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Delays associated with overbudget ESN in UK could generate additional Airwave TETRA revenues for Motorola Solutions

Delays associated with overbudget ESN in UK could generate additional Airwave TETRA revenues for Motorola Solutions

Delays and uncertainties surrounding the Emergency Services Network (ESN) mean that some United Kingdom (UK) public-safety personnel likely will need the Airwave TETRA network for at least one extra year beyond the current December 2022 target date to retire the Motorola Solutions-owned system, according to UK officials. UK Home Office officials initially planned to have […]

WiMAX Forum: Mo Shakouri outlines benefits of WiGrid, AeroMACS technologies for private networks

Mo Shakouri, chairman of the board for the WiMAX Forum, explains how WiGRID and AeroMACS technology are designed use licensed spectrum to let critical-infrastructure entities build mission-critical private networks as alternatives to services provided by cellular operators. Shakouri spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during pre-conference activities at the IoT World event in […]

Sonim Technologies’ IPO a tribute to public-safety vision for open-standards ecosystem, CEO says

Ultra-rugged LTE device maker Sonim Technologies today began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market, a step that reflects the burgeoning open-standards environment that is developing with the establishment of public-safety and critical-infrastructure broadband initiatives, according to Sonim CEO Bob Plaschke. “This is another milestone in a path that was driven by a lot of brave […]

Southern Linc offers ‘Basic MCPTT’ and ‘High Performance MCPTT,’ shuts down legacy iDEN system for LTE

Southern Linc—the southeast U.S. regional carrier that also provides communications for the Southern Company utility—is leveraging its 800 MHz LTE network to provide two flavors of mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) service to customers, according to Southern Linc officials. Southern Linc was long known for its iDEN network, but the carrier recently completed a transition to LTE that […]

Ohio entities seek to use ISSI to make first interoperable link between FirstNet and P25 systems from Harris, Tait

Public-safety entities in the state of Ohio hope to begin testing an interoperability solution that is designed to link FirstNet push-to-talk service with Harris P25 systems—and possibly a Tait P25 network—by leveraging P25 Inter RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI) technology, according to officials involved in the project. Alan Close, owner of Cleveland Communications (CCI)—the Harris dealer […]

Motorola Solutions provides insight into company’s progress on MCPTT, MCData, MCVideo

Motorola Solutions’ broadband push-to-talk offering—driven by Kodiak technology acquired in 2017—meets most of the 3GPP standard for mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT), but the lack of available proximity services (ProSe) chipsets remains the biggest hurdle to being fully MCPTT-compliant, according to company official. AT&T recently announced the availability its upgraded Enhanced Push to Talk (EPTT) […]
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