Cisco, Etherstack join forces on interoperability

Like most in the public-safety industry, none of the panelists expressed confidence about how long LMR and LTE systems will need to co-exist in the public-safety sector, but the general consensus was that it will be at least a decade.

Jose Vazquez, director of fire-responder technologies for the DHS S&T, explains the mock earthquake exercise's goals, how Virtual USA was used and lessons learned, including the importance of using databases to capture and disseminate information.

As London prepares for the world's largest sporting spectacle, there will be an important mission unfolding behind the scenes that is bigger than anyone can imagine. I have been a part of the massive public-safety preparations and operations for past Olympic Games, and the amount of coordination and cooperation necessary to make them a success is amazing.

Mike Wengrovitz, Mutualink's vice president of innovation, demonstrates how the company's interoperability solution can be shared via a browser interface, as opposed to requiring end users to have a specific application on their devices.