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L.R. Kimball’s public-safety-communications unit becomes part of Federal Engineering

Federal Engineering announces that it has bolstered its expertise—particularly in the area of 911 consulting—with the addition of L.R Kimball’s public-safety-communications practice to the firm via an agreement with CDI Infrastructure, which owned L.R. Kimball previously.

DHS: Milt Nenneman highlights features of new EDGE virtual training platform

Milt Nenneman, project manager for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology directorate, describes the new Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment (EDGE) virtual training platform, which will be available to public-safety agencies beginning next week. The online training system will be free to first-responder agencies and will be demonstrated in booth #2614 at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) show, wihich will be Oct. 15-18 in San Diego.

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SceneDoc upgrades solution to include e-citation functionality

SceneDoc announces the availability of SceneDoc V4.1, the latest upgrade to its application solution that lets officers process electronic citations (e-citations) from commercially available smartphones and tablets, not just laptops and purpose-built devices dedicated to the task.

IWCE: Tim Downs highlights key features of Critical LTE Communications Forum on Nov. 2-3 in Chicago

Tim Downs, conference director for the Critical LTE Communications Forum, discusses key issues—from LMR-to-LTE migration to user applications—that will be discussed during educational sessions during the event. The Critical LTE Communications Forum will be conducted on Nov. 2-3 at the McCormick Center in Chicago. For more information and to register, visit http://www.criticalltecommunications.net/.

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Rivada will not bid on state RFPs until FirstNet announces nationwide contractor, co-CEO Ganley says

Rivada Networks and Rivada Mercury will not consider submitting bids in response to any current or future state requests for proposals (RFPs) to build public-safety LTE radio access networks (RANs) until after FirstNet announces the winner of its nationwide RFP sometime next month, according to Rivada Networks co-CEO Declan Ganley.

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PTT-over-cellular improvements could impact new private LMR network builds within five years, speakers say

Advancements in push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) services have evolved to a point where they represent a threat to private land-mobile-radio (LMR) networks, potentially resulting in the construction of new LMR networks dwindling noticeably during the next five years, two speakers said during a recent webinar about PoC offerings.

Commentary

How should states prepare for FirstNet opt-out decision?

Most states have not taken any formal actions to prepare for the FirstNet opt-out decisions that their governors are expected to make next year. There is a lot to consider, and approaches can vary dramatically—a fact that is evident in the three state requests for proposals (RFPs) that have been released to date.

Commentary

First responders need access to life-saving, 3D location technology

For public safety, the location of an incident and where its personnel resources are during a response are critical pieces of information. With this in mind, it is crucial that such data—including vertical-location information, with floor-level granularity—is made available to first-response agencies.

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Arizona becomes third state to issue RFP for statewide public-safety LTE network

The state of Arizona releases a request for proposal (RFP) seeking bids to build and maintain a statewide public-safety LTE radio access network (RAN), if the state opts out of the FirstNet nationwide broadband system for first responders.

Commentary

FirstNet education is crucial, but it does not lend itself to sound bites, elevator pitches

FirstNet is important, but educating officials, public safety and the general public about this unprecedented initiative may be easier said than done.

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L.R. Kimball’s public-safety-communications unit becomes part of Federal Engineering

DHS: Milt Nenneman highlights features of new EDGE virtual training platform

News

SceneDoc upgrades solution to include e-citation functionality

IWCE: Tim Downs highlights key features of Critical LTE Communications Forum on Nov. 2-3 in Chicago

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Rivada will not bid on state RFPs until FirstNet announces nationwide contractor, co-CEO Ganley says

News

PTT-over-cellular improvements could impact new private LMR network builds within five years, speakers say

Commentary

How should states prepare for FirstNet opt-out decision?

Commentary

First responders need access to life-saving, 3D location technology

News

Arizona becomes third state to issue RFP for statewide public-safety LTE network

Commentary

FirstNet education is crucial, but it does not lend itself to sound bites, elevator pitches

Commentary

September 3GPP Plenary: 6G officially begins, Release 19 on track

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

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Check out key takeaways from Disaster Management Symposium webinars, register to view archives

Video: Opening of the Expo Hall on day three of IWCE 2023

Lynk CEO Charles Miller: The sky’s the limit

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