Newscan: 911 Grant Program now accepting applications to upgrade nation’s call centers

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  Mike Mitchell, technology assistant commander game warden for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s law-enforcement division, explains some of the challenges his personnel faces in remote areas and difficult RF environments, including along the Texas-Mexico border. Despite these obstacles, Mitchell said his department is beginning to leverage mobile broadband applications and deployable solutions. Mitchell […]

Gary Monetti, founder and managing director of Monetti & Associates consulting and engineering, talks about the recognition of a potential intersection between satellite services—particularly with the implementation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations—and the Internet of Things (IoT) industry that is seeking connectivity solutions for sensors that may be located outside the coverage range of […]

  Mark Raczynski (left), General Dynamics Mission Systems’ product manager for public-safety deployable systems, and Tim O’Connell, Rescue 42’s president, CEO and CTO, showcase the capabilities of FirstRunner, a versatile, deployable LTE tower that is designed to be set up quickly–even in locations that other deployable solutions might not be able to access. Raczynski and […]