Broadband Push-to-X

Decades after 9/11, push-to-talk remains a first-responder challenge

BK Technologies, an equipment vendor to the public safety community, this week announced a new, interoperable push-to-talk (PTT) service for first responders. The offering is “designed to eliminate today’s barriers and enable all first responders to communicate regardless of which cellular network they use or PTToC [PTT over cellular] service they subscribe to, or even first responders […]

UK competition watchdog proposes price controls on Motorola Solutions’ Airwave system

Motorola Solutions could see its projected annual profits shrink by as much as $178 million for providing United Kingdom (UK)  public-safety personnel with mission-critical communications via the company’s nationwide Airwave TETRA network, according to a new proposal from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). CMA today released its proposal for price control on Airwave services […]

CMA again delays provisional-decision report on Motorola Solutions role in UK public-safety comms

A report outlining a provisional decision whether Motorola Solutions’ roles in United Kingdom (UK) public-safety communications—both the legacy Airwave TETRA system and the LTE-based Emergency Services Network (ESN)—should be altered has been delayed until October, according to a UK government watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today released a new administrative timeline for its […]

FirstNet officials share details on in-building offering that is free to public safety

FirstNet officials recently released more information about an in-building-coverage initiative that lets primary-agency customers install AT&T Cell Booster Pro devices—at no cost to the agency—in facilities that house public-safety personnel, such as fire stations and police headquarters. Matt Walsh, assistant vice president of products for AT&T’s FirstNet team, said the initial reaction to the in-building […]

T-Mobile, SpaceX unveil plans to ‘end dead zones’ and ‘save lives’ with satellite-direct-to-phone tech

T-Mobile yesterday announced plans to leverage SpaceX low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites deliver a lower-bandwidth service to existing cellular devices that is designed to eliminate most outdoor coverage gaps and provide a redundant path to deliver calls when terrestrial networks are incapacitated by a natural disaster. “This partnership has a vision that is the end of mobile […]
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