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Newscan: Utah Department of Public Safety commits to equip all officers with body cameras

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Utah Department of Public Safety commits to equip all officers with body cameras Vise tightens on FCC chairman in fight over Internet rules FCC bigwig grills Netflix: If fast lanes are so bad, why did YOU build them? Carrier Wi-Fi deployments set to surge A list of 50 […]

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Panelists note public-safety benefits in LTE standard, cite work that needs to be done

Key first-responder capabilities—noatably, group communications and off-network functionality—are not yet in the LTE standard, and economic pressures could hinder their development, panelists said during a public-safety session at the recent LTE North America conference in Dallas.

Article

Icom America: Al Guerrero highlights features of the company’s RoIP gateway

Al Guerrero, technical sales manager for Icom America, talks about the functionality of the VG-PE3, the company’s RoIP gateway, during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson. Icom America is one of the companies that will be an exhibitor during the IWCE Virtual Show on Dec. 11. Registration for the event is free to attendees.

EF Johnson Technologies: Larry Emmett details the capabilities of RConnect gateway

Larry Emmett, director of business development for EF Johnson Technologies, explains the functional capabilities of RConnect, the company’s new gateway that enables between an ATLAS P25 system and SmartNet/SmartZone system. EF Johnson Technologies is one of the companies that will be an exhibitor during the IWCE Virtual Show on Dec. 11. Registration for the event is free to attendees.

Commentary

Dialogue on prioritization, preemption, other meaningful response operations needed to make FirstNet goals a reality

It would be a shame to have FirstNet build a public-safety broadband system, only to find that first responders were not prepared to use it operationally. The good news is that the much-needed dialog about prioritization, preemption and other key operational issues appears to be getting started in earnest.

Bird Technologies: Tom Kuklo talks about in-building solutions for LTE, LMR

Tom Kuklo, vice president of business development and marketing for Bird Technologies, outlines the company’s integration of its DeltaNode acquisition, distributed-antenna-system (DAS) solutions, and new test-and-measurement offerings.

Rivada Networks: CTO Clint Smith discusses white paper depicting multiple-vehicle-accident scenario

Rivada Networks CTO Clint Smith (a volunteer firefighter) talks about the impact that a FirstNet LTE system could have in the multiple-vehicle-accident scenario depicted in a recent white paper he wrote, as well as other public-safety scenarios that should be explored in the future.

Rivada Networks: CTO Clint Smith talks about LTE prioritization capabilities for public safety

Rivada Networks CTO Clint Smith (a volunteer firefighter) discusses how LTE is technically capable of handling public safety’s prioritization, including the ability to support changes in priority dynamically during a response effort.

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Future First Responders and FirstNet: Response to a multiple-vehicle accident (MVA) scenario

This article provides a glimpse into how Future First Responders (FFRs) can utilize the FirstNet public-safety LTE broadband network in a particular scenario–in this case, a multiple motor vehicle accident (MVA).

News

Newscan: Utah Department of Public Safety commits to equip all officers with body cameras

News

Panelists note public-safety benefits in LTE standard, cite work that needs to be done

Article

Top 5 stories: Week of Dec. 1 to 5

Icom America: Al Guerrero highlights features of the company’s RoIP gateway

EF Johnson Technologies: Larry Emmett details the capabilities of RConnect gateway

Commentary

Dialogue on prioritization, preemption, other meaningful response operations needed to make FirstNet goals a reality

Bird Technologies: Tom Kuklo talks about in-building solutions for LTE, LMR

Rivada Networks: CTO Clint Smith discusses white paper depicting multiple-vehicle-accident scenario

Rivada Networks: CTO Clint Smith talks about LTE prioritization capabilities for public safety

Article

Future First Responders and FirstNet: Response to a multiple-vehicle accident (MVA) scenario

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

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IWCE 2019 Wrap Up