Audio InterTalk: Chris Oldham previews cloud-based dispatch system, IWCE demo 21st February 2019 InterTalk President Chris Oldham outlines the console-system company’s plans to launch a cloud-based dispatch solution called Enlite to leverage new data streams to improve response times and situational awareness when incidents occur. Attendees at the IWCE 2019 event in Las Vegas can see a demonstration of Enlite on March 6-7 in Booth 1561.
News Verizon shares vision for transition to 5G, expectations to meet high-reliability, low-latency thresholds 20th February 2019 Fueled by massive amounts of millimeter-wave spectrum, true mobile 5G services will deliver ultra-fast download speeds and two performance characteristics that promise to be crucial in the critical-communications arena: 99.999% reliability and end-to-end network latency of less than 5 milliseconds, according to Verizon officials. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg initially announced these performance thresholds last month […]
News AT&T officials outline current IoT capabilities over FirstNet, future considerations for LTE-M 15th February 2019 FirstNet currently does not support the use of low-power, wide-area (LPWA) protocols like LTE-M, but the nationwide public-safety broadband network can be leveraged for low-bandwidth Internet of Things (IoT) use cases with quality of service, priority and preemption (QPP) on LTE, according to AT&T officials. David Allen, director of IoT advanced product development for AT&T—the […]
News CrisisGo, Sonim partner on FirstNet-capable, emergency-communications application for schools 15th February 2019 Personnel on school campuses throughout the United States have access to an emergency-communications platform that can leverage the FirstNet system built by AT&T, thanks to a partnership announced yesterday by CrisisGo and Sonim Technologies. Stacey Sisk, CrisisGo vice president of business development, said the CrisisGo platform—available via download for use on virtually any smartphones, tablets […]
News Newscan: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hints at Huawei ultimatum to countries buying equipment 12th February 2019 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hints at Huawei ultimatum to countries buying equipment West Virginia officials say FCC report gives inaccurate overview of state 911 funding, diversion claims Texas bill would prevent phone companies from ‘throttling’ first responders’ data Agencies: We have enough tech, we need more […]
News Ericsson announces MCPTT support, including eMBMS LTE broadcast, IOPS functionality 12th February 2019 Ericsson has announced a new critical-communications portfolio that includes two key capabilities needed for 3GPP-standard mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) to become a viable alternative to LMR: LTE broadcast and the ability for a cell site to support local communications without connectivity to the main network core. Jason Johur, Ericsson’s strategy and market-development director for […]
News Newscan: Trump likely to sign executive order banning Chinese telecom equipment next week 8th February 2019 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Trump likely to sign executive order banning Chinese telecom equipment next week Threat of Chinese telecoms looms over hearing It’s Huawei vs. the U.S. government at the world’s biggest wireless event Michigan sheriff credits RapidSOS location technology for helping save 911 calller Fire Politics 2019: From Communications to […]
News Sonim announces shipments of new Rapid Deployment Kits, upcoming plans for package 8th February 2019 Greater communications flexibility soon will be within the grasp of some public-safety agencies, as Sonim Technologies started shipping its Rapid Deployment Kit (RDK-2) with a FirstNet Ready Cradlepoint router and announced plans to further integrate satellite and LMR capabilities into the carry-case package later this year. Bob Escalle, Sonim Technologies’ vice president for public-safety market […]
News Motorola Solutions announces details of $1.45 billion Airwave deal, projections for 2019 growth 8th February 2019 Motorola Solutions has signed a contract worth a total of $1.45 billion to extend the life of the Airwave TETRA network in the United Kingdom through the end of 2022, and the company officials yesterday outlined expectations for the overall growth of the business to continue this year and through at least 2021. Speaking during […]
News FirstNet proves to be valuable during Super Bowl week in Atlanta, Georgia official says 7th February 2019 FirstNet service worked well for agencies helping to secure areas of Atlanta during the Super Bowl and throughout the week of events surrounding the championship game, according to a Georgia state official who participated in the effort. Warren Shepard, manager of the critical-infrastructure and key-resource unit for Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security (GEMA) and the […]
Updated: How ‘sidelink’ peer-to-peer communications can enhance public-safety operations 1 27th February 2023
