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Video-streaming service from KSI Data Sciences designed to enhance public-safety situational awareness

Drones and robots increasingly are being used to gather reconnaissance video to improve response efforts, but the footage often has been available only to personnel near the drone pilot without considerable delay. FirstNet hopes to address this problem with MissionKeeper from KSI Data Sciences, a cloud-based platform that supports near-real-time streaming of video that can […]

New technologies drive code advancements for in-building public-safety communications

In-building coverage is a significant challenge for first-responder emergency communications, according to an International Fire Chiefs Association report based on a Safer Buildings Coalition survey conducted in 2018. According to the report, 98% of emergency responders said that they were having problems with their communication because of dead spots in a building, while 56% said […]

Verizon teams leverage broadband solutions to support wildfire responders’ communications

Members of the Verizon Response Team (VRT) are using a variety of solutions to deliver broadband communications to public-safety agencies battling wildfires throughout the U.S.—at no additional cost—as part of the carrier’s Verizon Frontline offering, according to a Verizon official. Cory Davis, director of Verizon Response and public-safety operations, said the VRT has been “super […]

FirstNet tops 2.5 million connections and 17,000 agencies, AT&T exec says

FirstNet continued its steady subscriber growth during the first half of the year, supporting more than 17,000 public-safety agencies with more than 2.5 million connections, according to an executive from AT&T, the contractor building and maintaining the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN). AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh provided the updated FirstNet-adoption metrics today, which represent […]
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