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Upcoming Band 14 PTT devices ‘phenomenal,’ FirstNet Authority board member says

Not-yet-available push-to-talk LTE devices that are being evaluated in the FirstNet Authority laboratory should please public-safety users and are “getting very, very close” to the type of solutions first responders would want to replace land-mobile-radio (LMR) handsets, a FirstNet Authority board member said today. Neil Cox, chairman of the FirstNet Authority board’s Network and Technology […]

FirstNet surpasses marks for 75% Band 14 buildout, 1 million connections and 10,000 agencies subscribed

Deployment of FirstNet on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum is more than 75% complete, with the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) supporting more than 1 million connections from more than 10,000 subscribed first-responder agencies, according to statistics released yesterday by contractor AT&T. With the buildout update, AT&T has surpassed the FirstNet deployment goal set by […]

FLYMOTION: Ryan English demonstrates drone service with video, thermal-imaging capability during night responses

Ryan English, president and co-founder of FLYMOTION Unmanned Systems, showcases the ability of the company’s drone service to provide traditional video and thermal-images to help public-safety personnel better understand their surroundings, even when responding in darkness.English spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the recent Operation Convergent Response (OCR) 2019 event in Perry, Ga., […]

SES: Brady Spenrath highlights features of company’s MEO satellite that delivers higher speeds, lower latency

Brady Spenrath, senior specialist for SES, explains how the SES middle-earth-orbit (MEO) satellites are able to provide users with greater data throughput speeds and lower latency than traditional geosynchronous-earth-orbit (GEO) satellites, which are more than four times farther away from the earth than MEO satellites. For entities wanting additional reliability, SES can provide service that […]

L3Harris: Jeremy Elder outlines how company supports interoperability between P25 system and multiple LTE carriers

Jeremy Elder, director of product management for L3Harris, explains how the company’s IP-based VIDA platform and P25 ISSI can be leveraged to enable interoperable communications between users of P25 technology and those using push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) offerings from FirstNet and Verizon. This solution is being used by the city of Parma, Ohio. Elder spoke with IWCE’s […]

Cradlepoint: Lindsay Notwell talks about 5G challenges for public safety, how NetCloud can help first responders, IT staffs

Lindsay Notwell, Cradlepoint’s senior vice president of 5G strategy and global carrier operations, outlines some of the challenges associated with 5G for public safety and shows how Cradlepoint’s NetCloud platform can ease the secure installation and management of routers deployed in the field that support 3G/4G/5G connectivity. Notwell spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny […]
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