Archive for the Tag ‘Public Safety’
Chat Mobility pulls out all the stops to maintain mobility for flood victims
With Iowans scrambling to prepare for the full fury of the Missouri River flooding and more rain expected over the next ten days, wireless service will be vital to residents,… Read More »
We need your help! Tell congress we need a public auction of the D Block now!
Legislation has been introduced in both chambers of Congress that threatens to further increase the national deficit while delaying the construction of a nationwide, interoperable broadband network for public safety.
S. 28 and H.R. 607 would give away billions of… Read More »
Anniversary of the FCC’s Public Safety Plan
One year ago, the Federal Communications Commission laid out a proposal for creating “a cutting-edge public safety communications system” for our nation’s first responders by auctioning the D Block in order to fund the construction and maintenance of that network.… Read More »
RTG Petitions FCC to Deny Sale of Qualcomm’s 700 MHz Spectrum to AT&T
On March 11th, RTG petitioned the FCC to deny the proposed assignment of Qualcomm’s lower 700 MHz band licenses to AT&T or in the alternative to condition any such grant in a manner that… Read More »
Ensuring Public Safety Priority Access on Shared Networks
Opponents of the FCC’s proposed D Block auction have argued that public safety requirements cannot be met in a shared commercial network environment. They claim public safety will be unable to gain priority access above commercial users in times of… Read More »
