SkyTerra aims for large role in public-safety communications 4th March 2009 The mobile satellite services, or MSS, industry has entered a resurrection period as new regulations and satellite capabilities enable companies to offer ubiquitous voice and high-speed data services to government, enterprises and consumers—without the clunky handsets of the past.
Video surveillance session one to watch 2nd March 2009 I recently interviewed the director of Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC). The office oversees Chicago’s vast video surveillance network, dubbed Operation VirtualShield
Progress continues on Phase II E-911, at least in the U.S. 27th February 2009 The National Emergency Number Association, or NENA, recently released its annual assessment of the penetration of Phase II wireless enhanced 911, or E911, service nationwide.
Utilities turn to IBM for BPL solution 25th February 2009 Just when it appeared broadband-over-powerline (BPL) technology was going to die off, IBM and rural Internet service provider (ISP) International Broadband Electric Communications are deploying BPL networks for almost 200,000 rural customers served by seven electrical cooperatives in Alabama, Indiana, Michigan and Virginia.
Pennsylvania official shares thoughts about New York, M/A-COM 10th February 2009 As the state of New York pursued construction of a $2 billion statewide wireless network (SWN) for public safety, one of the most interested observers of the effort was Charles Brennan, deputy secretary of Pennsylvania’s public-safety radio service.
The readers always write: Sprint’s interoperability proposal gets a thumbs down 4th February 2009 Readers offered many insightful responses to a column I wrote last month regarding Sprint Nextel’s request to the Obama administration for federal funding
SMART for public-health 29th January 2009 I’ve always wondered if our nation’s medical community could handle a large-scale disaster. Think about it. A biological bomb explodes in a major metropolitan area. Thousands of people are affected.
New York-M/A-COM impact promises to reverberate throughout industry 27th January 2009 As expected, it looks like the dispute between Tyco Electronics M/A-COM and the state of New York is on the verge of ugliness, as the vendor has filed a notice of its intent to sue the state for backing out of a $2 billion contract and taking at least $50 million out of the company’s letter of credit.
New Sprint first-responder proposal a Band-Aid 21st January 2009 Struggling Sprint Nextel has pitched its own economic stimulus plan to the Obama administration, and it has to do with public safety.
Cell-phone jamming keeps rearing its head 14th January 2009 A controversial cell-phone jamming demonstration that was scheduled by the D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) was cancelled last week but the debate over its use appears to be just heating up.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
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