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L3Harris to unveil device to meet new NFPA code in mid-May, source says

L3Harris next month will announce a new radio that is designed to meet the new National Fire Protection Association (NPFA) 1802 standard for communications devices that requires handsets to be able to withstand extreme conditions and provide “black box” recording, according to a source familiar with the matter. L3Harris is expected to unveil the new […]

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Newscan: Can AI give California an edge in the fight against wildfires?

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Can AI give California an edge in the fight against wildfires? GCHQ chief warns of tech ‘moment of reckoning’ Integration will let dispatchers livestream body-cam video Report: How state governance bodies can help thwart cybersecurity attacks National 911 Program publishes resource on NG911 transition for telecommunicators Text-to-911 now […]

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FCC closes book on 800 MHz rebanding after almost 17 years

FCC commissioners yesterday voted unanimously to end the 800 MHz rebanding program, bringing a formal end to the almost-17-year initiative that was designed to mitigate much of the interference that some public-safety LMR systems received from the cellular networks now owned by T-Mobile, after the carrier merged with Sprint. “I am pleased to say that […]

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FirstNet adoption expands to more than 16,000 agencies, 2.2 million connections

FirstNet’s nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) supported more than 2.2 million connections for more than 16,000 subscribing agencies as of March 31, according to figures released today by AT&T, the contractor responsible for building and maintaining the NPSBN for its first 25 years. AT&T does not release precise figures regarding FirstNet adoption, but the latest […]

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Newscan: Chinese hackers compromise dozens of government agencies, defense contractors

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Chinese hackers compromise dozens of government agencies, defense contractors Video captures cop fatally shooting fleeing suspect on California highway Florida task force sounds alarm bell on police radio network Broadband as a utility could happen in New York, if bill is passed What early users of SpaceX’s Starlink […]

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Florida secures radio-system revenue for five years, agencies await clarity on statewide LMR

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that calls for a five-year extension of an important revenue source for the State Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) while law-enforcement agencies await financial clarity about their L3Harris-run LMR communications from state lawmakers that are scheduled to end their session next week. Florida state officials have stated multiple times […]

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Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) to shut down

After three years of existence, the non-profit Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) will cease operations within 45 days as officials say they believe that the organization achieved its primary goal to promote public safety’s use of open-standard technologies. “PSTA achieved its mission,” PSTA board member Jeff Johnson said during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications. […]

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Klobuchar pledges support for NG911 funding, does not address specifics of proposal

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)—a co-chair of the Congressional Next-Gen 911 Caucus—vowed to sponsor legislation once again that calls for at least $12 billion in federal funding to upgrade public-safety answering points (PSAPs) to next-generation-911 (NG911) technology, but she did not release any details of her proposal. Two years ago, Klobuchar sponsored the “Next Generation 911 […]

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Newscan: Cincinnati to pay $6 million to settle suit in death of Kyle Plush who called 911

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Cincinnati to pay $6 million to settle suit in death of Kyle Plush who called 911 100,000 people ask Biden, will you break that 2-2 FCC deadlock already? No password required: Mobile carrier exposes data for millions of accounts 911 dispatchers honored Compromised Exchange server hosting cryptojacker targeting […]

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First NENA i3-compliant NG911 call to be delivered today in California, officials say

A California county today is expected to deliver what is believed to be the first end-to-end call to a 911 public-safety answering point (PSAP) that meets the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) i3 standard for next-generation 911 (NG911), according to officials with the state of California and NENA. Budge Currier, 911 and emergency-communications branch manager […]

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L3Harris to unveil device to meet new NFPA code in mid-May, source says

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Newscan: Can AI give California an edge in the fight against wildfires?

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FCC closes book on 800 MHz rebanding after almost 17 years

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FirstNet adoption expands to more than 16,000 agencies, 2.2 million connections

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Newscan: Chinese hackers compromise dozens of government agencies, defense contractors

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Florida secures radio-system revenue for five years, agencies await clarity on statewide LMR

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Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) to shut down

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Klobuchar pledges support for NG911 funding, does not address specifics of proposal

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Newscan: Cincinnati to pay $6 million to settle suit in death of Kyle Plush who called 911

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First NENA i3-compliant NG911 call to be delivered today in California, officials say

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