“It’s just a matter of educating the market, getting out in front of it and positioning it in a world where networks are changing ever so frequently,†advised Gordon Hope, vice president of marketing, business development, Honeywell Security and Custom Electronics, Syosset, N.Y.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has set Feb. 18, 2008, for ending the requirement that cellular telephone carriers provide analog mobile phone service (AMPS). These carriers have been converting their networks to digital for years and will be allowed after that “sunset date†to use the frequencies previously occupied for AMPS transmissions for digital cell phones.