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The National Association of Broadcasters is applauding the Federal Communications Commission for allowing HD radio stations to boost their power.
The FCC Jan. 29 approved an increase in the power of HD stations, measured in decibels (dB), to up to 10 per...
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Three major carmakers have joined Sirius XM satellite radio in asking the Federal Communications Commission to prevent wireless networks from interfering with Sirius’ service.
Representatives of Chrysler, Ford and Volvo each have written the FCC suppor...
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The public comment period ends Friday for a proposed FCC rule regulating, and possibly banning, cell phone signal boosters because they may interfere with cell site operation.
Signal boosters are devices that sit in cars or in buildings and improve cell ...
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The signal from a U.S. government-run land mobile radio (LMR) system in San Antonio is disabling garage door openers of nearby residents.
The Department of Defense (DOD) acknowledged that the signal from its LMR system, a wireless communication system fo...
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AE Techron has developed the 7224 - a precision amplifier for the EMC compliance testing market. The 7224 can be used in a wide range of susceptibility test standards, including: Ford EMC-CS-2009, DO-160, MIL STD 461 and T1.315-2001. The 7224 is avail...
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A wind farm operator and a local telephone company in Brookings, S.D., have worked out an agreement to prevent electrical power lines from interfering with phone service.
Iberdrola Renewables, the wind farm developer, and Interstate Telecommunications Co...
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The signal from a U.S. government-run land mobile radio (LMR) system in San Antonio is disabling garage door openers of nearby residents.
The Department of Defense (DOD) acknowledged that the signal from its LMR system, a wireless communication system fo...
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Telcordia has announced the release of the following standard. For additional information please visit the Telcordia website at www.telcordia.com.
GR-82, Issue 13, Signaling Transfer Point (STP) Generic Requirements - Issue date: January 2010...
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Election results were reported during the annual ESD Association business meeting luncheon at the 2009 EOS/ESD Symposium, in Anaheim, CA.
Elected to the Board of Directors, by the members of the ESD Association, for a three-year term from January 1, 2010...
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A maker of wireless touch screens has voluntarily recalled some of its products due to a potential burn hazard from an overheated battery, the U.S. CPSC reports today.
AMX, of Richardson, Texas, is recalling about 8,600 of the AMX 5000 series controllers...
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The European Commission today approved of the acquisition of an Internet service provider by a major phone company in Germany.
The EC ruled that the acquisition of Hansenet Telekommunikation GmbH by Telefónica Deutschland GmbH “would not significantly...
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Greenpeace released its 14th edition of its Guide to Greener Electronics, a 10 to 1 scale (10 being the highest) ranking manufacturers of PCs, cell phones, TVs and game consoles according to their policies on recycling, climate change and toxic chemicals....
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The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has announced the availability of the following new standards and documents. For additional information regarding the standards listed below, please visit the website of the IEC at http://www.iec.ch.
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Toyota took the unprecedented step Tuesday of suspending sales and production of eight models or its vehicles until it figures out why some of them experience rapid acceleration.
“This action is necessary until a remedy is finalized. We’re making eve...
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The European Commission (EC) today published new guidelines for how the public is notified of unsafe products on the market in European Union countries.
The EC guidelines concern two broad areas of warnings: First, warnings related to “serious” produ...
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is offering a solution to improve compatibility of car navigation systems with the databases they access.
The ISO, last Wednesday, introduced a new international standard for the Application Progr...
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says Acer America Corp. is recalling 22,000 of its notebook computers due to a potential burn hazard.
Acer America, based in San Jose, Calif., says an internal microphone wire under the palm rest can short circ...
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The Federal Communications Commission adopted a rule Jan. 15 that phases out the use of wireless microphones operating in the 700MHz spectrum.
The FCC rule takes effect June 12, which is the one-year anniversary of the switch to digital television in the...
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Underwriters Laboratories has announced the availability of the following standards, revisions and bulletins. For additional information regarding the standards listed below, please visit their website at www.ul.com.
Revisions:
UL 429 - Standard for...
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Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) has acquired Compliance Certification Services Inc. (CCS) in order to bolster its electromagnetic compliance (EMC) testing business, UL announced Monday.
CCS, based in the Silicon Valley community of Fremont, Calif., w...
