The Trump Administration recently took some major steps toward providing a regulatory framework that encourages the safe development, testing, and deployment of autonomous vehicles. Several weeks ago, Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao released Automated Driving Systems 2.0 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a document aimed at supporting automotive industry innovators in the … Continue Reading
The VHF band has propagation characteristics that make it ideal for land mobile radio use in sparsely populated, mountainous, and heavily forested areas. But the number of VHF frequencies assigned for public safety use is limited, especially in areas near the Canadian and Mexican borders.… Continue Reading
Public safety users have to vacate the T-band by 2021 for a spectrum auction by 2023. The auction revenue is supposed to be made available to current public safety licensees to help offset the cost of relocating their systems to other frequencies.… Continue Reading
Reminder: If you operate a commercial or public safety private land mobile radio system in the VHF (150-170 MHz) or UHF (450-470 MHz) bands, you must convert your systems to "narrowband" operation by January 1, 2013.… Continue Reading
The transition to narrowband operation for all land mobile radio systems licensed in the 150-174 MHz and 421-512 MHz bands is still on course -- with the final deadline for migration still set at January 1, 2013. The FCC has issued a reminder, with some helpful guidelines about the transition process.… Continue Reading
The FCC has adjusted some of its interim deadlines for the conversion of industrial and public safety land mobile stations in the 150-174 and 421-512 MHz bands to narrowband operation.… Continue Reading
For almost three years now, the FCC has been struggling mightily to devise rules to govern both the auctioning and regulatory framework for the 700 MHz D Block. This spectrum block has the unique distinction of being a Public Private Partnership — a concept never before tried by the FCC and one which has proved … Continue Reading
