Audio InterTalk: Chris Oldham shares how company can help 911 centers during COVID-19 pandemic 19th May 2020 InterTalk President Chris Oldham explains how his company’s flexible Enlite solution helps 911 centers implement remote working that can be used to ensure continuity of operations while also meeting guidelines for social distancing and quarantining associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic. Oldham spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson as part of the […]
Video PowerTrunk: CEO Jose Martin discusses North America TETRA deployments, interoperability with P25, MCPTT 16th May 2020 PowerTrunk CEO Jose Martin provides updates to his company’s key deployments in North America, primarily with utilities and transit authorities, while also highlighting the fact that PowerTrunk has developed solutions that let users of its TETRA systems have interoperable communications with users leveraging P25 or 3GPP mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) technologies.
Audio ESChat: Josh Lober highlights features in upcoming release of application 15th May 2020 ESChat CEO Josh Lober details upcoming enhancements to the company’s push-to-talk application, including multimedia messaging, location tracking and mapping, and the ability to support both inter-carrier interoperability and inter-system interoperability, which are particularly important to public-safety and military users. The Android version of the new ESChat application is scheduled to be released in August. […]
Partner content AR initiatives show promise amid COVID-19 fallout 15th May 2020 Will head-up displays, headsets and the like soon become part of supply chain, logistics and maintenance? The industry is moving in that direction, as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) systems begin delivering fresh new Internet of Things (IoT) data analytics to workers in a variety of fields. “We are at a point where […]
News Virginia 911 center leverages remote capabilities, FirstNet to help address COVID-19 challenges 15th May 2020 A Virginia 911 center is combining remote solutions with FirstNet connectivity as part of a multi-pronged strategy to ensure operational continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic today and to evaluate new technological options for the center in the future. Doug Campbell, deputy director of the Department of Emergency & Customer Communications (DECC) for the city of […]
Audio Zebra Technologies: Alex Cooper highlights findings from public-safety survey 14th May 2020 Alex Cooper, Zebra Technologies’ director of government and field-service strategy, discusses results from the company’s global survey of public-safety decision makers, which revealed that most recognize the value of mobile technologies to first responders, even though many indicated they are not able to implement new solutions as quickly as they would like. You can […]
News FCC approves Anterix proposal to transition 900 MHz LMR spectrum to LTE use 13th May 2020 FCC commissioners today unanimously voted to approve rules that will let Anterix transition its 900 MHz narrowband LMR spectrum to a contiguous block of airwaves that can be used to deliver private LTE services, primarily to support communications for utilities and other critical-infrastructure entities. Today’s approval of multiple orders addressing the 900 MHz band follows […]
Partner content Optimizing IoT power consumption 12th May 2020 One of the greatest barriers to IoT technology is the implementation of sustainable, functional deployment. The multifunctionality of the Internet of Things (IoT) comes at a cost in terms of power. While traditional battery power is the most obvious solution for remote applications, it’s not always economical. First, battery capacity may be insufficient for emerging […]
Partner content Smart city joins the ranks of the ‘rationalized’ 12th May 2020 Google parent company Alphabet cancelled its ambitious smart city project in Toronto, Ontario, last week. It cited the “unprecedented economic uncertainty” of the Coronavirus pandemic as the root cause. Dubbed ‘Quayside’, the project envisioned a complete transformation of a twelve-acre, former-industrial stretch of Toronto waterfront into a futuristic city. Here the cars would be self-driving, […]
News Motorola Solutions sees COVID-19 dip in enterprise LMR but claims no LTE cannibalization 11th May 2020 Motorola Solutions saw a notable decline in land-mobile-radio (LMR) sales during the first quarter and expects a much bigger drop during the second quarter amid the COVID-19-driven economic collapse, but the company is confident in the future of its mission-critical offerings when the pandemic is over, CEO Greg Brown said last week. Speaking during Motorola […]
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