By Ernest Worthman March 24, 2015 — Make your car a Wi-Fi hotspot. Talk about cool gadgets. A company called Vinli has developed what I think, is a great retrofit, or aftermarket device, for vehicles. The Vinli product is a communication module that plugs directly into the on-board diagnostic port of a vehicle. It adds… Continue »
By Ernest Worthman March 24, 2015 — And you thought net neutrality was becoming old news. Well, that is not the case. FCC Comm. Ajit Pai recently put out a press release that basically threatened new taxes. Hmmm…isn’t that line pretty old already? It seems like more and more “right wingers” are coming out with… Continue »
By Ernest Worthman March 24, 2015 — Today, there exists a relatively rich wheelhouse of area-specific networks to serve underserved areas, but the rural setting, with sparse populations has had its challenges. There is little ROI on such deployments, so mobile network operators have been slow to deploy. But that may soon change with a… Continue »
Pulse Electronics offers DAS in-building ceiling mount multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) antennas as part of Pulse Electronics’ PIMinator line of low passive intermodulation (PIM) antennas. These antennas have high port-to-port isolation and superior gain patterns for both ports 1 and 2, providing improved data throughput and implementation flexibility. They operate from 698 MHz through 5900 MHz. There… Continue »
A television station’s transmitter tower was destroyed in Lubbock, Texas, on Feb. 4, after a small aircraft crashed into it, killing the pilot. Dr. K. Mike Rice was piloting a single-engine Piper Malibu when it hit the guy wires of KCBD TV’s tower, shearing off an upper portion of the structure and leaving the bottom… Continue »
By J. Sharpe Smith As Section 6409(a) goes on trial, it is helpful to look at the history of congressional lawmaking and FCC rulemaking concerning the zoning process to see how it has evolved. Charles Ryan III, vice president of operations, Concepts to Operations, touched on actions of the FCC, Congress and the U.S. Supreme… Continue »