Posts by Emory Day

Officials for pdvWireless this week confirmed the company’s much-rumored bid to build a nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) for FirstNet and expressed “frustration and disappointment” with the FCC regarding a proceeding centered around a pdvWireless proposal to transform 900 MHz LMR spectrum to broadband use. Read More

pdvWireless, a private wireless push-to-talk (PTT) carrier that holds 900 MHz spectrum, submitted a bid to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). In its fourth fiscal quarter and year-end financial results for the period ended March 31, the company — led by former Nextel Chairman Morgan O’Brien — announced it assembled a consortium of companies…

pdvWIRELESS Market Manager John Moriarty discusses recent FMCSA distracted driving research, how new regulations are affecting Houston-area businesses and how to balance employee efficiency and distractions while on the road. Read More.

As the FCC decides whether to rule on its proposal to transition some 900 MHz spectrum from land-mobile-radio (LMR) use to broadband, pdvWireless is buying and swapping airwaves in the band make its desired retuning task easier, according to Morgan O’Brien, the vice chairman for pdvWireless. Under the pdvWIRELESS proposal, a 5×5 MHz swath of…

Smartphones get cracked when worn on the belts of construction workers. They can’t be heard over clanking machinery. And they can distract employees when used for playing games or texting while driving. To address these problems in Houston, DispatchPlus has a tech-savvy spin for an old favorite: the push-to-talk radio. Read More.