Video E/M Wave showcases LTE antenna, multiband duplexer 21st November 2013 Steve Baker, director of sales for E/M Wave, displays the company’s new mobile LTE antenna and multiband duplexer during a conversation with UC Editor Donny Jackson during last week’s Communications Marketing Association (CMA) conference last week in Nashville, Tenn.
Video F5 Networks: Diameter signaling a key component of public-safety LTE 21st November 2013 Joe Fried, director of sales for F5 Networks, explains the role that diameter signaling plays in LTE networks and how the technology can be especially useful to the public-safety sector during a conversation with UC Editor Donny Jackson at the Signaling Focus Day before the LTE North America conference in Dallas.
Article LTE pilot projects offer a glimpse of public safety’s future 16th November 2013 Test networks answer important questions and provide key lessons, but perhaps their most important purpose is to demonstrate that interoperable public-safety LTE deployments are achievable.
News BayRICS, Motorola Solutions considering possible FirstNet agreement 13th November 2013 Directors for the Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications Systems Authority (BayRICS) on Thursday are scheduled to consider a modified agreement with Motorola Solutions regarding the deployment of a private LTE network for San Francisco-area first responders, as part of a spectrum-lease agreement with FirstNet.
News LA-RICS gets two bidders for public-safety LTE project 8th November 2013 Entity declines to name the bidders for 232-site project that will leverage both Project 25 and LTE technology; negotiations are expected to begin by the end of November.
Article Public safety is about to experience a watershed moment 5th November 2013 First-responder communications are on a path to experience revolutionary change—change that will affect nearly everyone associated with this market.
News FCC approves rules for FirstNet spectrum 31st October 2013 Commission action paves the way for certification of devices that will operate in the Band 14 700 MHz spectrum that public safety’s nationwide broadband communications network will utilize.
Commentary The readers always write: Managing FirstNet expectations 22nd October 2013 As tempting as it may be for FirstNet haters to complain, it is important that the public-safety community be patient and maintain an open mind until the network design and financial model have been chosen.
News Motorola Solutions showcases portfolio enhancements at IACP 22nd October 2013 Among the items on display at IACP in Philadelphia are a data-analytics platform designed to provide law enforcement with real-time crime-fighting intelligence; a unified push-to-talk solution that enable mobile broadnand users to speak with Astro 25 users; and an architecture that unifies data generated by multiple sources in order to improve situational awareness.
Video Morgan O’Brien: Private radio ‘can’t sustain’ narrowband, needs to migrate to broadband 7th October 2013 Nextel Communications co-founder Morgan O’Brien tells UC editor-in-chief Glenn Bischoff that the private radio industry “can’t sustain” business models revolving around narrowband technology, so it should look to broadband LTE. O’Brien made the comments last week in St. Louis at the 2013 Wireless Leadership Summit, which was sponsored by the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) and USMSS.
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