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Axon launches Respond platform with cloud-based CAD, integration support

Axon yesterday launched Respond, a cloud-based, real-time operations platform that marks the company’s entry into the computer-aided-dispatch (CAD) arena and is designed to help agencies leverage information from a various connected devices to enhance response efforts, according to a company official. “We stepped back and said, ‘We want to do this right.’ We don’t want […]

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Vuzix, Verizon look to pair 5G smart glasses with first responders

Picture this: A patient at home is struggling to breathe and calls 911. The emergency medical technicians arrive and determine they need help from a doctor. One EMT slips on a pair of 5G-enabled smart glasses and is able to receive guidance from a doctor at the local hospital who can see the patient through […]

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IWCE speaker: ‘LTE is the future’ of public-safety PTT, when first responders trust it

Public safety will replace land mobile radio (LMR) with LTE for its primary mission-critical voice communications when first responders trust the technology—a process that is beginning to happen now, according to Jeff Johnson, CEO of the Western Fire Chiefs Association and former vice chair of the FirstNet Authority. “As we think about our future, people […]

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FirstNet Authority board approves FY 2021 budget with $46 million for network investment

FirstNet Authority board members this week voted unanimously to approval the organization’s $213 million budget for fiscal year 2021 that includes $46 million allocated for making investments into the nationwide public-safety broadband network. Approved during the FirstNet Authority’s board meeting, the fiscal year 2021 budget earmarks $83.5 million for the FirstNet Authority’s operating expenses, as […]

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Goodbye, 3G: Here’s when T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon will shut it off

After roughly two decades, it’s time to start saying goodbye to 3G. Since launching the technology around 2002, and using it to bring to life initial smartphones like the iPhone, all of the nation’s big wireless network operators are preparing to shutter their 3G networks in the next few years. “To better support the high […]

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Florida continues work toward new statewide procurement, extension of current system

Early progress is being made to procure a new Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) in Florida, while state officials continue to talk with current SLERS vendor L3Harris about extending the existing SLERS contract that is scheduled to expire in a little more than nine months. Patrick Gillespie, deputy secretary of business operations for Florida […]

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Five questions that we need to answer about the edge

What I enjoyed most about being an analyst was that it let me indulge my natural instinct to ask questions. The most important part of my job was to ask questions about everything, of everyone, myself included. While I (unknowingly) asked the standard 5W and H questions rookie journalists do, the one I was always […]

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John Deere wants 5G to cover ‘every ear of corn and stalk of soybean’

In the competitive US wireless market, operators typically use population covered, or POPs, as a measurement to showcase how pervasive their 5G network is across the country. But for a company like John Deere, which is focused on using 5G to improve the global agriculture sector and increase the food supply, building a 5G network […]

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Kymeta buys satellite service provider Lepton Global Solutions

Satellite-antenna manufacturer Kymeta today announced its purchase of satellite service provider Lepton Global Solutions, which will let Kymeta provide a “one-stop-shop” offering to critical users seeking mobile terrestrial broadband in even remote locations, a company official said. Bill Marks, chief strategy officer for Kymeta, said the deal has been closed, making Lepton Global Solutions a […]

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Challenges carmakers face with the ‘everything connected’ vehicle

The increasing breadth of connectivity in vehicles can bring valuable features to automakers and consumers alike. Chief among these are the enabling of proactive and predictive performance and maintenance diagnostics. This same connectivity will also allow over-the-air (OTA) software updates, as well as real-time local and cloud-based status monitoring such as tire pressure, fuel level, […]

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Axon launches Respond platform with cloud-based CAD, integration support

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Vuzix, Verizon look to pair 5G smart glasses with first responders

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IWCE speaker: ‘LTE is the future’ of public-safety PTT, when first responders trust it

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FirstNet Authority board approves FY 2021 budget with $46 million for network investment

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Goodbye, 3G: Here’s when T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon will shut it off

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Florida continues work toward new statewide procurement, extension of current system

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Five questions that we need to answer about the edge

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John Deere wants 5G to cover ‘every ear of corn and stalk of soybean’

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Kymeta buys satellite service provider Lepton Global Solutions

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Challenges carmakers face with the ‘everything connected’ vehicle

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