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FCC should reduce or eliminate public safety spectrum license fees

2008-04-22 00:00:00 by Brad Reed in Network World on Security
 
Chief Harlin McEwen, chairman of Public Safety Spectrum Trust, said today that the Federal Communications Commission should consider drastically reducing or even eliminating the reserve price it has placed on the public safety spectrum on the 700MHz band
 
Tags: public safety spectrum, federal communications commission, chief harlin, 700mhz band, reserve price, chairman
 
 
 
 
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Can Azulstar Make WiMax Work without Buying Spectrum?

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2008-05-09 10:58:59 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...spectrum band to make WiMax work where Wi-Fi failed: Azulstar has been the also-ran in Wi-Fi for some years, I'll just state bluntly and upfront. They built a network in Grand Haven, Mich., in 2003 that's one of--if not the--longest running metro-scale Wi-Fi networks in the world designed for public access. The mayor of Grand Haven since...
 
Tags: azulstar, city-wide wi-fi, wi-fi, rio rancho voted, metro-scale wi-fi networks, rio rancho, forward, weeks ago, firm
 
 
 
 
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NYPD to FCC: Don't re-auction safety spectrum

2008-06-20 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should not attempt to re-auction a piece of wireless spectrum that failed to sell earlier in the year, but instead should give that spectrum to emergency-response agencies, the New York City Police Department said Friday
 
Tags: spectrum, federal communications commission, wireless spectrum, re-auction, piece, attempt, friday, agencies
 
 
 
 
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AirDefense adds spectrum analysis to wireless LAN security system

2008-03-19 00:00:00 by John Cox in Network World on Security
 
AirDefense updates its wireless LAN (WLAN) intrusion-prevention security software with spectrum analysis features
 
Tags: wireless lan, spectrum analysis features, security software, airdefense, wlan
 
 
 
 
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Public safety spectrum, rural broadband grab spotlight

2008-04-24 00:00:00 by Brad Reed in Network World on Security
 
Speakers at the Wireless Communications Association meeting in Washington, D.C., this week threw out a flurry of suggestions to improve both public and private broadband access in the United States, from public investment to holding new spectrum auctions to allowing unlicensed use of TV white spaces
 
Tags: public, tv white spaces, public investment, wireless communications association, spectrum auctions, broadband access, improve, suggestions, flurry
 
 
 
 
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That's Hedy! The Movie Star Invents Spread Spectrum

2008-06-20 11:57:18 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
Regular readers of this site knows that Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil patented the first known description of spread-spectrum communications: Yes, that Hedy Lamarr. Studio 360, a public radio show, looks into Hedy's co-invention
 
Tags: hedy, hedy lamarr, public radio, george antheil, spread-spectrum communications, regular readers, studio, description, site
 
 
 
 
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Sprint's Public Safety Deal for Nextel Comes Home to Roost

2008-05-05 14:25:10 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...spectrum as part of its acquisition of Nextel: That's all unraveling now. The FCC and the courts are saying that a 26-June-2008 deadline for vacating its 800 MHz holdings in favor of public safety groups would hold even if the new users weren't on the band. The delays for new users getting on the band are reportedly Sprint's, given that it...
 
Tags: public safety deal, public safety, sprint, cost sprint billions, cost, nextel, reportedly sprint, public safety migration, delay sprint
 
 
 
 
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700 MHz Winners Talk: Google, AT&T, Verizon

2008-04-04 11:45:52 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...spectrum auction were lifted yesterday, and everyone is jabbering. Verizon and AT&T have announced they'll build LTE (Long Term Evolution) cell data networks, a GSM standard, in the 700 MHz band. AT&T says their network will come online starting in 2012; Verizon, 2010 Google posted on their own blog and told the New York Times that they were...
 
Tags: verizon, mhz spectrum auction, mhz spectrum, verizon wireless, google, auction, ensure verizon lives, spectrum, att
 
 
 
 
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JetBlue Buys Airfone's Network

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2008-06-08 21:47:04 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...spectrum won by AirCell, they still have governmental and corporate ("general aviation") customers. JetBlue's LiveTV won the smaller of two licenses (1 MHz); AirCell won the 3 MHz auction. AirCell built its own network (an expansion of previous general aviation service), and is launching very shortly with Virgin America and America Airlines...
 
Tags: network, airfone, jetblue, ancient airfone network, verizon, verizon notes, auction, auction results, assume verizon airfone
 
 
 
 
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Sperren Sie Endlich Ihren Kopf Auf

2008-04-01 14:15:59 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...spectrum to be auctioned off: John C. Dvorak discovers that the U.S. Congress has voted to sell the unlicensed spectrum in which Wi-Fi works by 2012. In the meantime, a license code will be needed, purchased from the FCC, and coded into your devices' SSIDs. Microwave ovens won't be exempt; a $10 per month "potential interference fee" will be...
 
Tags: wi-fi spectrum, wi-fi, potential interference fee, spectrum, license code, electromagnetic radiation, head, microwave ovens, english schoolteacher