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How first responders—and the public—count on wireless communications, even indoors

It is not merely a convenience that cellular connectivity is available throughout a building; it literally can be the difference between life and death.

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Kodiak: Bruce Lawler highlights rural deployment, application integrations, MCPTT future

Bruce Lawler, Kodiak chief product officer and co-founder, describes how the company’s carrier-integrated push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) solution is being used in a rural Texas county, as well as highlighting efforts to integrate applications with the Kodiak offering. Lawler also discusses Kodiak’s positioning as the industry pursues commercial availability of the mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard approved last year.

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Motorola Solutions: Fred Chavis showcases prototype for LTE eNodeB, EPC and application server in a box

Fred Chavis, Motorola Solutions’ senior manager of public-safety LTE global trials, showcases the LXN-500, which houses an LTE eNodeB, evolved packet core (EPC) and application server in a single unit that is designed for use in remote and rural areas outside of the coverage footprint for a network provider like FirstNet.

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VNC: Gary Monetti, Mohan Tammisetti demonstrate ‘take the network with you’ solution for public-safety LTE

Gary Monetti (left) and Mohan Tammisetti of Virtual Network Communications (VNC) demonstrate how the company’s portable Greencell eNodeB and vCore enhanced packet core (EPC) with IP media subsystem (IMS) functionality can be combined to deliver LTE connectivity, even when the user is outside of the footprint of a fixed terrestrial network.

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Pepro: CEO Vic Garmong deploys company’s new LTE tower in less than 10 minutes

Pepro CEO Vic Garmong demonstrates the HCLP 300, his company’s new high-capacity, low-profile deployable LTE tower that is designed for network providers–such as FirstNet or a commercial carrier–to provide coverage quickly in locations that are outside of the normal footprint or to offset a network outage.

News

FirstNet officials outline vision for organization’s testing operations in Colorado lab

FirstNet’s new laboratory will conduct testing to ensure that core public-safety devices, network features, capabilities and services will meet the reliability and performance requirements of first responders, although details will not be revealed until the nationwide contractor award is made, according to FirstNet officials.

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Rivada claims Altan won Mexico’s Red Compartida award ‘through improper and perhaps criminal means’

A South Carolina federal court this week cleared the path for Rivada Networks to depose Richard Keith, a South Carolina consultant whose testimony is expected to support Rivada’s allegations that the winning Altan consortium bid for the Mexico government’s Red Compartida network was prepared in violation of Mexican law.

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Rivada Networks sues to contest bid disqualification in Mexico, alleges procurement-related robbery

Rivada Networks files suit in a Mexican federal court in an attempt to have its Red Compartida bid—a proposal to build and operate a nationwide 700 MHz wholesale LTE network in Mexico—evaluated after Mexico’s government disqualified Rivada for failing to provide a bid bond for the project by the bid deadline, according to a company spokesman.

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Newscan: Verizon is testing drones for providing emergency cell service

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Verizon is testing drones for providing emergency cell service DHS nurtures wearable tech for responders Lawmakers want to know why agencies haven’t implemented next-generation 911 N.Y. counties call for bigger cut of 911 cell-phone fees Security vs. privacy: The endless fiery debate continues U.S. Cellular’s 5G tests show […]

Commentary

Some in-building policy coordination today could reap big communications benefits in the future

If in-building efforts and reliability standards can be aligned effectively, the potential impact for both public-safety and commercial communications could be tremendous.

Commentary

How first responders—and the public—count on wireless communications, even indoors

Video

Kodiak: Bruce Lawler highlights rural deployment, application integrations, MCPTT future

Video

Motorola Solutions: Fred Chavis showcases prototype for LTE eNodeB, EPC and application server in a box

Video

VNC: Gary Monetti, Mohan Tammisetti demonstrate ‘take the network with you’ solution for public-safety LTE

Video

Pepro: CEO Vic Garmong deploys company’s new LTE tower in less than 10 minutes

News

FirstNet officials outline vision for organization’s testing operations in Colorado lab

News

Rivada claims Altan won Mexico’s Red Compartida award ‘through improper and perhaps criminal means’

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Rivada Networks sues to contest bid disqualification in Mexico, alleges procurement-related robbery

News

Newscan: Verizon is testing drones for providing emergency cell service

Commentary

Some in-building policy coordination today could reap big communications benefits in the future

Commentary

LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command

Partnership and collaboration must be the foundation for emergency communications

FirstNet success means no hypothetical ‘shots’ need to be fired, Swenson says

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