Cisco offering alters competitive landscape in enterprise Wi-Fi sector 5th May 2010 Cisco’s new Aironet 3500 series includes a technology Cisco calls CleanAir technology that consists of a CleanAir application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) in the access point with system-level intelligence to offer up detailed interference information.
AT&T rep: Spectrum bigger cost issue than buildout timing 4th May 2010 While FCC officials have emphasized the need for public safety to be able to construct its proposed 700 MHz broadband network in conjunction with commercial carriers’ LTE deployments to make the costs more reasonable, an AT&T official said he believes there will be greater costs associated with not reallocating the D Block to public safety.
Are we there yet? 1st May 2010 GPS probes supply travel-time data that help drivers find more-efficient routes.
Stress rehearsal 1st May 2010 Pilot programs put next-gen voice and data interoperability solutions through the paces.
Speedy delivery 1st May 2010 Fire department improves delivery of dispatch information with microwave backhaul.
The devil’s in the details 1st May 2010 And there are plenty of them at the design-and-engineering stage of an LMR system deployment.
RIM to enhance enterprise voice over Wi-Fi 28th April 2010 Voice-over-Wi-Fi service is heating up in the enterprise. Research In Motion this week announced a new version of its Mobile Voice System (MVS) that now supports voice-over-Wi-Fi calling. MVS is installed in businesses and enables workers to use their regular desk phone number and extension from their BlackBerry smartphones.
Aruba, RedSky partner for Wi-Fi–based caller locator 21st April 2010 The solution can match a phone with the nearest access point to determine the location of an E911 call and give 911 call-takers the address, building and floor where a caller is located.
Look for Wi-Fi to improve 911 location 21st April 2010 RedSky introduced a downloadable smartphone application called My e911, which notifies campus or corporate security with a Google map pinpointing the location of a 911 caller. The solution is a significant step forward for the in-building location of wireless 911 callers. A leap forward would entail expanding this capability beyond a campus environment to other networks and hotspots across a metro area — a scenario I can see occurring.
Patience is an interoperability virtue 19th April 2010 When Harris County, Texas, hatched the idea for a regional first-responder communications network, its CTO went door to door — literally — to sell the idea.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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