News Telewave President and co-founder Raymond L. Collins passes 23rd March 2016 Raymond L. Collins, President and co-founder of Telewave, Inc., passed away in San Jose, Calif., on March 15, 2016, after a brief illness. He was 83.
Video Parallel Wireless, Mutualink: Steve Kropper, Joe Boucher explain companies’ Super Bowl collaboration with Sonim 23rd March 2016 Joe Boucher of Mutualink (left) and Steve Kropper of Parallel Wireless explain how their companies—along with rugged handset maker Sonim Technologies—quickly deployed a Band 14 LTE network to support first responders assigned to securing an activities area in conjunction with last month’s Super Bowl.
Commentary Governors likely will be missing key FirstNet data point, making opt-out decision even more precarious 22nd March 2016 By all accounts, states and territories that pursue the FirstNet opt-out alternative will face difficult timelines and logistical challenges. In addition, it appears that these jurisdictions will lack a key piece of financial information—how much value the FirstNet contractor has placed on the state—as they try to navigate the opt-out process.
Video EF Johnson Technologies: John Suzuki discusses company role in JVCKENWOOD, contract wins, new LMR software-license program 22nd March 2016 EF Johnson Technologies President and CEO John Suzuki talks about his firm’s integration with parent company JVCKENWOOD, notable contract wins, a rebranding of EF Johnson subscribers to the Kenwood name, and a new perpetual-license program that is designed to ensure that customers will not have to repay for previously purchased LMR software options when they buy a new radio.
News Virtual Network Communications: Mohan Tammisetti, Gary Monetti demonstrate credit-card-sized LTE evolved packet core, small eNodeB 22nd March 2016 Virtual Network Communications (VNC) founder and CTO Mohan Tammisetti and Gary Monetti, the company’s vice president of business development, demonstrate how the company’s small eNodeB and evolved packet core (EPC) can be leveraged to enable LTE multimedia communications in locations where an LTE fixed network is unavailable. VNC plans conduct its first manufacturing run of the products in June.
Dealer Profiles Harris introduces its first public-safety LTE smartphone, the rugged and glove-usable LMC-1000 21st March 2016 Harris unveils the LMC-1000, a ruggedized, multiband LTE handheld device that is designed for public safety, including features such as a dedicated push-to-talk button and a high-definition touch screen that enables functions to be accessed, even if the user is wearing gloves.
News EF Johnson Technologies’ P25 subscriber line rebranded under Kenwood name 21st March 2016 EF Johnson Technologies announces that the company will rebrand its P25 portofolio of Viking subscriber radios under the Kenwood name, a reflection of EF Johnson’s integration with its parent company, Japan-based manufacturer JVCKENWOOD.
News Final set of answers to FirstNet RFP questions addresses pricing, opt-out network performance 21st March 2016 Public-safety users of FirstNet will receive “most favored customer” pricing and have a uniform customer experience throughout the system, including areas served by opt-out state networks, according to the final set of answers to written questions submitted to FirstNet about its request for proposal.
News EF Johnson’s new perpetual-license model lets repeat customers save on radio software costs 21st March 2016 EF Johnson Technologies announces a new perpetual-license framework that will decouple licenses to the company’s radio software from its hardware units—a strategy that could save long-term public-safety customers significant money, according to EF Johnson CEO John Suzuki.
News Motorola Solutions acknowledges it proposed 700 MHz TETRA system for NYC transit before filing protest 17th March 2016 Motorola Solutions acknowledges that it also proposed a TETRA solution in an attempt to win a bus-system radio contract for the New York Transit Authority and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City—a project that the company has formally protested, in part because the company claims that the FCC prohibits TETRA deployment on the 700 MHz public-safety spectrum.
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