Partner content Can 5G meet the low-latency needs of autonomous vehicles? 29th May 2020 The connected, 5G future has many promises that come with big demands. As the next generation in mobile connectivity it offers the capability to process terabytes of data per hour, enable faster over-the-air updates and some proponents of the technology say they can achieve this with near-zero latency. The question though is: Can they? In […]
News Sonim Technologies launches RDK-3 package with optional interoperability, mesh-networking capabilities 29th May 2020 Sonim Technologies recently announced the formal launch of its latest versions of the Rapid Deployment Kit (RDK-3 and RDK-3i), which is designed to provide portable broadband connectivity in a rugged case to entities in locations where communications coverage does not exist or needs to be enhanced. “This is a rapid-deployment kit to get you up […]
Partner content Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente considering private LTE network 27th May 2020 Kristan Kline is in charge of network strategy for Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest nonprofit health plan with 12 million members, 39 hospitals and $84 billion in revenue. He recently completed Cornell University’s 5G for Business online program, but when he thinks about how wireless technology can solve business problems for Kaiser, 5G isn’t the […]
News Things get tense between Dish and T-Mobile 27th May 2020 Is the relationship between Dish Network and T-Mobile starting to sour? Based on a new filing with the FCC, that certainly appears to be the case. In the filing, Dish complained that T-Mobile inappropriately used Dish’s spectrum as a marketing ploy during COVID-19 lockdowns. “Since T-Mobile gained temporary access to Dish’s 600MHz spectrum on March 15, […]
Sponsored The Power of Antenna-Modem Integrated HPUE 26th May 2020 Optimizing Public Safety FirstNet Vehicle Performance One of the notable features of FirstNet’s Band 14 is the support for High Power User Equipment (HPUE). This paper explores why HPUE is a valuable tool that helps expand public safety communications coverage while boosting network reliability. Additional impressive performances gains arise when HPUE functionality is delivered with an […]
News Public-safety speakers laud PTT over LTE ease of use, performance during COVID-19 pandemic 23rd May 2020 Ease of use, audio quality and cost effectiveness are key reasons why push-to-talk-over-LTE technology has become an accepted part of modern public-safety communications—although not at the exclusion of land-mobile-radio (LMR) voice—according to speakers from the EMS, fire and law-enforcement communities. TJ Kennedy, co-founder of The Public Safety Network consulting firm and former FirstNet Authority president, […]
Audio Zebra Technologies: Chris Sullivan discusses COVID-19 test-center solution leveraging FirstNet 22nd May 2020 Chris Sullivan, global healthcare practice lead for Zebra Technologies, explains how the company’s devices and software delivered across the FirstNet LTE system help reduce wait times and improve accuracy within temporary COVID-19 test centers that have been established throughout the nation. Sullivan spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson as part of the […]
News FCC’s Pai asks Congress to repeal law mandating auction of public-safety T-Band spectrum 20th May 2020 FCC Chairman Ajit Pai last week took the initial step to conduct a mandated auction of T-Band spectrum to commercial users in February, but he simultaneously urged Congress to repeal the 2012 law requiring the bidding process for public-safety airwaves by describing the notion as “a bad idea.” Pai announced last Friday that he circulated […]
Video PowerTrunk: CEO Jose Martin discusses North America TETRA deployments, interoperability with P25, MCPTT 16th May 2020 PowerTrunk CEO Jose Martin provides updates to his company’s key deployments in North America, primarily with utilities and transit authorities, while also highlighting the fact that PowerTrunk has developed solutions that let users of its TETRA systems have interoperable communications with users leveraging P25 or 3GPP mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) technologies.
Audio ESChat: Josh Lober highlights features in upcoming release of application 15th May 2020 ESChat CEO Josh Lober details upcoming enhancements to the company’s push-to-talk application, including multimedia messaging, location tracking and mapping, and the ability to support both inter-carrier interoperability and inter-system interoperability, which are particularly important to public-safety and military users. The Android version of the new ESChat application is scheduled to be released in August. […]
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 2 24th March 2024
FirstNet Authority reauthorization needed as public-safety-driven network evolution proceeds 16th March 2024
