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South Carolina 911 center replacing on-premises CAD system with cloud-based RapidDeploy solution

Charleston County (S.C.) Consolidated 911 Center today announced that it will replace its on-premises computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system with RapidDeploy’s cloud-based Nimbus CAD during the next year in an effort to enhance the center’s informational capabilities while lowering costs during the next five years. Charleston County tested RapidDeploy for two years prior to signing the […]

Upcoming Band 14 PTT devices ‘phenomenal,’ FirstNet Authority board member says

Not-yet-available push-to-talk LTE devices that are being evaluated in the FirstNet Authority laboratory should please public-safety users and are “getting very, very close” to the type of solutions first responders would want to replace land-mobile-radio (LMR) handsets, a FirstNet Authority board member said today. Neil Cox, chairman of the FirstNet Authority board’s Network and Technology […]

FirstNet surpasses marks for 75% Band 14 buildout, 1 million connections and 10,000 agencies subscribed

Deployment of FirstNet on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum is more than 75% complete, with the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) supporting more than 1 million connections from more than 10,000 subscribed first-responder agencies, according to statistics released yesterday by contractor AT&T. With the buildout update, AT&T has surpassed the FirstNet deployment goal set by […]
Newscan: ‘Spending like the Jetsons, living like the Flintstones’—the trouble with smart-city 5G

Newscan: ‘Spending like the Jetsons, living like the Flintstones’—the trouble with smart-city 5G

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations ‘Spending like the Jetsons, living like the Flintstones’—the trouble with smart-city 5G Senator blasts Amazon’s Ring doorbell as an ‘open door for privacy and civil-liberty violations’ Louisiana state government hit by ransomware attacks forcing server shutdowns New Jersey school district delays opening Monday after ransomware attacks FCC blocks […]

Pyramid Consulting Services: Terry Burnworth outlines 911 information-overload challenges, previews Dec. 11 webinar

Terry Burnworth, president of Pyramid Consulting Services, explains the challenges that 911 centers–particularly smaller centers in rural areas–face as 911 transitions from a voice-centric operation to one that needs to process data, photos and video from a variety of sources, including IoT sensors, surveillance cameras and witnesses at an incident scene. On Dec. 11 at […]

VoltServer: Stephen Eaves highlights safety, efficiency benefits of digital electricity to support communications

  VoltServer CEO Stephen Eaves explains how digital electricity–packetizing electricity in a manner similar to packetizing data for communications–can be used simplify electrical installations, improve safety and enable enhanced power levels. By using digital electricity, building owners can realize savings while installing an electrical system, operating the system and potentially by qualifying for lower insurance […]
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