In the field

News

Motorola Solutions integrates Wi-Fi, low-power Bluetooth in next-generation MOTOTRBO portfolio

Motorola Solutions announces its next-generation portfolio of MOTOTRBO digital radios that include Wi-Fi connectivity, extended battery life and low-power Bluetooth that can enable indoor-location tracking that are designed to improve enterprise productivity and efficiency.

News

Dali Wireless unveils Matrix Public Safety indoor-coverage platform that supports P25, TETRA and LTE

Dali Wireless announces Matrix Public Safety (Matrix PS), a modular platform that is designed to support existing land-mobile-radio technologies like P25 and TETRA, as well as LTE, which is positioned to be the next-generation broadband communications protocol for first responders throughout the world.

Commentary

Will other states follow New Hampshire’s lead and conduct their own RFPs for public-safety LTE?

The state of New Hampshire announced that it received five bids in response to its request for proposal (RFP) to build a statewide public-safety LTE system. Now, officials in many of the other 55 states and territories likely are asking whether they also should follow the RFP path blazed by New Hampshire.

News

Motorola Solution does not expect public-safety LTE revenues from key U.S., UK initiatives until at least 2018

Motorola Solutions has won a key public-safety LTE contract in the United Kingdom (UK) and plans to compete for FirstNet’s public-safety LTE business in the United States, but the company likely will not realize revenue from either effort until after 2017, according to Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO Greg Brown.

News

New coalition of 911 organizations calls for completed transition to next-gen platform by end of 2020

A new coalition of 911 organizations calls for additional funding and support to ensure that all public-safety answering points (PSAPs) transition to IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technology by the end of 2020, when all legacy 911 systems could be retired.

News

New Hampshire gets five RFP bids for a public-safety LTE system, but no opt-out decision has been made

New Hampshire receives five bids in response to its request for proposal (RFP) to build a statewide public-safety LTE system, but a key state official reiterated that the process is designed to provide the governor with the “best information possible” and is not a certain precursor to opting out of FirstNet.

News

FirstNet adjusts RFP timetable by two weeks, award target date still set for fourth quarter

FirstNet releases its first set of answers to questions submitted about its request for proposal (RFP) and announced that two key dates—the deadlines for bidders to provide an optional capability statement and to submit final proposals—will be moved delayed by two weeks, meaning final bids are now due on May 13.

IWCE: Keynote speaker Curtis Levinson highlights recent cyberattacks, evolving nature of threats

Curtis Levinson, cybersecurity advisor to NATO and the opening keynote speaker at IWCE 2016 next month, discusses the significance of two recent cyber-related events and how enterprises need to alter their approach to combat increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks.

News

JPS Communications associate in talks with Raytheon to buy back company

Raytheon may have recently closed the JPS Communications business unit, but negotiations are underway to pursue the possibility of resurrecting JPS Communications as a standalone company, according to one of JPS Communications’ founders.

Commentary

Latest attacks underscore need for cybersecurity in next-generation critical communications

During the past week, more examples of hackers compromising high-profile networks have hit the news. These scenarios should serve as a reminder how important it is that critical-communications systems like FirstNet, next-generation 911 and smart grids have appropriate cybersecurity solutions in place.

News

Motorola Solutions integrates Wi-Fi, low-power Bluetooth in next-generation MOTOTRBO portfolio

News

Dali Wireless unveils Matrix Public Safety indoor-coverage platform that supports P25, TETRA and LTE

Commentary

Will other states follow New Hampshire’s lead and conduct their own RFPs for public-safety LTE?

News

Motorola Solution does not expect public-safety LTE revenues from key U.S., UK initiatives until at least 2018

News

New coalition of 911 organizations calls for completed transition to next-gen platform by end of 2020

News

New Hampshire gets five RFP bids for a public-safety LTE system, but no opt-out decision has been made

News

FirstNet adjusts RFP timetable by two weeks, award target date still set for fourth quarter

IWCE: Keynote speaker Curtis Levinson highlights recent cyberattacks, evolving nature of threats

News

JPS Communications associate in talks with Raytheon to buy back company

Commentary

Latest attacks underscore need for cybersecurity in next-generation critical communications

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?

Video

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

Events

UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up