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5G Needs Streamlined Approval Process not Nationwide Network
The Wall Street Journal reported today that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, in a speech to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, wants the government to auction off two bands of spectrum to help accelerate the U.S.'s deployment of 5G services....
ERRCS Resources
Developers and building owners are often faced with determining whether their property is required to install an Emergency Responder Radio Communication System (ERRCS). This requirement is a by-product of two organizations' recommendations, which have been...
Emergency Responder Radio Communication System (ERRCS) – details.
An Emergency Responder Radio Communications System (ERRCS), also known as a Public Safety or First Responder DAS (Distributed Antenna System), has become a mandated in-building requirement for many municipalities around the country. This network essentially...
AHJs and ERRCS
For many building owners, enterprise customers and organizations trying to determine the need for what’s called an Emergency Responder Radio Communication System (ERRCS), the term “AHJ” is usually part of the conversation. Who is this guy and why should I care? A...
Anti-Verizon FirstNet Article, Part 2
Last week, Richard Mirgon published Part 2 of his series condemning Verizon for mucking up the water by essentially lobbying states to not Opt-In to FirstNet (or are they lobbying states to explicitly Opt-Out?) He references two articles that suggest Verizon doesn't...
FirstNet – looks like the anti-Verizon forces are massing
As of September 12th, FirstNet has 20 states that have opted into the network. Verizon has previously made pronouncements about offering it's own version of the network, despite not having bid on the RFP. Now it looks like a number of individuals and organizations...
Seybold Criticizes Verizon over FirstNet
I've always believed that getting any consortium together to advance a nationwide common goal is a tough road in this country. The goals of FirstNet are admittedly admirable and worth taxpayer money. This country continues to be plagued by public safety systems that...
Push-to-Talk over Cellular – PTToC
I stumbled across an article by wireless consultant Anderw Seybold about PTT over Cellular on AllthingsFirstnet.com. For those of you who remember when Nextel was a thriving business, this short review of the PTT landscape makes a couple of observations worth...
The FCC, 2.5 GHz and Alice in Wonderland
There are times when one has to believe that the entire FCC scheme for frequency allocation needs a re-do. The latest: read Monica Alleven's article in FierceWireless re the 2.5 GHz space. This article was partly the outgrowth of a question to a T-Mobile executive...