FirstNet, Built by AT&T / Samsung: Bob Fowler, Timothy Paul explain MCPTT/LMR interworking, coverage extension

Timothy Paul (left) of Samsung and Bob Fowler of AT&T's FirstNet unit describe how Samsung's interworking (working with Etherstack technology) supports LMR/LTE public-safety communications that is being trialed. Fowler also shows how features on an L3Harris XL portable device support coverage extension.

Donny Jackson, Editor

August 9, 2024

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Timothy Paul (left) of Samsung and Bob Fowler of AT&T's FirstNet unit describe how Samsung's interworking (working with Etherstack technology) supports LMR/LTE public-safety communications that is being trialed. Fowler also shows how features on an L3Harris XL portable device support coverage extension. Fowler and Paul spoke with IWCE's Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the APCO 2024 event conducted this week in Orlando.

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Donny Jackson

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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