Video Hydronalix: Jaime Lara, Ron Cipriani demonstrate capabilities of EMILY water drone 28th March 2019 Jaime Lara, an electrical engineer at Hydronalix, describes the functionality within the company’s Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard, or EMILY, which is being piloted by Ron Cipriani, EMILY production manager. EMILY can be outfitted with a host of radio technologies and sensors to provide first responders with key data points to aid a response effort […]
News AT&T FirstNet highlights new EPTT features, future promise of MCPTT 28th March 2019 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS—Push-to-talk services over the FirstNet system being built by AT&T already are being leveraged and more use cases are developing as the offering rapidly evolves toward a mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT)-compliant solution during the next few years, according to an AT&T FirstNet official. AT&T’s existing enhanced push-to-talk (EPTT) product—a carrier-integrated product provided by Kodiak, which […]
Video Nokia: Fabricio Velez outlines key features of IMS-based NG911 proposal 27th March 2019 Fabricio Velez, Nokia’s technololgy sales and solution-development professional for next-generation emergency services, explains how an IMS-based next-generation 911 (NG911) platform can leverage “the best of 3GPP networks and the best of the i3 architecture” as public safety seeks federal funding from Congress to help pay for the nationwide deployment of NG911.
News Corrected: RapidDeploy wins $6.6 million CalOES contract for analytics and mapping 26th March 2019 Editor’s note: The original version of this story indicated that the CalOES contract was a three-year deal. Although the agreement calls for RapidDeploy to provide services in three different calendar years, the actual length of the agreement is slightly more than two years. IWCE’s Urgent Communications regrets the error and apologizes for any confusion. All […]
News Icom announces new satellite PTT radio on Iridium system, RoIP gateway 24th March 2019 Icom recently announced the IC-SAT100, a handheld satellite push-to-talk (PTT) radio that leverages the Iridium satellite system to enable communications worldwide, according to a company official. Jim Backeland, executive vice president for Icom Canada and Icom America, said the IC-SAT100 will provide some unique characteristics to the PTT marketplace. “It’s a radio system, and you […]
News Newscan: U.S. police embrace AI, cloud computing to boost public-safety efforts 22nd March 2019 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations U.S. police embrace AI, cloud computing to boost public-safety efforts Send in Officer Drone! NYPD cops use eye in the sky to keep tabs on barricaded subject in Brooklyn Louisiana parish announces contract with Mark43 for cloud-based CAD system Chula Vista police drone program logs quick response times, […]
News Newscan: ‘Breathalyzer for texting’: Nevada weighs controversial technology to curb distracted driving 19th March 2019 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations ‘Breathalyzer for texting’: Nevada weighs controversial technology to curb distracted driving AT&T claims its FirstNet deployments will also advance 5G Small cells offer an incentive to move antennas from towers, speaker says What’s really going on at the ‘Tesla Tower’? DHS Secretary Nielsen warns U.S. ‘not prepared’ for […]
News FCC votes early to advance 900 MHz broadband proposal from pdvWireless 14th March 2019 FCC commissioners yesterday voted unanimously to adopt a long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would let pdvWireless consolidate its many slivers of 900 MHz narrowband spectrum into a 3×3 MHz swath that could support dedicated LTE broadband services for utilities and other enterprises. FCC commissioners initially were scheduled to vote on the 900 MHz […]
News Newscan: Emergency sirens in two Texas cities not working on Tuesday after being hacked, officials say 14th March 2019 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Emergency sirens in two Texas cities not working on Tuesday after being hacked, officials say California to give ‘future-proof’ upgrades to RapidDeploy technology in all 911 centers Small cells offer an incentive to move antennas from towers—Engel Critical weather data threatened by FCC spectrum proposal, according to Commerce […]
Bill to reclassify 911 telecommunicators is long overdue 14th March 2019 The 911 telecommunicator community received some news last week that undoubtedly buoyed their spirits. A bill was introduced into the U.S. House by Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.)—a former telecommunicator—and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)—a former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent and federal prosecutor—that would give telecommunicators (i.e., call-takers and dispatchers) the recognition they richly […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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