News Cloud-based Carbyne earns streaming video patent, positions platform as a step toward NG911 22nd July 2020 Cloud-native Carbyne recently was granted a patent for technology that lets 911 centers receive streaming video from emergency callers without significant hardware upgrades, but the solution is just part of a platform that can serve as a key transition step to next-generation 911 (NG911), according to a company official. Rob Clark, Carbyne’s general manager for […]
News Karp, Lee to lead Allerio, The Public Safety Network after Kennedy named Qumu CEO 22nd July 2020 Allerio and The Public Safety Network both named new leadership today in the aftermath of TJ Kennedy—previously the highest-profile officer for both entities—being announced as CEO of Qumu, a publicly traded company that provides video technology for enterprises. Jason Karp is the new CEO of Allerio, a telehealth platform-as-a-service company with a lightweight Mobile Hub […]
Partner content SpaceX’s Starlink isn’t a threat – at least not yet 21st July 2020 Starlink, the low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based Internet service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is planning to launch commercial service sometime this year. The move will immediately create a new, nationwide competitor to every fixed Internet provider across the country, whether it’s a telecom behemoth like AT&T or a smaller, rural provider like Rise Broadband. But the real […]
Partner content Cybersecurity must be future-proof to match car life 17th July 2020 More connectivity means more attack-surfaces for cyber criminals. So, as vehicles continue their rapid evolution toward rolling, four-wheeled connected devices, there is a growing call for automakers, their Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers and other stakeholders to more seriously consider deep integration of security measures to ensure over-the-air (OTA) software updates remain secure from […]
Partner content Biden’s telecom platform hardens around net neutrality, universal broadband, 5G funding 17th July 2020 Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has been slowly firming up his positions on hot-button telecom issues, a noteworthy development in light of polls showing him gaining significant ground on President Trump. While much can happen between now and November, when the US will hold its presidential election, it’s worth taking a look […]
News Verizon selects MCPTT vendor, expects to launch MCPTT service this year 16th July 2020 Verizon has chosen a vendor to deliver mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) service based on the 3GPP standard and expects to launch the offering by the end of this year, according to a Verizon official. “We have selected a mission-critical-push-to-talk vendor,” Nick Nilan, Verizon’s director of public-sector product development, said yesterday during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications. […]
News Florida governor approves budget, clears path for L3Harris LMR extension, new statewide procurement 10th July 2020 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently vetoed $1 billion from the state budget, but a $2.4 million measure to address the current and future needs of the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) was among the items that survived the cut, according to state sources. Florida’s new budget includes more than $2.4 million for the state […]
Partner content Samsung: Huawei pricing not sustainable for a profit-seeking company 10th July 2020 Samsung has cast aspersions on Huawei’s pricing strategy in the mobile network equipment market when asked by a UK parliamentary committee if years of unfair competition had driven some firms out of business. Woojune Kim, an executive vice president at the South Korean vendor, said no company with shareholders that is trying to make a […]
News RapidDeploy sees its cloud-native 911 solutions gain acceptance during COVID-19 pandemic 8th July 2020 Cloud-native 911 solution developer RapidDeploy has experienced some hiccups during the past few months, but the realities surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated interest and acceptance of its cloud-based CAD, mapping and analytics offerings, according to a company executive. Historically, 911 systems have been built with premise-based technologies that require telecommunicators to be physically present […]
News Huawei alert system raised from amber to red in UK 6th July 2020 What’s riskier than “high-risk”? Huawei already carried that unwelcome designation in the UK, but authorities believed they could mitigate any threat by restricting the Chinese vendor’s role. With the latest US sanctions, even these limits may be insufficient. If Huawei were a virus, the UK’s color-coded alert system would just have switched from amber to […]
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