitching a plan to build a nationwide broadband public-safety network in the 700 MHz band, according to sources familiar with the plan. The spectrum has already been allocated to public safety as part of the transition to digital TV. The Verizon...
WASHINGTON-Cyren Call Communications Inc. believes it can convince Wall Street to pledge at least $5 billion for the U.S. Treasury in an effort to get around congressional opposition to its proposal to set aside 30 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band...
WASHINGTON—The National Emergency Number Association has added its voice to the chorus calling for a national debate on a proposal to set aside 30 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band for a next-generation public-safety network that the wireless industry would build...
WASHINGTON-The Association of Public-safety Communications Officials endorsed a proposal submitted earlier this year by Cyren Call Communications Corp. that would set aside 30 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band for a next-generation public-safety network that industry would build and share with...
WASHINGTON—The Association of Public-safety Communications Officials endorsed Cyren Call Communications Corp.'s proposal that would set aside 30 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 700 band for a next-generation public-safety network that industry would build and share with first responders. This spectrum is currently slated...
