Video Rivada Networks’ Declan Ganley: Rivada’s proposal for deploying and funding FirstNet 5th February 2014 Can FirstNet build its proposed nationwide broadband network for first responders without using taxpayer money? Yes, according to Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley, who outlines his company’s proposal to deploy and fund FirstNet during this interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson. (Part 5 of video series)
Product Newscan: Why the rush to voice over LTE (VoLTE) for public safety? 3rd February 2014 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Why the rush to voice over LTE (VoLTE) for public safety? Google sells Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.92 billion
Video Rivada Networks’ Declan Ganley: How dynamic spectrum arbitrage works for public safety, commercial users 31st January 2014 Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley tells UC Editor Donny Jackson about the millisecond adjustments that would be executed within a dynamic-spectrum-arbitrage to ensure that public-safety always has priority and that commercial users get access to the maximum amount of bandwidth available when an emergency response is not in progress. (Part 4 of video series)
Video Rivada Networks’ Declan Ganley: Why dynamic spectrum arbitrage will be attractive to bidders 29th January 2014 Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley tells UC Editor Donny Jackson why carriers and other potential bidders would pay for excess bandwidth from the FirstNet broadband system in a dynamic-spectrum-arbitrage scenario, even though they could lose their access rights during a large emergency. (Part 3 of video series)
Commentary Is dynamic spectrum arbitrage right for FirstNet? Watch videos and judge for yourself 23rd January 2014 Finding a way to monetize the value of excess broadband capacity generated from the nationwide network using 20 MHz of prime contiguous spectrum in the 700 MHz will be a key part of FirstNet’s business plan. One potential method for doing this is dynamic spectrum arbitrage. In a series of videos with IWCE’s Urgent Communications, Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley will discuss various components of this approach, allowing interested parties to make their own assessments about the proposal.
News Tektronix Communications acquires Newfield Wireless 8th January 2014 Tektronix Communications recently acquired LTE optimization solutions provider Newfield Wireless in a deal that Newfield Wireless CEO Marc Bensadoun describes as a “natural fit.”
Article No shortage of compelling story lines for 2014 7th January 2014 Last year was a particularly eventful year in the communications-technology sector, and we expect 2014 to be just as eventful. Recently, we dusted off our crystal ball to see whether we could get a glimpse of the stories that will be the most noteworthy and/or interesting this year.
News Alcatel-Lucent leads second Las Vegas public-safety LTE trial 7th January 2014 Multiple vendors participating in the trial demonstrate that first-responder agencies will be able to leverage new LTE capabilities while continuing to use their existing communications systems, which in turn will smooth out the migration path to FirstNet’s public-safety broadband communications network.
Article UC’s top stories of 2013 (Part 2) 2nd January 2014 On Tuesday, we presented five stories that we think are among the most compelling of 2013. Here are five more.
News PSCR official: Public-safety LTE devices may include multiple bands, Android 30th December 2013 PSCR currently is testing devices capable of accessing as many as 10 spectrum bands; though intermodulation issues exist, PSCR is working through them, says Emil Olbrich, the organization’s head of research and development. Olbrich predicts that Android ultimately will be the operating system of choice for public safety, despite the fact that it currently is less secure than other operating systems.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
Video Check out key takeaways from Disaster Management Symposium webinars, register to view archives Video: Opening of the Expo Hall on day three of IWCE 2023 Lynk CEO Charles Miller: The sky’s the limit
