Video EJL Wireless Research: Earl Lum discusses the future of in-building coverage for public-safety communications 29th May 2017 Earl Lum, president of EJL Wireless Research, outlines some of the challenges facing vendors, governments and building owners as they try to support public safety’s in-building communications needs for LMR and LTE systems.
News Hytera Communications completes acquisition of Sepura 25th May 2017 China-based Hytera Communications announces that it completed the acquisition of the Sepura Group, ending the months-long saga for the $92 million all-cash purchase of the United Kingdom (UK)-based provider of TETRA products and solutions.
News Massachusetts seeks bidders for potential public-safety RAN alternative to nationwide FirstNet system 25th May 2017 Massachusetts issues a request for response (RFR) that seeks input from vendors willing to build and maintain a statewide public-safety LTE radio access network (RAN), making it the seventh state to initiate a procurement designed to provide an “opt-out” alternative to the nationwide FirstNet deployment.
Video Huawei: Nermin Mohamed outlines how SDN and NFV can benefit public-safety communications 24th May 2017 Nermin Mohamed, Huawei’s vice president of solutions and marketing, explains how the use of software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) within modern-day broadband wireless system can enhance functionality, provisioning and reliability on mission-critical networks.
News AT&T CEO expects accelerated FirstNet buildout, promises hardening, ‘ruthless preemption’ for public safety 23rd May 2017 AT&T expects to deploy the Band 14 FirstNet public-safety LTE network “much quicker” than the five-year schedule included in the request for proposals (RFP), and first-responder subscribers will have “ruthless preemption” access rights on the system, according to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson.
Video EJL Wireless Research: Earl Lum outlines some key deployment decisions for AT&T, FirstNet 18th May 2017 Earl Lum, president of EJL Wireless Research, highlights some key differences between LMR designs and the LTE architecture that AT&T will deploy for FirstNet during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson at 5G North America in Austin.
Commentary Recent events underscore significant market impact of LMR-LTE convergence 8th May 2017 Many of the key trends that were displayed and discussed during IWCE 2017 promise to have a significant impact on the critical-communications industry throughout the rest of the year and into the long-term future.
News Pryme teams with Zello, others to provide accessories in fast-growing cellular PTT market 1st May 2017 A growing number of enterprises are replacing or augmenting land-mobile-radio (LMR) systems with Zello’s push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) offering combined with speaker microphones and other accessories from Pryme, according to officials from both companies.
News Motorola Solutions buying Kodiak to enhance broadband push-to-talk position 1st May 2017 Motorola Solutions announces an agreement to purchase Kodiak Networks, the push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) provider that has partnered with AT&T and other carriers to offer carrier-integrated PTT solutions that have complemented or replaced land-mobile-radio (LMR) systems during the past few years.
News AT&T targets draft state plans in June, outlines business case behind its FirstNet bid 25th April 2017 ATT officials say that the carrier plans to work with FirstNet to release draft state plans in June and expects governors to make opt-out decisions during the fourth quarter of this year, when the company’s goal is to have all 56 states and territories accept the nationwide FirstNet deployment plans.
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