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WiMAX Forum: Mo Shakouri outlines benefits of WiGrid, AeroMACS technologies for private networks

Mo Shakouri, chairman of the board for the WiMAX Forum, explains how WiGRID and AeroMACS technology are designed use licensed spectrum to let critical-infrastructure entities build mission-critical private networks as alternatives to services provided by cellular operators. Shakouri spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during pre-conference activities at the IoT World event in […]
Newscan: CSU-Pueblo students further NASA design for a portable wireless signal booster

Newscan: CSU-Pueblo students further NASA design for a portable wireless signal booster

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations CSU-Pueblo students further NASA design for a portable wireless signal booster Utah agency moves to cut $50 million deal for new first-responder radios to avert a system breakdown Montana officials field complaints about retiring sirens, switching to emergency-notification app Hacker breaks into French government’s new secure messaging app […]

AT&T FirstNet: Fred Scalera highlights capabilities, increased use of SatCOLT deployable systems

  Fred Scalera, director of public-safety strategy and policy for AT&T FirstNet describes many key features associated with the FirstNet deployable program, which includes a fleet of 72 satellite-cell-on-light-truck (SatCOLT) vehicles that are available to FirstNet subscribers—at no additional no cost—when terrestrial-network coverage is unavailable or extra capacity is needed. Nationwide, these SatCOLT are being […]

FirstRunner: Mark Raczynski, Tim O’Connell demonstrate quick setup of versatile deployable solution

  Mark Raczynski (left), General Dynamics Mission Systems’ product manager for public-safety deployable systems, and Tim O’Connell, Rescue 42’s president, CEO and CTO, showcase the capabilities of FirstRunner, a versatile, deployable LTE tower that is designed to be set up quickly–even in locations that other deployable solutions might not be able to access. Raczynski and […]

FirstNet Authority conducting public-safety outreach to inform reinvestment decisions in nationwide system

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS—Findings from outreach workshops with first-responder entities during the next several months will be used to help develop the FirstNet Authority’s roadmap that will outline the organization’s plans to invest about $15 billion into the FirstNet system during the next 23 years, according to a FirstNet Authority official. Last month, the FirstNet Authority […]

MCOP: Fidel Liberal details MCPTT progress, remaining hurdles

  Fidel Liberal, coordinator of the Mission Critical Open Platform (MPOP), talks about the organization’s development platform and provides updates on some of the key issues associated with the mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard, including proximity services (ProSe), group calls via eMBMS, and latency factors–even when 5G connectivity is available. Liberal spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor […]

AT&T FirstNet highlights new EPTT features, future promise of MCPTT

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS—Push-to-talk services over the FirstNet system being built by AT&T already are being leveraged and more use cases are developing as the offering rapidly evolves toward a mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT)-compliant solution during the next few years, according to an AT&T FirstNet official. AT&T’s existing enhanced push-to-talk (EPTT) product—a carrier-integrated product provided by Kodiak, which […]
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