Incident Command/Situational Awareness

AT&T officials outline current IoT capabilities over FirstNet, future considerations for LTE-M

FirstNet currently does not support the use of low-power, wide-area (LPWA) protocols like LTE-M, but the nationwide public-safety broadband network can be leveraged for low-bandwidth Internet of Things (IoT) use cases with quality of service, priority and preemption (QPP) on LTE, according to AT&T officials. David Allen, director of IoT advanced product development for AT&T—the […]

CrisisGo, Sonim partner on FirstNet-capable, emergency-communications application for schools

Personnel on school campuses throughout the United States have access to an emergency-communications platform that can leverage the FirstNet system built by AT&T, thanks to a partnership announced yesterday by CrisisGo and Sonim Technologies. Stacey Sisk, CrisisGo vice president of business development, said the CrisisGo platform—available via download for use on virtually any smartphones, tablets […]

Ondas Networks: Suresh Palliparambil discusses edge computing, company’s new Innovation Lab

  Suresh Palliparambil, chief revenue officer for Ondas Networks (formerly known as Full Spectrum), talks about the Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity that his company provides critical-infrastructure entities and enterprises with 802.16s technology and edge computing, which plays a key role in lowering latency. Ondas Networks also recently announced the opening of its Innovation Lab […]

Sonim announces shipments of new Rapid Deployment Kits, upcoming plans for package

Greater communications flexibility soon will be within the grasp of some public-safety agencies, as Sonim Technologies started shipping its Rapid Deployment Kit (RDK-2) with a FirstNet Ready Cradlepoint router and announced plans to further integrate satellite and LMR capabilities into the carry-case package later this year. Bob Escalle, Sonim Technologies’ vice president for public-safety market […]

FirstNet proves to be valuable during Super Bowl week in Atlanta, Georgia official says

FirstNet service worked well for agencies helping to secure areas of Atlanta during the Super Bowl and throughout the week of events surrounding the championship game, according to a Georgia state official who participated in the effort. Warren Shepard, manager of the critical-infrastructure and key-resource unit for Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security (GEMA) and the […]
Newscan: 911 Grant Program now accepting applications to upgrade nation’s call centers

Newscan: 911 Grant Program now accepting applications to upgrade nation’s call centers

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Minnesota sheriff’s office using drones to save lives The operational benefits of deploying public-safety tech innovations College campuses consider pulling emergency blue-light phones AT&T does flip flop on fixed 5G, now sees it ‘unequivocally’ as a landline-broadband replacement AT&T plans to test 5G with AirGig, seeks AirGig manufacturers […]
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