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Members of the House Commerce Committee on Wednesday discussed aspects of an $85 billion infrastructure bill that includes $12 billion for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployment, but hopes for the proposal were dampened when President Donald Trump halted talks with Democrats in a separate meeting that was happening at the same time. Introduced last week, H.R. […]

Ultra-rugged LTE device maker Sonim Technologies today began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market, a step that reflects the burgeoning open-standards environment that is developing with the establishment of public-safety and critical-infrastructure broadband initiatives, according to Sonim CEO Bob Plaschke. “This is another milestone in a path that was driven by a lot of brave […]

LAS VEGAS—Larry Hicks, president of engineering at InterTalk Critical Information Systems, used his keynote speech at IWCE 2019 to discuss the overwhelming amount of data that flows through our lives, and how this data needs to be focused before it can be useful to public safety. “Dispatch is more than just taking calls and coordinating […]

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Emergency sirens in two Texas cities not working on Tuesday after being hacked, officials say California to give ‘future-proof’ upgrades to RapidDeploy technology in all 911 centers Small cells offer an incentive to move antennas from towers—Engel Critical weather data threatened by FCC spectrum proposal, according to Commerce […]