Scenes from APCO 2015 (Aug. 16)

Orion Labs yesterday announced that it will be offering the Orion Dispatch Console, a web-based interface that supports the company’s push-to-talk that leverages cloud technology to let enterprise administrators and dispatch personnel manage a mobile workforce from any location with Internet connectivity. Orion Labs is best known for its push-to-talk solutions that are used by […]

Winning the bid to build the nationwide FirstNet system on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum has been very beneficial to AT&T overall strategy, allowing the carrier to grow its wireless business, improve network quality and lay the foundation for the transition to 5G, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said this week. “FirstNet has gone off the […]

About a decade ago, I received a call that no one wants to get—a beloved family member had committed suicide. He was schizophrenic, had tried a couple of times before—cry-for-help attempts, apparently—and he wasn’t good about taking his meds, so the call wasn’t unexpected. Nevertheless, it was stunning and sobering, with all of the “what […]

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