Broadband Push-to-X

Softil tech selected to develop MCPTT devices for South Korean rail line

Softil this week announced that its BEEHD technology has been selected to build communication devices that will leverage mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) and other mission-critical-communications (MCC or MCX) standards set by 3GPP for use by KORAIL, South Korea’s national railroad network. BEEHD is a software development kit (SDK) that provides device manufacturers, application developers and service providers […]

Southern Linc turns to Ericsson for MCPTT with eMBMS, replacing Motorola Solutions WAVE 7000

Southern Linc—the southeast U.S. regional carrier that also provides communications for the Southern Company utility—is deploying Ericsson’s mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) solution with eMBMS broadcast capability that is scheduled to be used by utility workers by the end of the year, according to a Southern Linc official. Southern Linc’s network operates on 3 MHz of 800 MHz […]

Samsung unveils rugged enterprise device with programmable PTT button, integration with Microsoft Teams

Samsung this week introduced the Galaxy XCover Pro, a rugged smartphone for enterprise “frontline” employees that features programmable buttons that can be used to support push-to-talk (PTT) communication, including integration with the new “Walkie Talkie” capability in Microsoft Teams. Chris Briglin, Samsung Electronics America’s director of enterprise mobile product marketing, said Samsung hopes the XCover […]

AT&T’s Porter outlines hardening, deployable efforts to keep FirstNet users connected

AT&T is dedicated to providing FirstNet users with broadband access in any response scenario, whether it is through the carrier’s expanding terrestrial-network footprint or its growing portfolio of deployable solutions, according to Jason Porter, AT&T’s new senior vice president for the FirstNet program. “That’s our purpose and our mission,” Porter said an interview with IWCE’s […]

Texas A&M ITEC: Walt Magnussen previews next month’s Winter Institute public-safety workshops, field exercises

  Walt Magnussen, director of the Texas A&M University Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC), outlines the workshops and field exercises that will be conducted as part of the annual Winter Institute, which will be conducted Jan. 27-31 at the Disaster City facility on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas. Next month’s field […]
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