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Emergency-vehicle pilot aims to reduce first-responder travel time

LYT, a connected traffic technology company, has entered a new partnership with the City of Elk Grove in California to test its emergency vehicle preemption (EVP) solution, designed to improve emergency vehicle safety and reduce travel time for first responders. The technology works by preemptively alerting traffic lights to the presence of emergency vehicles, adjusting […]

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Viasat direct-to-device plans have lift-off after Inmarsat merger

Viasat’s president, Guru Gowrappan, pointed to direct-to-device (D2D), space-to-space and multi-orbit communications as examples of prominent emerging technologies in the satellite industry during the opening of the company’s new international headquarters in London. While this wave of innovation in the satellite communications sector represents a host of new opportunities, there are also challenges, not least […]

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EV charging stations still riddled with cybersecurity vulnerabilities

The increasing popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) isn’t just a favorite for gas-conscious consumers, but also for cybercriminals who focus on using EV charging stations to launch far-reaching attacks. This is because every charging point, whether inside a private garage or on a public parking lot, is online and running a variety of software that […]

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DoD officials gear up for spectrum sharing ‘moonshot’

Top US military officials reiterated the Pentagon’s interest in spectrum sharing during a media event this week, describing the technology as a “moonshot” that would help the US maintain an advantage against its rivals both economically and militarily. “This is a monumental event,” DoD CIO John Sherman said Monday at a Washington, DC, event. “I […]

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Sat-to-phone ambitions may need course corrections

Much of the opening banter about satellite-to-phone services at the recent Satellite 2024 trade show in Washington, DC, bubbled with optimism that connectivity from space would soon lift off from being a slide in a PowerPoint deck to become a routine notification icon on a smartphone’s screen. “The total addressable market is almost as big as the entire satellite […]

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Plum Laboratories showcases Starlink-ready case

Plum Laboratories recently announced the Plum Venture SR, a Starlink-ready Plum case that integrates a Starlink standard or GEN3 antenna with Plum’s antenna-array and power-bank capabilities. Plum Laboratories Owner and Lead Director Asha Moran said the Plum Venture SR enhances the company’s Plum Venture product by leveraging connectivity from the Starlink low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, […]

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Leaders outline struggles, benefits associated with ‘journey’ to NG911

ORLANDO—Migrating public-safety answering points (PSAPs) to an IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) platform is challenging and can include setbacks, leaders of two high-profile NG911 deployment efforts in the states of California and Texas said during an IWCE 2024 conference session. Budge Currier (pictured above), assistant director of public-safety communications for California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services […]

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ADRF: Jim Lilienfeld outlines benefits of company’s converged in-building solution

Jim Lilienfeld, ADRF’s senior manager for the southeast U.S., highlights features of the company’s converged in-building solution that can support public-safety broadband communications from all three U.S. nationwide carriers, as well as connectivity for consumers–for personal use and to call 911 when emergency incidents occur. To learn more about ADRF, IWCE 2024 attendees can […]

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Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

Recently there was an article titled “LMR remains most reliable technology for public-safety communications,” written by the executive director of the Forestry Conservation Communications Association (“FCCA”). To some extent there are some truths to that, but it is not an absolute. Indeed, it is far from it. There were some assertions in the article that […]

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Rescue 42: Tim O’Connell outlines capabilities of Network Systems Deployable (NSD), Deployable Networks as a Service (DNaaS) offerings

Rescue 42 President, CEO and CTO Tim O’Connell describes the functionality of his company’s Network Systems Deployable (NSD) and Deployable Networks as a Service (DNaaS) products that can work with a variety of carrier systems. IWCE 2024 attendees can learn more about Rescue 42 by visiting company officials at Booth #1333 in the exhibit […]

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Emergency-vehicle pilot aims to reduce first-responder travel time

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Viasat direct-to-device plans have lift-off after Inmarsat merger

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EV charging stations still riddled with cybersecurity vulnerabilities

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DoD officials gear up for spectrum sharing ‘moonshot’

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Sat-to-phone ambitions may need course corrections

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Plum Laboratories showcases Starlink-ready case

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Leaders outline struggles, benefits associated with ‘journey’ to NG911

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ADRF: Jim Lilienfeld outlines benefits of company’s converged in-building solution

Commentary

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

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Rescue 42: Tim O’Connell outlines capabilities of Network Systems Deployable (NSD), Deployable Networks as a Service (DNaaS) offerings

Commentary

September 3GPP Plenary: 6G officially begins, Release 19 on track

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

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Check out key takeaways from Disaster Management Symposium webinars, register to view archives

Video: Opening of the Expo Hall on day three of IWCE 2023

Lynk CEO Charles Miller: The sky’s the limit

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IWCE 2019 Wrap Up