PSCR: Dereck Orr highlights features of annual stakeholders meeting in June 2nd May 2016 Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program Manager Dereck Orr outlines hot topics and new features that will be included in the organization’s annual stakeholder meeting, which will be conducted June 7-9 in San Diego.
News FirstNet changes contracting officer for nationwide RFP 29th April 2016 FirstNet announces a change in the contracting officer who would execute the deal with a contractor to be selected this year as part of a evaluation process that will begin in earnest after May 31, the deadline for offeror teams to make their proposals to build and maintain a nationwide public-safety broadband network.
News FirstNet official clarifies evaluation process, public-safety pricing goals 26th April 2016 After receiving bids from offerors on May 31, FirstNet evaluators will engage in a lengthy, negotiation-filled process in an effort to forge the best arrangement with its contractor on behalf of public-safety users, a FirstNet official said during a session at IWCE 2016.
News pdvWireless acquires, swaps 900 MHz spectrum while awaiting FCC ruling on LMR-to-broadband proposal 15th April 2016 As the FCC decides whether to rule on its proposal to transition some 900 MHz spectrum from land-mobile-radio (LMR) use to broadband, pdvWireless is buying and swapping airwaves in the band make its desired retuning task easier, according to Morgan O’Brien, the vice chairman for pdvWireless.
News JPS Interoperability Solutions to launch April 15 with assets of former JPS Communications 13th April 2016 JPS Interoperability Solutions—a new company established with the acquired assets of the former JPS Communications—plans to open its doors for business on April 15, according to JPS Interoperability Solutions President Don Scott, one of the three founders of JPS Communications.
News FirstNet extends due date for RFP bids to May 31 11th April 2016 Teams making proposals for the right to build and operate FirstNet’s nationwide public-safety broadband network will have an additional 18 days to prepare their bids, as FirstNet extends the request-for-proposal (RFP) deadline to May 31.
News Fire-code proposals call for in-building coverage for public safety 11th April 2016 Several fire-code proposals designed to support in-building LMR and LTE coverage for public-safety users recently received favorable recommendations in preparation for Fire Code Hearing Committee meeting, which will be conducted April 17-19 in Louisville.
Commentary Will mission-critical PTT be FirstNet’s ‘killer app’? 7th April 2016 With all of the broadband functionality promised by public-safety LTE, could mission-critical push-to-talk—a decidedly narrowband technology—be FirstNet’s “killer app” that drives public-safety adoption?
Video Zello: Company demonstrates broadband push-to-talk functionality with LMR, multimedia capability 6th April 2016 Zello brands itself as a walkie-talkie application that can turn any smart device into a push-to-talk device. The app also features picture messaging, message playback and radio-interfacing abilities.
News ESChat, Tait and Avtec demonstrate LMR-LTE full-featured interoperability via P25 ISSI, CSSI gateways 4th April 2016 Three companies—ESChat, Tait Communications and Avtec—conduct a joint demonstration at IWCE 2016 highlighting the ability to leverage P25 gateway standards to enable full-featured communications between traditional P25 radio systems and an LTE-based push-to-talk (PTT) solution.
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