News FirstNet board gets five new members, Cox reappointed 31st October 2018 U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today appointed five new FirstNet board members and reappointed board member Neil Cox, completing a significant overhaul of the group charged with overseeing AT&T’s deployment of the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN). According to a U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) press release, the five new members are: Richard Carrizzo, […]
News Florida city turns to AT&T, FirstNet for connectivity during aftermath of Hurricane Michael 26th October 2018 Officials in Panama City Beach, Fla., relied on AT&T FirstNet for communications in the wake of Hurricane Michael, which caused outages in the jurisdiction’s broadband and LMR systems, according to City Manager Mario Gisbert. “The day after the storm, we found out that we had basically no phone service through the current carrier that we […]
News Newscan: 12 days after hurricane, Verizon says Florida network is back to normal 24th October 2018 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations 12 days after hurricane, Verizon says Florida network is back to normal First responders get a leg up through drone use FAA threatens fines for drones that get in the way of first responders Russian-linked bots used U.S. startups to meddle in elections Ohio town debuts smart-intersection technology […]
Video Westell: Mike Brownson previews upcoming Class A in-building solution 23rd October 2018 Mike Brownson, director of business development for Westell Technologies, outlines key control features of the company’s upcoming Class A in-building solution that supports communications in the VHF, UHF and 700/800 MHz bands. Brownson spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the Enterprise Wireless Alliance’s recent Wireless Leadership Summit in San Antonio.
News Harris PSPC optimistic about prospects after L3 merger announcement 19th October 2018 Harris this week announced plans to merge with L3 Communications in a deal that would create a massive defense company and bolster the Harris public-safety and professional communications (PSPC) unit, according to Dana Mehnert, president of Harris Communications Systems. “This is a transformative merger that bring the combined enterprise to a whole different scale,” Mehnert […]
Audio NetMotion: Steve Fallin discusses new FirstNet certification 18th October 2018 Steve Fallin, senior product manager at NetMotion Software, talks about the company’s VPN and diagnostic solutions, which today were announced as FirstNet-certified products that can be accessed by public-safety users through the FirstNet App Catalog and other avenues.
News Axon becomes first vendor in AT&T’s FirstNet-embedded program with body-worn camera 17th October 2018 Public-safety agencies will be able use the FirstNet broadband system to stream video from officers’ Axon Body 3 body-worn cameras, which are the first devices to include embedded FirstNet connectivity in their solution, according to AT&T. As a member of the FirstNet-embedded program, Axon is able to sell FirstNet connectivity to public-safety agencies as part […]
Hurricane Michael response effort forces postponement of Winter Institute 12th October 2018 This year’s Winter Institute workshop and exercise in College Station, Texas, is being postponed—likely until the first quarter of next year—because many of the participants are part of the response effort to Hurricane Michael in the southeast U.S., according to an event official. “The 2018 Workshop and the Exercise that were to be held October […]
News Las Vegas Metro police inks 10-year digital-evidence-management deal with Motorola Solutions 10th October 2018 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department recently signed a 10-year, $18.98 million contract with Motorola Solutions, which will use its CommandCentral software suite to provide an integrated, end-to-end digital-evidence-management system that is unique in the marketplace, according to company officials. Adam Schwartz, director of Motorola Solutions’ digital-evidence-management solutions, said the Las Vegas police department will benefit […]
News Harris adds LTE capability to Unified Vehicle platform 8th October 2018 Harris yesterday announced that the Harris Unified Vehicle platform, powered by Tait, will support LTE connectivity from major carriers by the end of this year, according to a company official. Jeremy Elder, a product-line manager at Harris, said that the LTE functionality would be provided in a new accessory for TM9400 Project 25 and TM9300 […]
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