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UK Home Office awards Motorola Solutions with 15-month ESN extension worth more than $100 million

Motorola Solutions has been awarded a 15-month contract extension worth 82 million pounds (more than $104 million) to supply Kodiak push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) and other Emergency Services Network (ESN) services for United Kingdom (UK) public-safety agencies through December 2024. In addition to adding time and money to Motorola Solutions’ previous ESN contract, the no-competition contract extension […]

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PSCR: Dereck Orr previews annual stakeholder meeting July 9-11 in Chicago

Dereck Orr, chief of the Public Safety Communication Research (PSCR) division within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), highlights some of the notable keynotes, educations and technology demonstrations that will be part of the 11th annual Broadband Stakeholder Meeting. This year’s event will be conducted July 9-11 in Chicago.

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Newscan: Former rescue-squad volunteer to lose amateur license after unauthorized transmissions on city radio system

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Former rescue-squad volunteer to lose amateur license after unauthorized transmissions on city radio system Oregon passes bill punishing racist 911 callers Op-ed: Racially biased 911 calls are a huge problem. This isn’t a solution. Merger of 911, 311 call center leads to longer emergency call-answering times, more abandoned […]

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Newscan: U.S. escalates online attacks on Russia’s power grid

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations U.S. escalates online attacks on Russia’s power grid Utilities ‘are the new cyber battlefield’ as the U.S. ramps up pressure on Russia’s electric grid ‘Massive failure’ in power grid causes blackout in Argentina and Uruguay Blackout leaves tens of millions in the dark in Argentina and Uruguay Earthquake […]

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ESN program director says most of UK public-safety LTE system will be finished in fall 2020

First responders in the United Kingdom (UK) should be able to use push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) technology on the Emergency Services Network (ESN) nationwide public-safety LTE network next year, according to Bryan Clark, Home Office’s program director leading the ESN project. Clark made the statements during his keynote presentation the Mission Critical Technologies (MCT) even in London […]

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UK official highlights importance of ESN, technological transitions for nation’s public safety

United Kingdom (UK) first responders need to migrate from “sub-optimal” legacy platforms to modern-technology systems such as the Emergency Services Network (ESN), but all key players in the initiatives need to “get our act together” to make the vision a reality, according to a key UK government official. Nick Hurd, UK minister of state for […]

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Verizon deploys networks at U.S. Navy installations in southern California

U.S. Navy personnel and others who frequent Naval Base Coronado in southern California are benefiting from better communications after Verizon was allowed to deploy small cells and macro sites on military installations that deliver 4G LTE today and can provide a foundation to 5G coverage in the future, according to Verizon officials. Steve Lamb, Verizon […]

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Siyata Mobile receives certification for use on FirstNet, AT&T networks

Siyata Mobile recently announced that its Uniden UV350 in-vehicle LTE device—known for its voice clarity and volume, even in noisy environment—has been approved as a FirstNet Ready solution and as a certified device on the AT&T commercial network. Glenn Kennedy, Siyata Mobile’s vice president of sales, said Siyata Mobile was notified of both certifications simultaneously, […]

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Five companies showcase enhanced application capabilities at Verizon’s 5G First Responder Lab

Verizon recently conducted an event demonstrating the capabilities that five companies working in the carrier’s 5G First Responder Lab can bring to public-safety users when connected to Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network that operates on hundreds of megahertz of millimeter-wave spectrum. “We’ve been working with those five companies to inspire them, to explore and build […]

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AT&T expects to complete 80% of FirstNet next year, as well as nationwide 5G on spectrum below 6 GHz

AT&T expects to complete 80% of its contracted FirstNet deployment for 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum next fall, and the FirstNet effort is helping the carrier realize its 5G vision on sub-6 GHz spectrum, a company official said last week. “FirstNet is a huge opportunity for us, and—quite frankly—it’s also a mission,” Scott Mair, AT&T’s […]

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UK Home Office awards Motorola Solutions with 15-month ESN extension worth more than $100 million

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PSCR: Dereck Orr previews annual stakeholder meeting July 9-11 in Chicago

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Newscan: Former rescue-squad volunteer to lose amateur license after unauthorized transmissions on city radio system

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Newscan: U.S. escalates online attacks on Russia’s power grid

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ESN program director says most of UK public-safety LTE system will be finished in fall 2020

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UK official highlights importance of ESN, technological transitions for nation’s public safety

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Verizon deploys networks at U.S. Navy installations in southern California

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Siyata Mobile receives certification for use on FirstNet, AT&T networks

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Five companies showcase enhanced application capabilities at Verizon’s 5G First Responder Lab

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AT&T expects to complete 80% of FirstNet next year, as well as nationwide 5G on spectrum below 6 GHz

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