Commentary Panel: LTE, LMR will have to co-exist for a significant period 5th May 2012 Like most in the public-safety industry, none of the panelists expressed confidence about how long LMR and LTE systems will need to co-exist in the public-safety sector, but the general consensus was that it will be at least a decade.
Article Power struggle 1st May 2012 Public safety is allowed to partner with utilities on its nationwide broadband network, but such partners only are allowed to access the network on a secondary basis. Exactly what “secondary” means is the critical question.
Commentary The long arm of broadband 1st May 2012 There are some who believe that the public-safety broadband network is much more a law-enforcement play, and that the fire and emergency medical services won’t benefit nearly as much. I am certain that those people are wrong.
News Harris County selects Motorola for LTE expansion (with related video) 24th April 2012 Harris County has accepted Motorola Solutions’ deployment of the initial seven-site network, which leverages the statewide 700 MHz spectrum waiver held by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
News NTIA cautions against early public-safety LTE deployments 10th April 2012 Officials for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently asked jurisdictions with plans to deploy public-safety LTE systems during the next year to stop their work to ensure that money is not wasted on equipment that will not integrate into the nationwide broadband network.
NTIA official provides timelines for nationwide broadband network 20th March 2012 NTIA has until Aug. 20 to establish the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), the 15-member board that will make policy decisions regarding the public-safety broadband network.
BTOP-funded waiver recipients continue LTE push 13th March 2012 All 700 MHz broadband waiver recipients planning to use BTOP federal grant funds to build public-safety LTE networks plan to proceed with their projects. But those without federal funding may be reconsidering
The big bang 1st March 2012 By sticking together, public-safety organizations were able to secure the 700 MHz D Block spectrum and $7 billion from the federal government to build a nationwide broadband network.
Commentary Finally, the right tools for the job (with related video) 1st March 2012 By Bob Schassler — The real power public-safety LTE broadband communications promise to deliver — better connectivity and virtually unlimited mission-critical data directly on a responder’s handheld device, wherever and whenever it’s needed.
Video LTE’s video potential for public safety 24th February 2012 Andy Maxymillian, principal consultant at Blue Wing Services, highlights the value of video for public safety and the operational needs of video over LTE.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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