Video JPS Interoperability Solutions: Roman Kaluta showcases company’s product lineup at IWCE 5th October 2021 Roman Kaluta, director of interoperability solutions for JPS Interoperability Solutions, highlights multiple products in the company’s interoperability portfolio that were exhibited during the IWCE 2021 event conducted last week in Las Vegas.
Partner content Social media can play an important role in a community’s emergency response 3rd October 2021 History has proven time and again that communication is often hampered when a natural disaster strikes. Wildfires create widespread chaos that expands beyond political and government-managed borders; flooding events can evolve quickly, making it difficult for first responders to know what’s going on in the corners of their jurisdictions; hurricanes bring ashore intense wind, splintering telephone poles and overwhelming […]
Video GenCell: Alex Saucedo shares benefits of hydrogen-fuel-cell offerings for backup power 1st October 2021 Alex Saucedo, GenCell’s director of sales for the Americas, discusses characteristics of the company’s hydrogren-fuel-cell technology, which can provide resilient backup power as long as months at a time. Saucedo outlines the capabilities of both existing offerings and the development roadmap for future products, as well as the availability of hydrogen needed for the […]
News Lynk official: ‘We’ve solved the uplink challenge’ for LEO satellite-to-phone connectivity 30th September 2021 Cell-tower-in-space connectivity provider Lynk Global yesterday announced that it has proven that its low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite-to-unmodified-cell-phone technology support two-way communications—a finding that could prove significant for the public-safety and critical-communications sectors. “This month, Lynk proved out two-way communications capability,” Lynk COO Margot Deckard said yesterday during a session at the IWCE 2021 conference in Las […]
Video Wi-Fiber: Adair Grover highlights broadband mi.mec smart-infrastructure platform, support of myriad community services 30th September 2021 Adair Grover, CEO of smart-infrastructure provider Wi-Fiber, explains how the company’s mi.mec private edge-cloud service and community-engagement platform lets municipalities like Canton, Ohio, realize capabilities like gunshot detection, real-time video analytics and automated transportation systems, as well as the delivery of the rural broadband that enables virtual learning and telehealth. Click here to view Grover’s […]
Video Cobham: Robb Robinson highlights Explorer’s LMR coverage-extension capabilities via LTE, satcom 30th September 2021 Robb Robinson, Cobham SATCOM’s head of critical solutions for the Americas, showcases the components of the company’s Explorer solution, which lets users extend their land-mobile-radio (LMR) coverage area by seamlessly leveraging LTE and satellite connectivity. IWCE 2021 attendees can learn more by visiting company officials at Booth 757 during exhibit-hall hours.
Video JPS Interoperability Solutions: Roman Kaluta highlights features of Z-series portfolio 29th September 2021 Roman Kaluta, director of interoperability solutions for JPS Interoperability Solutions, describes the capabilities of the company’s Z-series line of products. IWCE 2021 attendees can learn more by visiting company officials in Booth 837 during exhibit-hall hours on Wednesday and Thursday.
Commentary It’s time to think strategically about portable firefighter radios 29th September 2021 The early days of handheld public-safety portable radio devices did not bring specialized designs for a firefighter’s unique requirements. Police, fire, EMS, bus system managers, and others received the same device without regard for different work environments. From a purchasing standpoint, the strategy made sense: it was simple and enabled volume pricing advantages. But as […]
Video Verizon: Nick Nilan, Carlo Thompson showcase SPOT, THOR deployable vehicles 29th September 2021 Verizon’s Nick Nilan and Carlo Thompson highlight features of the carrier’s “workhorse” deployable–a satellite picocell on truck (SPOT)–and the massive Tactical Humanitarian Operations Response (THOR) vehicle, a prototype communications vehicle that acts as a “Swiss Army knife” of communications at the scene of an emergency. IWCE 2021 attendees can learn more about the deployable […]
News Assured Wireless launches HPUE testing, package offering as company becomes profitable 27th September 2021 High-power-user-equipment (HPUE) provider Assured Wireless is profitable just eight months after introducing products that extend the effective range of FirstNet service, and the vendor now is unveiling coverage-testing capabilities and ‘simplifying’ its offering, according to company President and CEO John Goocher. Assured Wireless’ technolory—as a standalone product or embedded in the AirgainConnect AC-HPUE antenna-modem—drives the […]
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