Hurricane Michael response effort forces postponement of Winter Institute 12th October 2018 This year’s Winter Institute workshop and exercise in College Station, Texas, is being postponed—likely until the first quarter of next year—because many of the participants are part of the response effort to Hurricane Michael in the southeast U.S., according to an event official. “The 2018 Workshop and the Exercise that were to be held October […]
Leonardo: Gary Lorenz outlines company’s background, versatile LMR product 11th October 2018 Gary Lorenz, indirect sales manager for Leonardo, describes the Italy-based company’s heritage–one that includes products ranging from LMR to broadband–and highlights the functionality of its versatile LMR base station. Lorenz spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the Wireless Leadership Summit in San Antonio.
News Long-awaited next-generation-911 cost study released 5th October 2018 Upgrading U.S. public-safety answering points to IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technology will cost $9.5 billion to $12.7 billion during a 10-year period, according to a much-anticipated cost study released today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Requested by Congress, the cost study is expected to […]
News Newscan: The Big Hack: How China used a tiny chip to infiltrate U.S. companies 5th October 2018 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations The Big Hack: How China used a tiny chip to infiltrate U.S. companies The Big Hack: Statements from Amazon, Apple, Super Micro and the Chinese government U.S. judge says China’s ZTE violated probation, extends monitor’s term Russia launched cyberattacks targeting investigators trying to expose its misdeeds, Western allies […]
News Ed Parkinson named acting CEO for FirstNet, succeeding Mike Poth 1st October 2018 Ed Parkinson, one of FirstNet’s initial employees and someone who has worked for the development of public-safety broadband for most of this decade, is the new acting CEO of FirstNet, according to an announcement today from the FirstNet Authority and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
News Motorola Solutions agrees to multiyear extensions on Airwave, ESN contracts in the UK 21st September 2018 United Kingdom (UK) public-safety agencies will be able to use the Airwave TETRA network through at least 2022 and Motorola Solutions-provided broadband services at least through 2024 on the new Emergency Services Network (ESN) system, according to separate statements issued today by the Home Office and Motorola Solutions.
News Richard Stanek named as vice chair of FirstNet board 21st September 2018 FirstNet board veteran Richard Stanek is the new vice chair of the FirstNet board effective immediately, the FirstNet Authority announced today.
News Updated: New Apple iPhones support operation on Band 14 spectrum licensed to FirstNet 14th September 2018 Apple’s new iPhones that were announced this week are the device maker’s first product that support operation on 700 MHz Band 14—the spectrum licensed to FirstNet, which has contracted AT&T to build and maintain the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).
News Newscan: What wireless providers like Verizon, AT&T are doing to prepare for Hurricane Florence 12th September 2018 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations What wireless providers like Verizon, AT&T are doing to prepare for Hurricane Florence A new lawsuit could set boundaries on employers accessing your devices Swarm Technologies CEO: Launching rogue satellites into space was ‘a mistake’ IBM used NYPD surveillance footage to develop technology that lets police search by […]
News Commercial carriers commit to adopting technologies to improve 911 location accuracy 12th September 2018 All four nationwide wireless carriers—AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint—will add device-based hybrid (DBH) location technologies that are designed to improve wireless emergency-caller location information, even within buildings, but public-safety officials expressed concerns about efforts surrounding vertical-location data.
Trick or treat? Next few months could influence direction of critical-communications world 1 31st October 2018
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