Parallel Wireless, Mutualink: Steve Kropper, Joe Boucher explain companies’ Super Bowl collaboration with Sonim

Tim Downs, conference director for the Critical LTE Communications Forum, discusses key issues—from LMR-to-LTE migration to user applications—that will be discussed during educational sessions during the event. The Critical LTE Communications Forum will be conducted on Nov. 2-3 at the McCormick Center in Chicago. For more information and to register, visit http://www.criticalltecommunications.net/.

Charles Werner, fire chief for the city of Charlottesville, Va., discusses how his department is using the SyTech RIOS gateway solution to effectively extend the coverage of its LMR radio network to cellular networks, as well as leveraging Apple iPADs that let fire personnel access key data to enhance their response efforts.

An evaluation team is in the process of selecting the best proposal to build the much-anticipated nationwide public-safety broadband network, but FirstNet ultimately will decide whether to execute a contract with the selected offeror team, FirstNet CEO Mike Poth said during today’s open board meeting.

Tim Romanelli, business development manager of RF Communications at Harris, and Dharmesh Tyagi, system architect director for Nokia Networks, discuss the capabilities of the Nokia network-in-a-box solution that supports public-safety applications like Harris BeOn, which enables LTE voice interoperability with P25 networks and a host of other functions.