Intrado exhibits database functionality at NENA

Charles Miller, co-founder and CEO of Lynk, discusses his company’s technology and its ambition to help existing mobile network operators connect rural, remote and underserved communities worldwide. Lynk’s tech allows a phone to shift from a terrestrial tower connection to a satellite and back to a terrestrial tower when one is again available. Miller said […]

Public-safety leaders today expressed disappointment that efforts to secure federal funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments likely will need to begin anew after hopes to pass the $2 trillion Build Back Better bill were dashed with an announcement of opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.). Senate Democrats have been trying for months to persuade moderate […]

  Wi-Fiber CEO Adair Grover discusses the various use cases that municipalities and other entities can realize by implementing private wireless broadband within their jurisdictions. Not only can these private networks be deployed relatively quickly, but the ability to leverage LTE over CBRS spectrum means that the systems can support prioritization and quality-of-service functionalities that […]

NENA: The 911 Association yesterday announced that the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) fully approved the third—and latest—version of i3, the IP-based NENA standard for next-generation 911 (NG911) networking and core services. Earlier this year, the fact that ANSI had not approved Version 3 of the i3 standard was a point of contention, because legislation […]