Mobile Voice Commentary

FDNY Chief Cassano: Is New York ready for another 9/11?

It’s been nearly eight years since 9/11, and I wondered if New York was prepared for another large-scale incident. So I called New York City Fire Department Chief Salvatore Cassano and asked him point blank

An eagerly awaited ride-along

The not-for-profit NRTC put a stake in the ground to get fixed and mobile broadband Internet access to underserved communities across the nation

Efforts to get a single 700 MHz position for public safety laudable

Only time will tell whether the representatives of eight public-safety organizations will succeed, but there is little doubt that such consensus is needed.

Beyond swamped

Success means dispatching at the most expedient rate and making sure that communications are concise so requested resources are deployed correctly.

The action never stops

From rebanding to narrowbanding to mergers, it seems like we’re involved in a recession-resistant industry. Let’s take a brief look at the action.

Who moved my standard?

The LMR community has spoken and demanded open standards–based solutions, similar to what’s found in the IP sector. There are several well known and several lesser known LMR standards that address this demand.

Harris-Tyco combination promising for industry

The blockbuster announcement that Harris will pay $675 million for Tyco Electronics Wireless System — still known by many in the industry as M/A-COM — has generated a number of responses from the public-safety sector, most of them positive.

Motorola: 2008 ‘best year in history,’ except for mobile devices

While the problems facing Motorola’s commercial handset unit have been the focus of Wall Street analysts, the plight of the rest of the company has been ignored or simply described as “healthy” in most news accounts.

Contemplating the seemingly unthinkable

There is no shortage of watershed events in U.S. history, events that changed the course of history. Two that come immediately

On being thick-skinned

A police officer wants to talk to Merrilee Satriano on a secret channel. Go ahead, sir, she radios. I saw something in the bulletin, the officer said.

FDNY Chief Cassano: Is New York ready for another 9/11?

An eagerly awaited ride-along

Efforts to get a single 700 MHz position for public safety laudable

Beyond swamped

The action never stops

Who moved my standard?

Harris-Tyco combination promising for industry

Motorola: 2008 ‘best year in history,’ except for mobile devices

Contemplating the seemingly unthinkable

On being thick-skinned

Commentary

Updated: How ‘sidelink’ peer-to-peer communications can enhance public-safety operations

NG911 needed to secure our communities and nation

How 5G is making cities safer, smarter, and more efficient

Events

UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

Twitter

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