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Smart-building projects target energy efficiency as launchpad to health and safety

While enterprises take on smart building projects to reduce energy costs, COVID-19 has brought new priorities to the fore. With the continuing spread of the virus, many building operators have looked toward smart building systems to aid with tracking and tracing the virus among workers, physical distancing, contactless entry, temperature reading and other efforts to […]

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The era of converged network infrastructure has officially begun

After a year of shopping itself, Boingo has finally found a buyer. However, the important element here is not that Boingo finally managed to sell itself, but that Marc Ganzi found another telecom company to purchase. Boingo announced Monday that Digital Colony – a $23 billion infrastructure investment company linked to Ganzi’s Colony Capital investment firm – will take […]

Westell, End-to-End Public Safety BDA Solutions

With over 20 years of manufacturing Public Safety BDA solutions and over 65,000 BDAs sold no one handles end-to-end in-building coverage solutions better. Westell provides the complete solution from the donor antenna to the indoor antenna and almost everything in between with the exception of the cable and connectors. This assures that everything works together […]

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The benefits and challenges of IT-OT convergence

As organizations assess their priorities for 2021, IT-OT convergence should be high on the list. For those who might not be familiar with these terms, IT refers to all of the resources that are generally associated with enterprise IT, such as servers, databases, and so on. OT on the other hand refers to operational technology. […]

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‘The Holy Grail’: Public safety applauds FirstNet vertical-location launch

First-responder officials are applauding the recent AT&T announcement that FirstNet agencies now can access vertical-location (Z-axis) information powered by NextNav to find personnel inside taller buildings—a challenging task that has been described by many as the “Holy Grail” of public-safety communications. Charles Werner, a former fire chief for the city of Charlottesville, Va., said he […]

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Newscan: FirstNet MegaRange means Mega Band 14 coverage

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet MegaRange means Mega Band 14 coverage! FCC Acting Chair says agency reviewing reports of East Coast Internet outages For next steps on telehealth, look to the states AT&T’s public-safety network knows which floor first responders are on Why Russia may have stepped up its […]

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AT&T unveils FirstNet innovations, including HPUE, vertical location, deployable offerings

FirstNet subscribers now can access new technological capabilities that are designed to improve terrestrial LTE coverage, locate first responders, let agencies address coverage gaps quicker during incidents and enable interoperability between FirstNet PTT and LMR users, FirstNet contractor AT&T announced. Key FirstNet innovations unveiled yesterday as being available for public-safety use are: MegaRange, the FirstNet […]

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Rescue 42: Tim O’Connell outlines benefits of Compact Rapid Deployable (CRD) units with FirstNet

Rescue 42 CEO Tim O’Connell describes how agency-owned Compact Rapid Deployable (CRD) units can provide an easy-to-deploy FirstNet cell tower that can be transported to an incident site with first responders, typically sooner than deployable can arrive from FirstNet, built by AT&T. AT&T cited the CRD program as part of its innovation announcement today. […]

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At CES 2021, Verizon touts 5G connectivity as enabler in pandemic times

5G connectivity has continued to gather steam in technology circles and was the focus at the CES 2021 show this week. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg delivered a keynote at CES, saying that 5G connectivity is “more than just another tech innovation.” But ample question remains about when 5G technology will truly deliver on its promise for […]

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CableLabs forges agnostic wireless connection for operators

In another example of the cable industry’s pursuit of network and service convergence, CableLabs has introduced an access network-agnostic platform that’s designed to help mobile users seamlessly move across Wi-Fi, LTE, CBRS and, potentially, C-band-based wireless network connections on an application-by-application basis. That offering, called Intelligent Wireless Network Steering (IWiNS), also fits into the cable […]

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AT&T unveils FirstNet innovations, including HPUE, vertical location, deployable offerings

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Rescue 42: Tim O’Connell outlines benefits of Compact Rapid Deployable (CRD) units with FirstNet

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At CES 2021, Verizon touts 5G connectivity as enabler in pandemic times

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