Federal Government/Military

FirstNet Authority set to unveil investment roadmap within weeks, officials say

BALTIMORE—By the end of this month, the FirstNet Authority hopes to release the initial roadmap outlining organizational priorities for investing potentially more than $15 billion into the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband system being built by AT&T, FirstNet Authority officials said yesterday. Jeremy Zollo, FirstNet Authority executive director for enterprise strategy, said that FirstNet Authority officials […]

Siyata Mobile: Glenn Kennedy talks about phablet, FirstNet certification, AT&T applications

  Glenn Kennedy, Siyata Mobile’s vice president of sales, outlines some recent wins for the company’s Uniden UV350 phablet, which has received FirstNet certification and earned a $1 million school-bus contract during the past few months. This week, Siyata Mobile announced that UV350 supports the AT&T Workforce Manager application and the carrier’s enhanced push-to-talk (EPTT) […]

Motorola Solutions bullish on video, control-center offerings, projects little revenue from FirstNet

Motorola Solutions’ recent purchases of companies in the video-security and command-center spaces are paying dividends, but being a partner on AT&T’s FirstNet team is not helping the company’s bottom line, Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown said yesterday. Brown highlighted the acquisitions—the most recent of which was a $271 million purchase of WatchGuard, a private vehicle-camera […]

Univ. of Colorado: Max Hollingsworth outlines public-safety benefits of mobile edge computing, heterogeneous networks

  Max Hollingsworth, a computer-science student at the University of Colorado, explains how software-driven mobile edge computing can help improve communication performance for first responders in the field and how leveraging heterogeneous broadband networks–for example, proposed CBRS systems operating in the 3.5 GHz band–can improve network resiliency and availability for public safety. Hollingsworth spoke with […]

Motorola Solutions exec shares company’s approach toward AI, development of other innovative technologies

Motorola Solutions is exploring the capabilities of artificial intelligence and other new technologies, but the public-safety communications giant is striving to use them in a manner that improves the mission workflow and lets human beings make the ultimate decisions, according to a company executive. Paul Steinberg, Motorola Solutions’ senior vice president of technology, acknowledged that […]

Univ. of Cincinnati: Howard Fan outlines how ProSe tech can deliver location information

  Howard Fan, a professor at the University of Cincinnati, explains how Proximity Service (ProSe) technology—the LTE standard for direct-mode communications—can be leveraged to determine the location of a user, even when network infrastructure is unavailable. Fan spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the PSCR Public Safety Broadband Stakeholders Meeting conducted this […]
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