Hourua: Vaughan Matthews, Lincoln Mackay outline public-safety broadband progress in New Zealand

Vaughan Matthews, Hourua's general manager and head of business, and Lincoln Mackay, Hourua's head of technology, describe the progress that Hourua--a joint venture of multiple commercial carriers--is making in its goal to deliver public-safety broadband in New Zealand.

Donny Jackson, Editor

July 6, 2024

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Vaughan Matthews, Hourua's general manager and head of business, and Lincoln Mackay, Hourua's head of technology, describe the progress that Hourua--a joint venture of multiple commercial carriers--is making in its goal to deliver public-safety broadband in New Zealand. Matthews and Mackay spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications editor Donny Jackson during the 5x5: The Public Safety Innovation Summit 2024 that was conducted during the last week of June in Chicago.

About the Author

Donny Jackson

Editor, Urgent Communications

Donny Jackson is director of content for Urgent Communications. Before joining UC in 2003, he covered telecommunications for four years as a freelance writer and as news editor for Telephony magazine. Prior to that, he worked for suburban newspapers in the Dallas area, serving as editor-in-chief for the Irving News and the Las Colinas Business News.

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