Kenwood unveils several new items

Pete Gilmore (left) and Lubo Harizanov of Motorola Solutions demonstrate the usability of the new APX NEXT P25 radio with LTE connectivity, with Harizanov testing the touch-screen display’s water resistance and Gilmore conducting an impact test. Harizanov and Gilmore spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the recent IACP 2019 event in Chicago.

Reg Jones, Samsung Electronics America’s head of public-sector sales and solutions, demonstrates how the company’s DeX (desktop experience) lets a police officer leverage the computing power in a docked smartphone to write reports and execute queries while inputting information on a keyboard and display that are less expensive than traditional hardened laptops. All information is […]

Tim Brown, product manager for TASSTA, explains how the company’s mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) platform not only can deliver PTT voice but also video that can be shared with public-safety personnel from the site of an incident. Brown spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the recent IACP 2019 even in Chicago.

Motorola Solutions built its reputation delivering LMR voice communications, but the company is using video and software solutions today to “solve a different level of problems” while exploring the 3.5 GHz CBRS band as a platform to provide a new kind of push-to-talk offering with robust data, according to a company executive. “I would say, […]