News L3Harris offers free BeOn service to healthcare entities, others during COVID-19 crisis 9th April 2020 Healthcare systems and other entities wanting P25 push-to-talk functionality using cellular devices as part of their response efforts to the COVID-19 crisis can utilize the L3Harris BeOn solution at no cost for at least a 90-day period, according to officials for the company. Danielle Marcella, vice president of strategy for the L3Harris public safety and […]
Partner content Edge computing, 5G and AI — the perfect storm for government systems 9th April 2020 On today’s government networks, the real action is at the edge. This includes establishing edge-based processing power, with onboard analytics, via systems that often are augmented by artificial intelligence (AI). In many cases, these systems are housed in modular containers that serve as their own datacenters. Some are about the size of a typical minivan, […]
News Benefits of telehealth step into the breach wrought by COVID-19 8th April 2020 As the globe reels from COVID-19, patients and practitioners have turned to digital methods to fill the gap wrought by the virus. As of early April, more than 1 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, whose flulike symptoms can vary from mild to severe and which has caused more than 87,000 deaths at the time of this writing. Without […]
Commentary COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented challenges for ECCs, 911 centers 7th April 2020 We’re living in brave and unsettling times created by a global pandemic that has changed nearly all of our societal and operational norms in just a few weeks. No one and no business has gone untouched. What was unimaginable 30 days ago is all there is to read about today. What’s also getting a lot […]
Partner content Rakuten to deploy drone inspectors at cell sites 6th April 2020 Rakuten Mobile, Japan’s disruptive mobile network operator (MNO), said it will use drones – developed within Rakuten Group, an e-commerce and online retailing company – to inspect basestations nationwide. Cell site inspections can be a dangerous task for engineers, apparently, especially when climbing up antenna towers to get a good look at the basestation. Rakuten […]
News COVID-19 could have lasting impacts on 911 practices, speakers say 6th April 2020 Amid the ever-evolving response to the COVID-19 pandemic, 911 centers are seeing their roles expanded and altered in ways that would not have been contemplated in the past—and many of these changes may become the new normal, according to leaders of 911 centers speaking during a webinar last week. Tyrell Morris, executive director for the […]
Partner content Preventing and responding to ransomware 6th April 2020 Ransomware attacks on public institutions are on the rise. In fact, in 2019, many state and local governments, as well as hospitals, were the targets of cybercrime. The result can be a lack of productivity, financial issues and other operational deficiencies and crises for these organizations. The fact that these dangerous cyberattacks, and their consequences […]
Partner content Researchers say smartphone-location tracking can fight COVID-19 4th April 2020 Researchers at MIT have developed a smartphone location-tracking app that they say could help stop the spread of COVID-19. The Private Kit app allows coronavirus patients to rely on their phones instead of their memories when doctors ask them where they have been and who they might have exposed. People who download the Private Kit app can […]
News House Dems include NG911 funding in future infrastructure proposal 3rd April 2020 House Democrats this week revealed that federal funding to support the nationwide deployment of IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technology is included in their proposal for a future coronavirus rescue legislation that places an emphasis on infrastructure projects, but such a package may be delayed longer than anticipated. A cost study released in the fall of […]
News Newscan: First responders face new world with COVID-19 2nd April 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations ‘We are learning things minute by minute’: First responders face new world with COVID-19 Puerto Rico shutters police stations, 911 center, fire station amid COVID-19 curfew Alabama, other states share COVID-19 addresses in effort to protect first responders Grim new rules for NYC paramedics: Don’t bring cardiac arrests […]
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 24th March 2024
FirstNet Authority reauthorization needed as public-safety-driven network evolution proceeds 16th March 2024