Long Term Evolution (LTE)

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Mission-critical VoLTE gear could be available in 2018

Equipment supporting standardized mission-critical voice over LTE (VoLTE) should be commercially available in 2018, while mission-critical voice solutions outside the standard could be offered in the marketplace years before that, an Alcatel-Lucent official said last week during an IWCE session.

American Tower: Company optimistic about wireless market, FirstNet

Tom Gramaglia, American Tower’s vice president of business development, discusses the healthy wireless market and the potential opportunities associated with the FirstNet initiative to provide broadband connectivity to public safety.

News

FirstNet board members Dowd, Johnson share visions for broadband system

FirstNet board members Jeff Johnson and Charles Dowd express optimism about the organization and offer personal perspectives on many aspects of the proposed nationwide broadband network for public safety during a session at IWCE 2014.

Commentary

IWCE panel reveals steep hill to climb for states choosing opt-out route

IWCE panel details various steps involved in the FirstNet opt-in/opt-out decision that each governor will have to make, including some factors that may have been overlooked before.

Thales Communications: Company demonstrates deployable solution at IWCE

Robert Andreas, Thales Communications’ director of systems solutions–research and development, outlines the capabilities of the company’s deployable-communications solution during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson on the IWCE 2014 show floor.

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IWCE panel: Preparation key to states making good opt-in/opt-out decision on FirstNet

It’s too early for states and territories to choose whether to opt in to FirstNet or build a public-safety broadband network for itself, but officials for these jurisdictions should be conducting due diligence as quickly as possible, so they will be ready when the opt-in/opt-out decision has to be made, according to an IWCE panel on the subject.

News

‘We will deliver,’ FirstNet GM tells IWCE audience

FirstNet will plan carefully and be transparent in its efforts to deploy a nationwide broadband system for first responders, and “we will deliver this network for public safety,” FirstNet General Manager Bill D’Agostino said yesterday during the afternoon keynote session at IWCE 2014.

Harlin McEwen: LMR will remain public safety’s best choice for mission-critical voice in the near future

Harlin McEwen, chairman of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) communications and technology committee, explains why first responders will continue to rely on LMR technologies–not the proposed FirstNet broadband system–for mission-critical voice in the near future during this interview with Jill Nolin of IWCE’s Urgent Communications.

Kenwood USA: Company demonstrates LTE vision

Kentaro Abe, product manager for Kenwood USA, demonstrates some of the key capabilities that his company is developing that leverage LTE broadband technology on the IWCE 2014 show floor.

Commentary

American Tower makes its public-safety partnership case—and not just for FirstNet

While working with commercial tower companies may be natural for an entity like FirstNet, American Tower officials insist that it also wants to work with public-safety entities today in an effort to help them generate revenue streams from existing assets that can help pay for needs today, including upgrades to LMR systems.

News

Mission-critical VoLTE gear could be available in 2018

American Tower: Company optimistic about wireless market, FirstNet

News

FirstNet board members Dowd, Johnson share visions for broadband system

Commentary

IWCE panel reveals steep hill to climb for states choosing opt-out route

Thales Communications: Company demonstrates deployable solution at IWCE

News

IWCE panel: Preparation key to states making good opt-in/opt-out decision on FirstNet

News

‘We will deliver,’ FirstNet GM tells IWCE audience

Harlin McEwen: LMR will remain public safety’s best choice for mission-critical voice in the near future

Kenwood USA: Company demonstrates LTE vision

Commentary

American Tower makes its public-safety partnership case—and not just for FirstNet

Commentary

As communities grapple with budget shortfalls, how will online and digital taxation change?

U.S. sets up new open RAN group amid telecom slugfest with China

COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented challenges for ECCs, 911 centers

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IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

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