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precedent Shure Announces Rebates Of Up To $1,000 For 700 MHz Wireless Systems ASSOCIATION UPDATES (continued from 14) S hure Incorporated has announced a rebate program of up to $1,000 for the trade-in of Shure 700 MHz frequency band wireless systems and other related components purchased before February 1, 2007, and for any other manufacturers’ qualifying 700 MHz frequency band wireless systems and their related components. “Our number one priority is to provide our customers with the highest quality products, service, and support,” says Al Hershner, vice president and general manager of the Shure U.S Business Unit. “We’ve known for some time that the 700 MHz band would be reallocated for new services following the DTV transition on February 18, 2009. Although a final decision from the FCC is still pending, we felt the need to assure our customers now that we will take care of them regardless of the outcome.” Customers may submit their rebate forms with the purchase of the following new replacement products: UHF-R, ULX, MX690/SLX4L, PSM700, and PGX. Send RJ-45 Ethernet signals over power lines with the GefenTV Ethernet Over Power Line Bridge. The Bridge’s sender and receiver units send Ethernet through the walls of a building at a distance of up to 1,000 feet. This device passes all 10/100BASE-T Ethernet network protocols (TCP/IP, NETBUEI, Microsoft Networking, etc.) at speeds of up to 200 Mbps (full duplex fast Ethernet). U.S. list price is $199. Visit www.gefen.com. QUICK FIX International Board of Directors include Jim Ford, PE, of Ford Audio-Video, Greg Jeffreys, of Paradigm Audio Visual, Ltd, Paul Peck, of Avidex Industries LLC, and Tony Warner, CTS-D, CSI CDT, LEED AP, of RTKL Associates. “Changes to the InfoComm bylaws have resulted in a smaller Board, a new Leadership Development Committee, and other changes designed to increase participation in InfoComm activities while providing a more manageable governance structure,” says Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., executive director, InfoComm International. “I am grateful for the dedicated service of outgoing governors-at-large Mark Gander of Harman Pro Group and Rashid Skaf of AMX.” Visit www.infocomm.org. TIA The TIA opposed revival of a spectrum cap and asked the FCC to dismiss the Rural Telecommunications Group’s proposal to impose a 110 MHz limit countyby-country on all commercial terrestrial wireless spectrum below 2.3 GHz. The association said reinstating spectrum caps would reverse the FCC’s spectrum policies and harm the mobile and wireless broadband product market. The action also could limit carriers’ flexibility to respond to technical evolutions and to maximize the use of allocations, it said. The FCC should acknowledge in any future policy that wireless broadband networks will be built on spectrum blocks of 1.25 MHz and more, says Danielle Coffey, TIA vice president for government affairs. The networks shouldn’t be regulated with “an antiquated spectrum cap policy that disregards” the spectrum needed for wireless broadband deployment, she adds. “The FCC should adopt spectrum policies ensuring that wireless carriers can adapt their spectrum to broadband use. The Rural Telecommunications Group attempts to revive a failed, arbitrary and innovationstifling spectrum cap that has been discarded by the Commission,” Coffey states. Visit www.tiaonline.org. COMING UP in the February Issue -Video on the Network -Command/Control Systems -Intelligent Buildings -Display Calibration -Product Spotlight: LCD Flat Panel displays AV Technology is a new media brand created for technology, AV, and Networking Managers. These savvy professionals are responsible for audio, visual, and networked systems in the facilities where they work. For More Information on being a part of this issue, please contact: Mark Mayfield, Editor 508-529-9390 mmayfield@nbmedia.com Midwest and West Coast Advertisers Sue Horwitz, Publisher 323-933-9485 sue@audientmarketing.com East Coast Advertisers Stan Kashine, National Sales Manager 516-626-2813 skashine@optonline.net 14 | AV TECHNOLOGY | january 2009 http://www.infocomm.org http://www.gefen.com http://www.tiaonline.org http://www.tiaonline.org

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AV Technology - January 2009 Contents Precedent Corporate: Hunkering Down Government: The Great Unifier Education: Technological Self-Sufficiency Integrating Communications into Your Business Process DVI/HDMI Signals over Twisted-Pair Cable AV Helps Explain the Unexplainable AV Enhancements at the Coliseum Product Forum Tech Horizons Product Spotlight New Products Ad Index AV MO

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