In his blog, EWA Chief Strategy Officer Mark Crosby addressed topics of concern to the land mobile radio industry. Unleashed and unvarnished, Mark takes on speculators, exposes the practices of those who prey upon unknowing licensees, and comments on spectrum policy at large.For the record, if I were to drink Kool-Aid, I would prefer orange.
Last week, the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) convened its annual Membership and Board of Directors meetings in Atlanta, Georgia.
In August, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes an opportunity for Business/Industrial Land Transportation (B/ILT) and public safety incumbent 800 MHz licensees to have priority access for a limited time period to 800 MHz Expansion Band (EB) B/ILT channels – or at least whatever EB B/ILT channels are still a
I read with amazement, in the October 2016 issue of MissionCritical Communications, the announcement that Potomac Spectrum Partners (PSP) was planning to roll out a nationwide TETRA-based public safety network using Space Data’s 900 MHz spectrum and balloon communications technology.
I try to avoid responding in a serious manner to those who want you to believe that they can barely control their emotions over the potential injustices that would be perpetrated against unknowing licensees if they were not there to issue a call to arms and personally defend the masses.
Attending IWCE is always productive for the Enterprise Wireless Alliance as it provides us with a great opportunity to mingle with members and industry friends at our booth and educational sessions in which EWA representatives participate.
In an Order adopted March 11, the FCC announced that a man who intentionally jammed GPS signals at the Newark Liberty International Airport, received a fine of $2,360 and an installment payment plan.
Sometimes the magic works, sometimes the magic fails miserably.
It is always wise only ask those questions where you have a good idea what the answer will be. In the case of asking for FCC clarification regarding to what extent frequency advisory committees are to consider non-compliant wideband licenses in the 150-470 MHz band during spectrum analyses, perhaps we should have left well enough alone.
Donny Jackson with Urgent Communications called me earlier this week, which prompted a conversation about the FCC’s recent designation of EWA as the frequency coordinator for Medical Body Area Networks. Issues included EWA’s responsibilities to AFTRCC, health care facilities and the FCC.
