Critical Infrastructure

Upcoming Band 14 PTT devices ‘phenomenal,’ FirstNet Authority board member says

Not-yet-available push-to-talk LTE devices that are being evaluated in the FirstNet Authority laboratory should please public-safety users and are “getting very, very close” to the type of solutions first responders would want to replace land-mobile-radio (LMR) handsets, a FirstNet Authority board member said today. Neil Cox, chairman of the FirstNet Authority board’s Network and Technology […]

FirstNet MCPTT launch delayed until first quarter of 2020, AT&T says

Public-safety users will have to wait until the first quarter of next year to experience push-to-talk service compliant with the mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard on the FirstNet system, according to AT&T, the contractor tasked with building and maintaining the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN). AT&T yesterday provided the push-to-talk update as part of a press release […]

FirstNet surpasses marks for 75% Band 14 buildout, 1 million connections and 10,000 agencies subscribed

Deployment of FirstNet on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum is more than 75% complete, with the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) supporting more than 1 million connections from more than 10,000 subscribed first-responder agencies, according to statistics released yesterday by contractor AT&T. With the buildout update, AT&T has surpassed the FirstNet deployment goal set by […]

FLYMOTION: Ryan English demonstrates drone service with video, thermal-imaging capability during night responses

Ryan English, president and co-founder of FLYMOTION Unmanned Systems, showcases the ability of the company’s drone service to provide traditional video and thermal-images to help public-safety personnel better understand their surroundings, even when responding in darkness.English spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the recent Operation Convergent Response (OCR) 2019 event in Perry, Ga., […]

Robotic Assistance Devices: Ioan Pop outlines benefits of robot prototype in airport environment

Ioan Pop, vice president of engineering, describes features of Roameo, a prototype of a durable security-enhancement robot that can be customized to provide assorted forms of sensor data to airport security, as well as disseminate information via alerting, text or voice communications. Robotic Assistance Devices hopes to make the robot commercially available next year. Pop spoke […]
Group announces successful test of multi-vendor MCPTT call with end-to-end security

Group announces successful test of multi-vendor MCPTT call with end-to-end security

Secure voice communications can be delivered using 3GPP’s mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard across solutions provided by multiple vendors, according to tests recently announced by Bittium, Athonet, Nemergent and the Mission Critical Open Platform (MCOP) project. Fidel Liberal, coordinator for MCOP, said the testing—conducted this fall at the ETSI MCX plugtests event in Finland—is a big step […]

Asylon: Michael Quiroga demonstrates automated battery-exchange system for company’s drones

Michael Quiroga, Asylon’s chief revenue officer, demonstrates how the company’s autonomous drone service includes an automated battery-swap capability that allows Asylon drones to spend more time in the air. Quiroga spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson last week during the Operation Convergent Response (OCR) 2019 event in Perry, Ga., that was co-sponsored by […]

Qwake Technologies: Bryce Stirton of Responder Corp explains how C-THRU technology can help firefighters navigate smoky rooms

Bryce Stirton, co-founder and president of Responder Corp, explains how Qwake’s C-THRU augmented-reality (AR) technology is designed to help firefighters navigate safely in smoke-filled environments. Qwake Technologies officials hope to bring this technology to market as early as 2020. Stirton spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson last week during the Operation Convergent Response […]
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