LiveU unveils temporary surveillance system

AT&T this week announced that the U.S. Army has selected FirstNet—the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) being built by AT&T—to provide communications to public-safety personnel at 72 Army installations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico in a 3-year deal valued at $13 million. Jill Singer, vice president of defense and national security for AT&T’s Public […]

As connected devices proliferate, new ways of processing have come to the fore to accommodate device and data explosion. For years, organizations have moved toward centralized, off-site processing architecture in the cloud and away from on-premises data centers. Cloud computing enabled startups to innovate and expand their businesses without requiring huge capital outlays on data […]

Verizon today launched Push-to-Talk Responder, the carrier giant’s first offering that is fully compliant with the 3GPP mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) and mission-critical-data (MCData) standards when users are on the carrier giant’s network, as well as supporting interoperability with LMR systems. “This has been something that we’ve been working on for a long time,” Nick Nilan, Verizon’s […]

FCC commissioners this week voted 3-2 to approve an order that allows states to lease 4.9 GHz spectrum—50 MHz of airwaves previously designated for public-safety use—to commercial entities, although sources indicated that there is some uncertainty surrounding the practical timetable for implementing such leasing deals. As expected, FCC commissioners were divided along party lines on […]