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AT&T FirstNet: Fred Scalera highlights capabilities, increased use of SatCOLT deployable systems

  Fred Scalera, director of public-safety strategy and policy for AT&T FirstNet describes many key features associated with the FirstNet deployable program, which includes a fleet of 72 satellite-cell-on-light-truck (SatCOLT) vehicles that are available to FirstNet subscribers—at no additional no cost—when terrestrial-network coverage is unavailable or extra capacity is needed. Nationwide, these SatCOLT are being […]

FirstRunner: Mark Raczynski, Tim O’Connell demonstrate quick setup of versatile deployable solution

  Mark Raczynski (left), General Dynamics Mission Systems’ product manager for public-safety deployable systems, and Tim O’Connell, Rescue 42’s president, CEO and CTO, showcase the capabilities of FirstRunner, a versatile, deployable LTE tower that is designed to be set up quickly–even in locations that other deployable solutions might not be able to access. Raczynski and […]

FirstNet Authority conducting public-safety outreach to inform reinvestment decisions in nationwide system

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS—Findings from outreach workshops with first-responder entities during the next several months will be used to help develop the FirstNet Authority’s roadmap that will outline the organization’s plans to invest about $15 billion into the FirstNet system during the next 23 years, according to a FirstNet Authority official. Last month, the FirstNet Authority […]

Texas Parks & Wildlife: Mike Mitchell contrasts communications demands, challenges in rural vs. urban settings

  Mike Mitchell, technology assistant commander game warden for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s law-enforcement division, explains some of the challenges his personnel faces in remote areas and difficult RF environments, including along the Texas-Mexico border. Despite these obstacles, Mitchell said his department is beginning to leverage mobile broadband applications and deployable solutions. Mitchell […]

MCOP: Fidel Liberal details MCPTT progress, remaining hurdles

  Fidel Liberal, coordinator of the Mission Critical Open Platform (MCOP), talks about the organization’s development platform and provides updates on some of the key issues associated with the mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard, including proximity services (ProSe), group calls via eMBMS, and latency factors–even when 5G connectivity is available. Liberal spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor […]

ITEC: Walt Magnussen recaps highlights of Winter Institute, outlines future plans for event

  Walt Magnussen, director of the Texas A&M University Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC), provides an overview of this week’s Winter Institute, which provides a real-world environment for first responders to “experiment” with cutting-edge communications in a real-world disaster-response scenario, and outlines goals for next January’s event. The Winter Institute is conducted at the Disaster […]

AT&T FirstNet highlights new EPTT features, future promise of MCPTT

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS—Push-to-talk services over the FirstNet system being built by AT&T already are being leveraged and more use cases are developing as the offering rapidly evolves toward a mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT)-compliant solution during the next few years, according to an AT&T FirstNet official. AT&T’s existing enhanced push-to-talk (EPTT) product—a carrier-integrated product provided by Kodiak, which […]
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