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Nextivity: Victor Mejia outlines benefits of new Cel-Fi SOLO RED integrated public-safety BDA

Victor Mejia, senior product manager for Nextivity, discusses the capabilities of Cel-Fi SOLO RED, the new integrated bi-directional amplifier (BDA) solution being launched this week during the IWCE 2021 event in Las Vegas. Using only a half-watt of output power, the new BDA is designed to support public-safety communications inside smaller structures at an […]

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Michigan: Brad Stoddard demonstrates interoperability via Motorola Solutions’ Critical Connect

Brad Stoddard, director of the Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS), demonstrates some of the functionality enabled by Critical Connect, the cloud-based interoperability platform from Motorola Solutions. Stoddard spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2021 event being conducted this week in Las Vegas.

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Airbus U.S. launches Tactilon Agnet MCPTT/MCX offering for North America

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc. is offering its Tactilon Agnet platform—built on 3GPP standards for mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) and other mission-critical (MCX) services—to U.S. and Canadian customers. Herve Dussart, director of secure land communications at Airbus U.S Space & Defense, said that some vendors leverage technical standards at the core of solutions but then stray […]

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Assured Wireless launches HPUE testing, package offering as company becomes profitable

High-power-user-equipment (HPUE) provider Assured Wireless is profitable just eight months after introducing products that extend the effective range of FirstNet service, and the vendor now is unveiling coverage-testing capabilities and ‘simplifying’ its offering, according to company President and CEO John Goocher. Assured Wireless’ technolory—as a standalone product or embedded in the AirgainConnect AC-HPUE antenna-modem—drives the […]

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Pryme unveils accessory line that works with both LMR and cellular PTT

Pryme this week will showcase its new PrymeMAX portfolio of industrial-grade accessories that are versatile enough to work with both land-mobile-radio (LMR) handsets and LTE devices that enable push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) services and will be offered at a lower price than comparable LMR accessories offered by the company. Pryme has long delivered Bluetooth-compatible speaker microphones, lapel […]

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Lynk signs satellite-to-phone deals with first two wireless carriers

Cell-tower-in-space connectivity provider Lynk this week announced commercial agreements with its first two mobile network operators (MNOs)—Aliv in the Bahamas and Telecel Centrafique in the Central African Republic—to let subscribers stay connected anywhere using a standard, unmodified mobile phone. Lynk CEO Charles Miller said that Lynk plans to begin providing services to Aliv and Telecel […]

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Experts hope V2X connectivity will reduce cybersecurity risks for intelligent transportation

The future of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) depends on a number of factors, and one of the most vital ones is cybersecurity. Protecting the vehicles, the highways and the infrastructure that support them is now seen as one of the key elements to accelerating the technologies. One emerging technology that will inevitably have an […]

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Evergy becomes third utility to sign long-term spectrum lease with Anterix

Evergy agreed to a long-term lease of 900 MHz spectrum licensed to Anterix, yesterday announcing a $30.2 million deal that will give the utility access to the broadband airwaves to support the deployment of a private LTE system that is expected to enable critical smart-grid applications. Under the agreement, Evergy will pay $30.2 million upfront […]

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ISPs suffer losses and make plans in face of climate crisis

Just as COVID-19 ushered in an acceptance that broadband is essential, the concurrent era of a worsening climate crisis is also making clear just how vulnerable that critical infrastructure is. From wildfires and extreme heat, to flash floods and hurricanes, the increasing effects of climate change are taking their toll on cables, fiber lines and […]

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Newscan: Virgin Media O2 flies a kite for 5G-based emergency services

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Virgin Media O2 flies a kite for 5G-based emergency services Biden’s baffling FCC delay could give Republicans a 2-1 FCC majority Revisiting FirstNet, the public-safety network born from 9/11 Bitcoin uses more electricity than many countries. How is that possible? Yolo County DA announces launch of race-blind program […]

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Nextivity: Victor Mejia outlines benefits of new Cel-Fi SOLO RED integrated public-safety BDA

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Michigan: Brad Stoddard demonstrates interoperability via Motorola Solutions’ Critical Connect

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Airbus U.S. launches Tactilon Agnet MCPTT/MCX offering for North America

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Assured Wireless launches HPUE testing, package offering as company becomes profitable

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Pryme unveils accessory line that works with both LMR and cellular PTT

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Lynk signs satellite-to-phone deals with first two wireless carriers

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Experts hope V2X connectivity will reduce cybersecurity risks for intelligent transportation

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Evergy becomes third utility to sign long-term spectrum lease with Anterix

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ISPs suffer losses and make plans in face of climate crisis

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Newscan: Virgin Media O2 flies a kite for 5G-based emergency services

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