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Spotlight: DHS competition aims to oust LMR in favor of 4G LTE
The Homeland Security Department will launch a prize competition in the next 6 months that will challenge the public to come up with a solution to leverage 4G LTE technology in place of land mobile ...
Public safety broadband network won't replace LMR, says GAO
The notion that a new national public safety broadband network might replace the narrowband land mobile radio systems used for decades by first responders is untenable for the "foreseeable future"
Public safety poised to take control of D block
Public safety is poised to gain its much-coveted control over a 10 Megahertz swath of spectrum known as the D block as well as $7.23 billion for the creation and implementation of a national
Guest Opinion: APCO President Greg Riddle on the D block
What will shake Congress into action? Help first responders help you Several recent incidents have shown once again the urgent need for Congress to establish a dedicated broadband network for
NIST investigates national broadband network
A national broadband network for first responders would have to be resilient, available, reliable, secure and affordable, says the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In a Sept. 12
Virginia earthquake raises stakes for D block debate
Social media, it's been recently established, travels faster than seismic waves. Social media denizens who felt the 5.8 earthquake of Aug. 23 in Virginia managed to tap out their reactions on
CBO: Senate spectrum bill would save $6.5 billion
Proposed Senate legislation to allocate a 10 Megahertz swath of 700 MHZ band spectrum known as the D block to public safety--and pay for creation of national public safety broadband network through
Guest opinion: Richard Mirgon on the D block
Guest post by Richard Mirgon The Right Side of History: D Block Spectrum Reallocation to Public Safety When Americans think of Osama Bin Laden and the events of this past week, perhaps the first
House hearing on D block turns testy
Witnesses at an April 12 House hearing addressing whether to reallocate a 10 megahertz swath of 700 MHz spectrum known as the D block to public safety stuck to their positions, advocating for or
House committees divided over D block reallocation
A clutch of first responders convened before a House Homeland Security hearing March 30 to urge passage of a bill that would allocate a 10 megahertz swath of spectrum known as the D block to public
