Critical Infrastructure

AT&T unveils FirstNet innovations, including HPUE, vertical location, deployable offerings

FirstNet subscribers now can access new technological capabilities that are designed to improve terrestrial LTE coverage, locate first responders, let agencies address coverage gaps quicker during incidents and enable interoperability between FirstNet PTT and LMR users, FirstNet contractor AT&T announced. Key FirstNet innovations unveiled yesterday as being available for public-safety use are: MegaRange, the FirstNet […]

Motorola Solutions launches MOTOTRBO Ion ‘smart radio’ with DMR, broadband capabilities

Motorola Solutions today announced the launch of the MOTOTRBO Ion, a “smart radio” that combines DMR narrowband voice capability with the broadband capabilities across carrier LTE, private LTE/CBRS and Wi-Fi into a rugged package that is designed to work in enterprise environments. Carlos Camps, Motorola Solutions’ director of engineering, noted the challenges of supporting narrowband […]
Verizon

Verizon calls on industry to provide ‘true interoperability’ to first-responder community

Telecommunications giant Verizon announced that it is working to create a broad industry coalition that would address the longstanding public-safety communications issue of “true interoperability” between first-responder entities, according to a Verizon executive. Andres Irlando—a Verizon senior vice president and president of the carrier’s Public Sector and Verizon Connect unit—said the company “has been working […]

Professor calls for 5G moratorium over health fears; Omdia begs to differ

t’s not what mobile network operators, suppliers and go-ahead governments want to hear. An essay by Professor John William Frank, published by the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, calls for a moratorium on further 5G rollout. Why? He wants further investigation into the next-gen tech’s “potentially harmful biological effects from radio frequency electromagnetic field […]
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