Extinction event? 1st August 2011 A groundswell has emerged in support of the notion that provisioning mission-critical voice to first responders over broadband networks is a fait accompli — and that the eventual end of land-mobile radio is a certainty.
News LTE over D Block spectrum used during D.C. event 21st July 2011 Federal park police were able to monitor a sophisticated video-surveillance system during the July 4 celebration on the National Mall by leveraging an Alcatel-Lucent LTE system operating on 700 MHz D Block spectrum.
Video Motorola demos concept patrol car 15th July 2011 Shamik Mukherjee, senior director of solutions marketing Motorola Solutions, demonstrates a concept law-enforcement patrol car that it developed in conjunction with General Motors.
News Motorola unveils concept patrol car (with related photo and videos) 15th July 2011 It features a push-to-talk button that’s integrated into the steering wheel and eight video cameras that are strategically positioned. In the trunk is a mobile radio, a mobile workstation and a digital video recording system that is connected to all eight cameras and which is always on.
News NPSTC needs volunteers for broadband projects 5th May 2011 The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) needs volunteers for three broadband projects.
Commentary Technical work, spectrum planning needed to make peer-to-peer solutions a reality 27th April 2011 Exactly what public safety’s requirements are for peer-to-peer communications is something that hasn’t been completely defined to date, and it’s a “conversation that needs to happen,” said Emil Olbrich, lead project engineer for the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program.
News Motorola demonstrates public-safety LTE capability in Philadelphia 19th April 2011 The demo featured mobile streaming video from a dash-mounted camera in a squad car connected via a Band 14 dongle.
News IWCE reporter’s notebook (Part 2) 15th March 2011 IWCE product and service announcements from c4i, PCTEL, AASHTO, Laird, Alcatel-Lucent and Etherstack.
Article A wander-ful solution 1st March 2011 Long-Term Evolution technology will enable nationwide roaming, which is the key to widespread interoperability.
News Motorola, Verizon establish public-safety LTE alliance 23rd February 2011 Through the new alliance, Motorola plans to provide public-safety customers with an opportunity to leverage LTE applications across Verizon’s commercial network as a coordinated supplement to a private LTE networks and/or a roaming partner when the private network is not available.
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