Codan, Daniels discuss recent acquisition, introduce P25 products

Procurement teams need to take a holistic approach when acquiring technology, says Bill Campbell, senior vice president of North America at Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial Division. Hexagon offers a variety of digital reality solutions. Its products combine sensor, software and autonomous technologies. The firm puts data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety […]

A report outlining a provisional decision whether Motorola Solutions’ roles in United Kingdom (UK) public-safety communications—both the legacy Airwave TETRA system and the LTE-based Emergency Services Network (ESN)—should be altered has been delayed until October, according to a UK government watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today released a new administrative timeline for its […]

Rogers Communications Canada experienced a national service outage on July 8, 2022, that halted LTE communications for millions of Canadians, including public-safety agencies counting on mobile broadband for operations. In light of this jarring failure, should public-safety leaders rethink plans to collapse all wireless communications onto a single wireless technology platform operated by a service […]

Over the last decade, administrators of public safety answering points (PSAPs) and 911 answering centers have faced innumerable challenges—from securing systems against cyberattacks, to keeping up with the latest technologies and meeting staffing demands in an increasingly stressful environment. It hasn’t been easy. “The public safety leaders tasked with managing today’s 911 centers face tremendous pressure—staying on […]