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Newscan: All Californians will soon be able to text 911 for help

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations All Californians will soon be able to text 911 for help Teslas may soon be able to call 911 FCC Democrats set to move on net neutrality, broadband subsidies Wi-Fi’s biggest upgrade in decades is starting to arrive Emerging tech gets off the ground amid pandemic response Nashville […]

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Autonomous dream could face a data logjam

As vehicles become increasingly connected, different stakeholders are looking to benefit from the information that connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) provide. However, as TU-Automotive contributor Nathan Eddy says, the key challenge is to ensure that the data is being intended to its intended location without delay. Data from or to the vehicles can be hampered by latency and packet […]

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2021 is when AI in public safety gets real

A perfect example of how “assistive” artificial intelligence–AI that aids first responders by highlighting information in real time–can make the public safer is a major traffic incident on the highway. Picture a scenario in which multiple vehicles have crashed, including a truck. This event can trigger dozens of calls from victims and passersby almost instantly, […]

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Newscan: FCC slams states caught using 911 dispatch funds for ‘other purposes’

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations FCC slams states caught using 911 dispatch funds for ‘other purposes’ FireEye, a top cybersecurity firm, says it was hacked by a nation-state FCC affirms designation of Huawei as a national-security threat The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters wouldn’t stop Senate confirms Trump FCC nominee Simington over […]

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Newscan: FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel calls for halt of T-Band auction

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel tells public safety she wants to halt T-Band auction Biden could face a deadlocked FCC Congress can rewrite the Telecom Act as it funds Internet infrastructure, panelists say Senate committee advances FCC nominee on party-line vote Barack Obama criticizes progressives over ‘defund the police,’ saying […]

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Carbyne partners with CentralSquare to offer integrated 911 portfolios

Cloud-based 911 solutions provider Carbyne announced a strategic technology partnership with legacy 911 vendor CentralSquare that is designed to let public-safety answering point (PSAP) customers benefit from the integration of the two companies’ offerings as the migrate to next-generation 911 (NG911). Carbyne CEO and founder Amir Elichai said the agreement will provide CentralSquare customers—users of […]

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NENA: Brian Rosen updates NG911 standards progress for Version 3 of i3

Brian Rosen, co-chair of the NENA i3 Architecture Group, provides a status update for Version 3 of the NENA i3 standard for next-generation 911 (NG911), which is entering its second public review and comment phase and could be finalized as early as March 2021. Version 3 of i3 includes several notable additions, including new […]

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RapidDeploy adds 911 mapping, analytics products to partnership with AT&T

RapidDeploy and AT&T announced an expansion of their relationship, allowing AT&T to offer 911 centers access to RapidDeploy RadiusPlus Mapping and Eclipse Analytics solutions, as well as continuing to a similar arrangement for RapidDeploy’s Nimbus cloud-aided dispatch platform, according to officials for the companies. RapidDeploy CEO and co-founder Steve Raucher said the 2018 CAD partnership […]

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Pininfarina Battista claims worldwide connectivity

Automobili Pininfarina’s Battista is claiming is claiming to be the world’s first BEV hypercar with worldwide connectivity. The luxury automaker has teamed up with Deutsche Telekom to offer Battista drivers access to online services in more than 50 countries around the globe. Every car will receive an embedded SIM and roaming technology. These components enable […]

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Motorola Solutions cites command-center success, LMR challenges during earnings call

Motorola Solutions highlighted growth in its video, services and command-center software businesses, which helped offset notable declines in the company’s land-mobile-radio (LMR) sales, company officials said this week. “I’m very pleased with the progress we’re making in our command-center software business,” Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. “Our command-center […]

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Newscan: All Californians will soon be able to text 911 for help

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Autonomous dream could face a data logjam

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2021 is when AI in public safety gets real

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Newscan: FCC slams states caught using 911 dispatch funds for ‘other purposes’

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Newscan: FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel calls for halt of T-Band auction

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Carbyne partners with CentralSquare to offer integrated 911 portfolios

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NENA: Brian Rosen updates NG911 standards progress for Version 3 of i3

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RapidDeploy adds 911 mapping, analytics products to partnership with AT&T

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Pininfarina Battista claims worldwide connectivity

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Motorola Solutions cites command-center success, LMR challenges during earnings call

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Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

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