News Kansas 911 organization selects AT&T, RapidDeploy to shift key PSAP solutions to the cloud 10th August 2019 Most public-safety answering points in Kansas are expected to process 911 calls with the help RapidDeploy’s cloud-native Nimbus computer-aided-dispatch (CAD) system that will be deployed through an AT&T contract with the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council. This marks the latest initiative by the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council to migrate PSAPs in the state to a next-generation […]
Audio Siyata Mobile: Glenn Kennedy talks about phablet, FirstNet certification, AT&T applications 9th August 2019 Glenn Kennedy, Siyata Mobile’s vice president of sales, outlines some recent wins for the company’s Uniden UV350 phablet, which has received FirstNet certification and earned a $1 million school-bus contract during the past few months. This week, Siyata Mobile announced that UV350 supports the AT&T Workforce Manager application and the carrier’s enhanced push-to-talk (EPTT) […]
News AT&T contract with DOJ worth up to $984 million, includes FirstNet access for more than 40 federal agencies 31st July 2019 AT&T this week announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) selected it to modernize communications across the 40-plus federal agencies in the department in a deal worth $984 million over 15 years, if all options are exercised. Stacy Schwartz, AT&T’s vice president of public-safety and FirstNet solutions, said the award technically is a task […]
News Cradlepoint earns Verizon certification for gigabit-LTE router portfolio 31st July 2019 Cradlepoint recently announced that its family of fixed and mobile LTE Advanced routers—designed to provide a “pathway to 5G” in the future—have been certified for use on the Verizon network. “Basically, it makes our entire lineup of gigabit products available on Verizon,” Donna Johnson, Cradlepoint’s vice president of product and solutions marketing, said during an […]
Video Univ. of Colorado: Max Hollingsworth outlines public-safety benefits of mobile edge computing, heterogeneous networks 26th July 2019 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 […]
Video Cornell University: Danny Adams explains how blockchain technology could work for public safety 26th July 2019 Danny Adams, a computer-science student at Cornell University, describes how proof-of-witness technology could ensure that blockchain technology can be used to ensure secure information, even when the user is disconnected from the cloud for a period of time. In addition, direct-mode communications could allow notification to other users in the area when connection to […]
News AT&T CEO says FirstNet buildout 60% done, with 70% mark targeted by end of year 26th July 2019 AT&T’s FirstNet 700 MHz Band 14 deployment was about 60% finished at the end of June, and the carrier giant hopes to reach the 70% completion mark by the end of the year, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said this week. Under its contract with the FirstNet Authority, AT&T was not required to reach the 60% […]
Video Univ. of Cincinnati: Howard Fan outlines how ProSe tech can deliver location information 24th July 2019 Howard Fan, a professor at the University of Cincinnati, explains how Proximity Service (ProSe) technology—the LTE standard for direct-mode communications—can be leveraged to determine the location of a user, even when network infrastructure is unavailable. Fan spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the PSCR Public Safety Broadband Stakeholders Meeting conducted this […]
News NetMotion, Cradlepoint announce technology alliance 22nd July 2019 NetMotion and Cradlepoint today announced a technology alliance that is designed to ensure that the companies’ complementary software and hardware products can work well together and that user agencies receive consistent input about best practices for implementing solutions to support broadband communications. NetMotion CEO Christopher Kennessey said that the alliance is a natural step, because […]
News Rural Colorado sheriff’s department uses Samsung, Visual Labs, FirstNet to provide an affordable body-cam solution 19th July 2019 Body-camera video has become an important—and sometimes expensive—tool for law-enforcement agencies in recent years, but a Colorado sheriff says he is leveraging Samsung smartphones, FirstNet connectivity and Visual Labs’ video platform to deliver an effective and affordable video solution for his rural department. Sheriff Tom Ridnour of Kit Carson County, Colo., said that some personnel […]
Land mobile radio (LMR) systems are just as vulnerable to cyberattacks as any other networks used in the public-safety sector. Here’s what to do about it. 1 7th November 2023
