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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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

WASHINGTON—The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police is urging Congress to lean on the Federal Communications Commission to put the 700 MHz Cyren Call Communications Corp. proposal out for comment. “It’s alarming that the average American household has access to …

WASHINGTON—The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police plans to urge Congress to lean on the Federal Communications Commission to put the 700 MHz Cyren Call Communications Inc. proposal out for public comment. The move would start the debate on whether …

WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps questioned separate proposals to bypass the spectrum-auction process in an effort to aid public-safety interoperability and bring broadband access to more Americans. Speaking at a morning press conference , Copps told reporters: “The auction thing …

WASHINGTON-Congress is moving toward developing a national strategy for interoperable first-responder communications, though it remains unclear whether lawmakers can drum up the considerable federal funding needed to enable firefighters, law enforcement, medics and others to talk to each other during …