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Samsung unveils Galaxy S10 line with immediate FirstNet support, foldable device, 5G phone later in the year

Samsung this week launched three Galaxy S10 models featuring fingerprint, camera and battery technologies—as well as FirstNet certification—that are expected to appeal to public-safety users, while also using the event to unveil a foldable device and 5G smartphones that will be available later this year. Vivid displays and enhanced camera technologies likely will be consumers’ […]

IWCE: Ken Rehbehn outlines highlights of Mission Critical Technologies (MCT) zone

  Ken Rehbehn of CritComm Insights talks about the Mission Critical Technologies (MCT) zone, where vendors with emerging-technology solutions will showcase their offerings on March 6-7. In addition, the MCT area will feature a Rehbehn-directed content program that will include  presentations about topics such as drones, smart cities, private LTE, digital-evidence management, artificial intelligence and […]

Verizon shares vision for transition to 5G, expectations to meet high-reliability, low-latency thresholds

Fueled by massive amounts of millimeter-wave spectrum, true mobile 5G services will deliver ultra-fast download speeds and two performance characteristics that promise to be crucial in the critical-communications arena: 99.999% reliability and end-to-end network latency of less than 5 milliseconds, according to Verizon officials. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg initially announced these performance thresholds last month […]
Newscan: China rejects Australian parliament cyberattack claims as ‘baseless” and ‘irresponsible’

Newscan: China rejects Australian parliament cyberattack claims as ‘baseless” and ‘irresponsible’

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations China rejects Australian parliament cyberattack claims as ‘baseless” and ‘irresponsible’ Someone hacked the Australian parliament, and we don’t know who Emergency leaders call on Congress to fix outdated 911 systems nationwide Selling 911 location data is illegal—U.S. carriers reportedly did it anyway D.C. using new technology from RapidSOS […]

AT&T officials outline current IoT capabilities over FirstNet, future considerations for LTE-M

FirstNet currently does not support the use of low-power, wide-area (LPWA) protocols like LTE-M, but the nationwide public-safety broadband network can be leveraged for low-bandwidth Internet of Things (IoT) use cases with quality of service, priority and preemption (QPP) on LTE, according to AT&T officials. David Allen, director of IoT advanced product development for AT&T—the […]
Newscan: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hints at Huawei ultimatum to countries buying equipment

Newscan: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hints at Huawei ultimatum to countries buying equipment

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hints at Huawei ultimatum to countries buying equipment West Virginia officials say FCC report gives inaccurate overview of state 911 funding, diversion claims Texas bill would prevent phone companies from ‘throttling’ first responders’ data Agencies: We have enough tech, we need more […]

Ericsson announces MCPTT support, including eMBMS LTE broadcast, IOPS functionality

Ericsson has announced a new critical-communications portfolio that includes two key capabilities needed for 3GPP-standard mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) to become a viable alternative to LMR: LTE broadcast and the ability for a cell site to support local communications without connectivity to the main network core. Jason Johur, Ericsson’s strategy and market-development director for […]
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