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April 4, 2014
Volume 8, Issue 5
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Cevo™ Unveiled at IWCE to Enthusiastic Response
EWA’s new Cevo™ mobile app, introduced at IWCE 2014, received excellent reviews from attendees. This revolutionary mobile app lets wireless industry professionals perform in-the-field and immediate candidate frequency searches for both Business/Industrial and Public Safety from Apple or Android devices. The most recently updated version of Cevo can be found at Apple and Android mobile app stores. Urgent Communications interviewed Mark Crosby about Cevo.
"We really like it!" said Dean Ballew, Day Wireless.
"We have 35 sales people and all of our sales people will be using Cevo as a sales tool. To know the availability of the frequencies, while you’re there with the customer, lets us offer a better level of service than our competitors. It’s easy to use. We can talk to the customer immediately about frequencies, then go back and submit the selected frequencies to EWA for coordination.”
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Top Benefits of Cevo
- The app is a free download and frequency searches are free.
- The app provides a list of candidate frequencies, available for coordination. To certify selected frequencies, contact EWA.
- Results can be emailed to your customer or others in your organization.
- Coming soon, a feature allowing results and comments to be sent directly to EWA for coordination, from the mobile app.
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EWA Supports Use of 450 MHz Band Edge Spectrum
In response to an FCC Public Notice seeking comment on Waiver Requests from Mobile Relay Associates (MRA) to permit Part 90 use of channels between Part 90 and Part 74 (Broadcast Auxiliary Services), EWA stated that they “support all efforts to derive more intensive use from the nation’s finite spectrum resource”. EWA supported a similar waiver request submitted earlier from MRA, which the FCC has granted, to make use of spectrum between Part 90 and Part 95 General Mobile Radio Service channels to the extent that the Commission’s Part 90 narrowbanding initiative has fostered product development to use that spectrum without impacting current or future adjacent channel licensees. MORE |
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LMCC Seeks Ruling for 800 MHz Expansion/Guard Band Spectrum Access
The Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) has requested that the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding governing eligibility for frequencies in the 800 MHz Expansion Band and Guard Band, so that 800 MHz incumbent licensees be allowed a six-month period in which to apply for available EB/GB frequencies before making them available for new 800 MHz systems. MORE |
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Conditional Licensing Above 470 MHz
During the April 9th Annual LMCC Membership Meeting, it is anticipated that the LMCC membership will grant final approval to submit a Petition for Rule Making at the FCC that would extend conditional licensing to the Industrial/Business and Public Safety 470-512 MHz, 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands.
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GAO Issues Report on Effectiveness of Buildout Requirements
Recently, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted a study of the buildout requirements and the efficient use of spectrum for five selected wireless services. In the process, they interviewed FCC officials, industry association executives, commercial licensees and spectrum policy experts. Their report (1) described the buildout requirements; (2) verified the extent to which the Commission adheres to the buildout requirements; and (3) assessed the opinion of various stakeholders on whether the build out requirements met cited goals. MORE |
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Narrowband? What's That?
Beaumont Independent School District, Beaumont, Texas was issued a Notice of Violation for operating transmitters not in compliance with the FCC’s January 1, 2013 narrowbanding mandate. Beaumont must provide a written response to the Commission within twenty days of the notice explaining the reasons for the violation and providing information on specific corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
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It seemed like just yesterday!
Emigrant Storage LLC was issued a fine of $20,000 for multiple violations including operating a Private Land Mobile Radio Service (PLMRS) radio station for over nine years without the proper licensing authority, and failing to apply for a renewal license in a timely manner. Emigrant did not dispute those charges or that it caused interference to authorized spectrum users, but requested a reduction or cancelation of the forfeiture, arguing that the violations were minor in terms of the size of its operations and that they took prompt action to resolve the violations once notified. MORE
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Visit EWA at these upcoming events:
2014 Annual LMCC Meeting
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Washington, D.C.
April 9, 2014
2014 EDMSSA Spring Meeting
The Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis, Hyannis, MA
April 23-25, 2014
Learn more
Western Motorola Service Partners Meeting
Marriott Phoenix Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
May 7-9, 2014
EWA Spring Board of Directors Meeting
Herndon, Virginia
May 21-22, 2014
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Hotel Registration is now open for the 2014 Wireless Leadership Summit. Event registration will be available soon.
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Fast Radios - Naples, FL
Graybill Electronics, Inc. - Hiawatha, IA
Maryland Radio - Bethesda, MD
Telcom Systems, LTD - Homestead, FL
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