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Verizon optimistic about position in the public-safety marketplace, company exec says

Verizon’s public-safety and public-sector business continues to grow, despite increased competition in the marketplace for government users from providers like FirstNet, built by AT&T, according to a Verizon executive. Mike Maiorana, senior vice president for Verizon’s public-sector unit, expressed optimism about the outlook for Verizon’s public-safety business, both in terms of present-day contracts and a […]

Univ. of Colorado: Max Hollingsworth outlines public-safety benefits of mobile edge computing, heterogeneous networks

  Max Hollingsworth, a computer-science student at the University of Colorado, explains how software-driven mobile edge computing can help improve communication performance for first responders in the field and how leveraging heterogeneous broadband networks–for example, proposed CBRS systems operating in the 3.5 GHz band–can improve network resiliency and availability for public safety. Hollingsworth spoke with […]

Nemergent Solutions: Eneko Atxutegi discusses company’s MCPTT offering

  Eneko Atxutegi, research & development manager for Spain-based Nemergent Solutions, talks about the company’s mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) client and server offerings that meet the performance criteria associated with the 3GPP standard for MCPTT. Atxutegi spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the PSCR Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting being conducted in Chicago this […]

FirstNet Authority standards director recaps June 3GPP Plenary Meetings in Newport Beach, Calif.

The June quarterly Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) meetings in Newport Beach, Calif., addressed standards in several areas relevant to the evolution of the public-safety broadband communications and the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN). The major topic across the 3GPP plenary meetings was planning for 3GPP Release 17 (R17). This release will be built […]
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