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

Florida’s efforts to transition its Statewide Law-Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) from legacy EDACS to P25 technology that is augmented by FirstNet broadband service is largely on schedule, with most public-safety users having P25 devices by July, according to an official with contractor L3Harris. Keith Gaston, the SLERS account manager for L3Harris, said that all of […]

On the same day that Bloomberg reported on Verizon’s plans to increase prices, the CEO of the company’s business unit, Tami Erwin, announced her plans to leave the company by the end of the year. The developments reflect the difficulties Verizon has been facing amid growing competition in the wireless sector and inflation in the US economy. […]

Despite his frothy name, François-Philippe Champagne did not bring any sparkle for Chinese vendors waiting to hear if they would be allowed to sell products in Canada. The Canadian minister of innovation, science and industry had only disappointing news for Huawei and ZTE earlier today. From now on, neither will be allowed to serve Canadian […]

AUSTIN—Verizon Response teams will continue to provide drone services while supporting public safety, despite the fact that Verizon recently shut down Skyward—the drone company that Verizon purchased in 2017—an official for the carrier said this week at the Big 5G Event. Sankaran “Ram” Ramanathan, Verizon’s executive director of network field operations and assurance, said public-safety […]