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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
House subcommittee approves D block for public safety, FCC incentive auctions
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee approved Dec. 1 a bill (.pdf) that allocates the 10 megahertz D block to public safety and authorizes the Federal Communications Commission to conduct
NG9-1-1 to cost between $1.44B and $2.68B, says FCC
Nationwide adoption of Next Generation 9-1-1, a system that would allow the public to send multimedia messages to emergency call centers, would cost between $1.44 billion and $2.68 billion over 10
FCC's Genachowski says NG9-1-1 proposal coming in September
The Federal Communications Commission will publically reveal in September a proposal outlining how the nation's 9-1-1 system could be upgraded to receive text, photo and video transmissions. In an
FCC seeks comment on tech barriers to NG9-1-1
Despite broad agreement that today's 9-1-1 system remains a relic from a receding era of plain old telephone service, instituting a new high-tech and multimedia emergency call system will first
FCC's Genachowski promises NG-9-1-1 'first step'
The Federal Communications Commission will take "a first step" toward a nationwide modernization of the 9-1-1 system that would allow public safety emergency call centers to receive mobile device
