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Motorola Solutions: Randy Long describes benefits of SchoolSAFE solution

Randy Long of SchoolSAFE Communications describes how the dealer-developed solution supports daily communications on educational campuses, as well as interoperability with public-safety personnel during times of emergency.

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Fairfax County: Michael Newburn explains replacement of general-government LMR system with carrier enhanced PTT service

Michael Newburn, wireless manager for Fairfax County, Va., outlines the reasoning behind the decision to replace an aging analog LMR system for general government employees with an enhanced push-to-talk (PTT) service. The decision saved the county more than $16 million in upfront costs and more than $2 million annually.

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Icom America: Mobile communications van features company’s interoperability gear

Ray Novak of Icom America and Mike Lee, a communications unit leader (COML) for a Florida county, highlight the capabilities of a mobile communications van that includes Icom interoperability products that enable communications between myriad radio and commercial technologies. The van is being featured in the Icom America booth at APCO 2016 in Orlando.

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Zetron to unveil text-to-911 enhancement, CSSI and application interfaces during APCO 2016

Zetron announces that it will demonstrate at APCO 2016 in Orlando its ESInet-based text-to-911 solution that is designed to help call-takers multitask, allowing them to answer an emergency voice calls and one or more emergency texts simultaneously, according to a company official.

JPS Interoperability Solutions: CEO/President Don Scott discusses company’s outlook prior to APCO 2016

Don Scott, CEO and president of JPS Interoperability Solutions, highlights the company’s challenges since launching in April, its presence at APCO 2016 and product-development plans during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson.

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Zetron announces new Pathway gateway to ease analog-to-IP radio transition

Zetron announces its new Pathway radio gateway, which will leverage multiple technology interfaces to help network operators maintain service while migrating system from an analog platform to an IP-based technology, according to a company official.

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RFP competition should improve chances that FirstNet vision can become a reality for public safety

It may have been the worst-kept secret in the public-safety communications industry, but AT&T announcement that it is leading a FirstNet bidding team means that the RFP process has at least three competitors, which should be good news for public safety.

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Verizon CEO declines to comment on potential FirstNet role

Just days after AT&T formally announced that it has submitted a bid to lead a team seeking to build and operate FirstNet’s nationwide public-safety broadband network, Verizon’s CEO declines to comment on the possible role that his company might play in a FirstNet bid.

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JPS Interoperability Solutions names Arthur Powers as vice president and general counsel

RALEIGH, N.C., July 7, 2016 – JPS Interoperability Solutions has appointed Arthur Powers as vice president and general counsel. Prior to joining JPS, Powers served as vice president for JPS Communications, general counsel for Raytheon Company in Brazil, as director of Brazil based programs for Catholic Relief Services and USAID and as an international lawyer […]

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Airbus DS Communications, NICE announce technology integration, expanded strategic partnership

Airbus DS Communications and NICE announce that the companies are completing integration tests of their 911 solutions—both in the laboratory and in the field—that confirm compatibility in a next-generation 911 environment that supports multimedia communications.

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Motorola Solutions: Randy Long describes benefits of SchoolSAFE solution

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Fairfax County: Michael Newburn explains replacement of general-government LMR system with carrier enhanced PTT service

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Icom America: Mobile communications van features company’s interoperability gear

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Zetron to unveil text-to-911 enhancement, CSSI and application interfaces during APCO 2016

JPS Interoperability Solutions: CEO/President Don Scott discusses company’s outlook prior to APCO 2016

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Zetron announces new Pathway gateway to ease analog-to-IP radio transition

Commentary

RFP competition should improve chances that FirstNet vision can become a reality for public safety

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Verizon CEO declines to comment on potential FirstNet role

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JPS Interoperability Solutions names Arthur Powers as vice president and general counsel

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Airbus DS Communications, NICE announce technology integration, expanded strategic partnership

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