Video IWCE: Stephanie McCall highlights features of Virtual Connections portal 15th May 2020 Stephanie McCall, show director of IWCE, talks about the new Virtual Connections portal, which can be found at https://virtualconnections.iwceexpo.com/. This portal provides visitors with free access to two weeks of daily webinars–available for live participation, as well as on-demand viewing–and a hearty choice of multimedia information about the Virtual Connections sponsors. The first live webinar […]
Partner content Cisco takes a coronavirus beating as profits fall 14th May 2020 Cisco is not having a good pandemic. While parts of the technology sector are still viewed as a relatively safe haven, the world’s biggest maker of Internet switches and routers has just posted an 8% fall in revenues, to about $12 billion, and a 9% drop in net income, to roughly $2.8 billion, for the […]
Audio Zebra Technologies: Alex Cooper highlights findings from public-safety survey 14th May 2020 Alex Cooper, Zebra Technologies’ director of government and field-service strategy, discusses results from the company’s global survey of public-safety decision makers, which revealed that most recognize the value of mobile technologies to first responders, even though many indicated they are not able to implement new solutions as quickly as they would like. You can […]
Partner content FirstNet, AT&T begin edging toward 5G 12th May 2020 AT&T today counts more than 1.3 million FirstNet connections across more than 12,000 public-safety agencies – an impressive feat given that AT&T first launched FirstNet services just two years ago. It’s also notable considering that, so far, 5G is nowhere to be found inside FirstNet’s portfolio despite 2020 being hyped as the “year of 5G.” However, the […]
Partner content Optimizing IoT power consumption 12th May 2020 One of the greatest barriers to IoT technology is the implementation of sustainable, functional deployment. The multifunctionality of the Internet of Things (IoT) comes at a cost in terms of power. While traditional battery power is the most obvious solution for remote applications, it’s not always economical. First, battery capacity may be insufficient for emerging […]
News Motorola Solutions sees COVID-19 dip in enterprise LMR but claims no LTE cannibalization 11th May 2020 Motorola Solutions saw a notable decline in land-mobile-radio (LMR) sales during the first quarter and expects a much bigger drop during the second quarter amid the COVID-19-driven economic collapse, but the company is confident in the future of its mission-critical offerings when the pandemic is over, CEO Greg Brown said last week. Speaking during Motorola […]
Audio Motorola Solutions: John Touvannas highlights new APX NEXT features, future plans 10th May 2020 John Touvannas, Motorola Solutions’ director of product management, describes the functionality included in the new SmartMessaging and SmartMapping applications that are available through on the APX NEXT, the company’s P25 radio that includes LTE connectivity.
News COVID-19 pandemic having mixed impacts on in-building projects for public-safety communications 8th May 2020 Most aspects of the economy have slowed or halted completely in the wake of measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, but the pandemic is resulting in certain in-building communications projects being accelerated, according to an official at in-building solutions provider ADRF. Dennis Burns, ADRF’s director of public safety, said the company is very busy […]
News Airgain integrated antenna-HPUE modem promises to double effective Band 14 range 7th May 2020 Airgain today announced AirgainConnect AC-HPUE, an antenna-modem that is designed to double the LTE coverage range of a mobile router by integrating a 700 MHz Band 14 high-power-user-equipment (HPUE) modem into the antenna, enabling 10 times the transmit power of a typical roof-mounted antenna. AirgainConnect AC-HPUE integrates a FirstNet Ready Band 14 HPUE modem from […]
Partner content Loon nabs partnership with AT&T, but not necessarily revenues 7th May 2020 Loon – the Internet-from-balloons provider that sprung from Google’s R&D labs – announced a new partnership with AT&T. The companies’ agreement essentially paves the way for Loon to deploy its balloons more quickly for AT&T or other operators around the world. “Under the partnership, we have successfully integrated the Loon system with AT&T’s network. This […]
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