Multimedia

SkyTerra aims for large role in public-safety communications

Chris Gates, vice president of strategy with SkyTerra, discusses the company’s pending introduction of a next-generation all-IP satellite and a crucial deal with Qualcomm that will bring to market inexpensive handsets with attractive form factors.

Kentucky Department for Public Health to administer medical talkgroups

Drew Chandler, IT and communications manager for the Kentucky Department for Public Health’s preparedness branch, discusses the national public health-oriented satellite talkgroups offered through SkyTerra Communications’ SMART (satellite mutual-aid radio talkgroups) program.

Photo of Jennifer Manner, vice president of regulatory affairs of SkyTerra

Fast-evolving satellite technology becoming a bigger tool in the toolbox

Jennifer Manner, vice president of regulatory affairs of SkyTerra, discusses the company’s SMART mutual-aid radio talkgroups, as well as the deployment of satellite-based communication systems during an emergency response.

Photo of Charles Werner, chief of the Charlottesville, Va., Fire Department

Werner: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

Charles Werner, chief of the Charlottesville, Va., Fire Department, who also is SAFECOM Executive Council chairman and a member of the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council’s board, discusses the FCC’s plan to reconstitute the board of directors of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust.

Photo of Richard Mirgon, president elect of APCO

APCO says federal funding vital for national wireless broadband network success

APCO president elect Richard Mirgon spoke about the association’s request to allocate $15 billion for the proposed public-private partnership to build a nationwide wireless broadband network for public safety in he 700 MHz band and about the technology challenges APCO will face going forward.

Werner still optimistic concerning proposed 700 MHz network

Charles Werner talks about the 700 MHz D-block auction process and the prospects for the nationwide wireless broadband network for first responders that has been proposed for the band.

SkyTerra aims for large role in public-safety communications

Kentucky Department for Public Health to administer medical talkgroups

Fast-evolving satellite technology becoming a bigger tool in the toolbox

Werner: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

APCO says federal funding vital for national wireless broadband network success

Werner still optimistic concerning proposed 700 MHz network

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