Avtec highlights flexibility of its console portfolio

  Jason Brennan, product manager for JVCKENWOOD USA’s communications division, highlights key features of the NX-5000H, a high-power mobile radio that enables P25 Phase 1 and Phase 2 communications, as well as NEXEDGE operation. The NX-5000H features 110-watt output power, according to the company.

Southern Linc—the southeast U.S. regional carrier that also provides communications for the Southern Company utility—is leveraging its 800 MHz LTE network to provide two flavors of mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) service to customers, according to Southern Linc officials. Southern Linc was long known for its iDEN network, but the carrier recently completed a transition to LTE that […]

Editor’s note: The original version of this story indicated that the CalOES contract was a three-year deal. Although the agreement calls for RapidDeploy to provide services in three different calendar years, the actual length of the agreement is slightly more than two years. IWCE’s Urgent Communications regrets the error and apologizes for any confusion. All […]

  From left, Gary Monetti, Mohan Tammisetti and Keith Kaczmarek of Virtualnetcom (VNC) exhibit the company’s solutions that are designed to provide full-featured LTE network connectivity in locations where no terrestrial network is available. The Rapid Autonomous Instant Deployable (RAID) backpack weighs 8.5 pounds, while the FeatherLite package weighs 2.5 pounds, so it can be […]