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EWA is the leading national association for business enterprise wireless users, and for the manufacturers, resellers and communication sales and service providers that serve business enterprises. EWA’s advocacy transforms public policy, and its services support business productivity by providing reliable guidance regarding spectrum and wireless technology access decisions. If wireless communication solutions is your business or responsibility, EWA is your membership organization.

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Enterprise Wireless Insider®

1/24/2012
A Full Advocacy Agenda for 2012
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UPS Waiver Request Finally Granted
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Less Than One Year to Comply
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Shelby County, Alabama

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Narrowbanding Made Easy

EWA can submit both Public Safety and Industrial/Business narrowbanding applications, making it easy for you to accomplish your transition to narrowband operation. We will review your license and submit it directly to the FCC. That means no third party is necessary to handle your license requirements, saving you a step.

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Wireless Solutions Center

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Buyers will research and find suitable vendors. Vendors, contact us now to reserve space, or visit the site to see how it works.

Spotlight

FCC Approves Licensing of Non-Standard Frequency Pairs

The Commission granted the LMCC’s 2011 request to permit the coordination and licensing of non-standard 4 kHz occupied bandwidth channels under specific procedures and conditions. Certain frequencies allocated for public use are not included in this opportunity, and this capability is limited to only 4 kHz narrowband technologies that are utilizing 12.5 kHz channel assignments that have been certified for exclusive (FB8 use) in centralized trunked systems. More

Crosby’s Blog

Mark E. Crosby

President/CEO

It’s just business

Posted 1/26/2012

I read in the FCC’s releases earlier this week that Shelby County, Alabama was granted waivers, in one respect a partial waiver, to operate a VHF trunked system that will use both public safety and Industrial/Business frequencies. Good for them. The details may be reviewed in the Commission’s Order, but know that EWA had weighed in previously in this licensing matter requesting that if Shelby County wanted to use Business/Industrial spectrum, that its application meet all applicable spectrum availability, engineering, and inter-service concurrence policies.

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