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May 5, 2011 Volume 5, Issue 9 |
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FCC Issues Narrowbanding Warning
Licensees should have no doubt that the FCC, especially the Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB), is quite serious about enforcing the January 1, 2013, narrowbanding deadline. MORE
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LMCC Annual Meeting News
During its April 26 Annual Meeting, the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) resolved a number of differences of opinion on how best to approach coordinating centralized trunked systems in the world of narrowbanded 12.5 kHz and 6.25 kHz digital systems. MORE
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TETRA in America
Apparently, introducing a digital technology that has had the pleasure of operating in spectrum where there are only 25 kHz exclusive channel assignments is viewed as progress by the FCC. Of course, in the 150-512 MHz bands, such exclusive channels are few and far between. In its recently released Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), the FCC appears to be proceeding on a fast track favorable to European manufacturers who have expressed an interest in selling TETRA systems within the utility market. MORE
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Fees Exempt License Applications
EWA has been informed by the FCC that business/industrial license applications submitted for the single purpose of modifying the emission designator from wideband to narrowband analog operations are exempt from submitting the customary $60 filing fee. MORE
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More CPNI Forfeitures Stayed
Following up on recent reports within Insider, two more telecommunication entities have been spared FCC enforcement action for what was originally thought to be compliance violations with Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) policies. MORE
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Tower Registration and Procedural Rights
A DC law firm has filed a Petition for Reconsideration in response to the March 25 Public Notice in which the FCC stated that its draft environmental notice requirements and interim procedures affecting the antenna structure registration program were procedural in nature and therefore exempt from the Notice and Comment rulemaking process. MORE
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FCC's Attitude Toward Incumbents Disconerting
As reported in past issues of Insider, the Commission is proposing to "repurpose" portions of the UHF and VHF TV spectrum ("U/V Bands") in order to promote "flexible use by fixed and mobile wireless communications services, including mobile broadband." MORE
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That Would Make Ten
How do you say "no thank you" to Microsoft? In April, Microsoft filed a request seeking to be designated by the FCC as a TV band white-space device database administrator under Part 15 of the rules. MORE
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NATIONAL BROADBAND CORNER |
Trusting the Public Safety Market
The leadership of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet has expressed its concern to Chairman Genachowski that the public safety equipment market lacks competition and innovation, which impacts equipment prices and, potentially, interoperability. MORE
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One Second Shy of 21 Minutes
We're not quite sure how the FCC knew that Tropicana Las Vegas, Inc. would be transmitting a continuous 1259-second digital transmission, but they did. As a result, the hotel received a Notice of Violation noting that it was "creating the potential for interference." MORE
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In a Notice of Apparent Liability and Forfeiture, CBS Communications Services, Inc., (CBS), Torrance, California was fined $10,000 for failing to exhibit the required red obstruction lighting from sunset to sunrise on its antenna. MORE
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Enterprise Wireless 2011 Leadership Summit
EWA and the USMSS have announced their joint fall Leadership Summit dates: October 5-7, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee. EWA and USMSS will hold separate annual membership meetings, and there will also be several regional meetings. Registration will open soon. Click here for more information.
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EWA staff will be attending several member exhibitions and open houses in the weeks ahead, specifically: - WMSP Meeting 2011: May 4-6 in The Woodlands, TX
If your business has an upcoming customer open house, contact EWA about the possibility of joining your group to discuss narrowbanding, technology solutions, spectrum opportunities, and other industry topics.
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Allied Barton Security Services LLC
Baltimore, MD
http://www.alliedbarton.com
Eastern Communications
Rocky Mount, NC
Stans Communications Corp.
Grand Forks, ND
http://scommunications1.qwestoffice.net/index.html
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WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT EWA
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"Ila - Enterprise Wireless Alliance made it so easy for the Colorado Women's Golf Association to figure out the process that was so foreign to us. Thanks again."
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Speights Telecom, Inc.
"Cheryl - again, as usual, YOU are Wonderful!!!!"
Lee Smith
Whitewater Wireless
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Send Us Your Comments
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