Newscan: Why the rush to voice over LTE (VoLTE) for public safety?

Dan Highsmith, senior sales engineer for TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), explains how the company leverages vehicle-router and ad-hoc networking solutions to deliver a connected mobility solution in the field.

Dane Windsor, business development manager and technical sales consultant for Motorola Solutions, demonstrates how the new APX 8000 P25 portable and the LEX L10 handheld LTE device can be used in collaboration to improve communications for a public-safety user.

FirstNet plans to conduct an Industry Day for potential vendors early next year and hopes to release a final request for proposal (RFP) by the end of 2015, a FirstNet official said yesterday during an IWCE Urgent Communications webinar examining the progress of the public-safety broadband project within states.

Mike Wengrovitz, Mutualink’s vice president of innovation, demonstrates how the company is working to integrate Recon Jet smart eyewear into the company's vision for body cameras and the Internet of Public-Safety Things.