UC TECH TALK A Penton Media Property February 3, 2010 Vol. 3, No. 5 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/mobileradiotech/v/597 ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT We understand your mission-critical communication needs - voice, data, situational awareness, and more. And can deliver the end-to-end solutions that work best for you. http://www.harrispublicsafety.com http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/13280-82556-28253-1 ---------------------------------------- TALKING POINTS --FCC must keep NG-911-ready PSAPs from becoming wallflowers By Lynnette Luna It was encouraging to hear this week that progress toward next-generation (NG-911) systems is being made, with some next-gen public-safety answering points (PSAPs) expected to be operational later this year. Roger Hixson, technical issues director for the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), indicated last week at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) winter conference that testing of a full-fledged NG-911 system is expected to be done during the second quarter or early in the third quarter of this year, but he cautioned that not all of the work is done. It also was interesting to hear that several states are already taking steps to make the transition to NG-911. For instance, as Senior Writer Donny Jackson reported yesterday, representatives from a handful of Virginia counties said they are prepared to have their NG-911 PSAPs operational this summer if interconnection agreements with phone companies can be reached. To view the full article go to: http://urgentcomm.com/networks_and_systems/commentary/fcc-ng911-psaps-20100203/ ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT You depend on reliable and secure communications to keep mission-critical applications always running. Learn how new options for interoperable satellite and LMR can maintain communications, no matter what. http://www.spacenet.com/lmr ---------------------------------------- IN THE NEWS --Patent pools seen as necessary to drive LTE cost certainty By Lynnette Luna The cost of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, the standard preferred by the public-safety community for a nationwide mobile broadband network, will be heavily influenced by the price of intellectual property rights licensing, but a slew of entities are working to create patent pools designed to bring more predictable costs to the LTE world. To view the full article go to: http://urgentcomm.com/networks_and_systems/news/lte-patent-pools-20100203/ ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT Integrated Radio Dispatch/E911/Phone Console Online Demo of the most Innovative Communication Control System in the Market. NG911 & P25 Ready with our Flexible Distributed Network Architecture. ---------------------------------------- IN PRINT --Efficiency consistency By Al Ittner While much of the news coming out of the FCC lately seems to be centered on emerging broadband communications, the commission's narrowbanding deadlines affecting land-mobile radio users in the UHF and VHF bands are approaching rapidly without much fanfare. Are you prepared to meet these requirements? If not, your agency may not be able to fully communicate within the next one to three years. 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