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Newscan: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler blog: Wireless 911 indoor location-accuracy rules will not be limited to carrier agreement

• 13th January 2015

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NICE Systems, CloudScann partner on mobile app deployed by NJ TRANSIT

• 13th January 2015

NICE Systems and CloudScann announce an integrated solution that lets users document incidents in the field via their smartphones and enable two-way transmissions of text, photo and video information with a centralized command center.

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• 12th January 2015

Vendor team outlines features of all-deployable public-safety LTE network for state of New Jersey

• 12th January 2015

First responders in three regions of New Jersey later this year are expected to utilize a new dedicated public-safety LTE network comprised entirely of deployable infrastructure operating on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to FirstNet, according to officials for the vendors building the network.

FCC scheduled to vote on 911 indoor location-accuracy rules this month

• 9th January 2015

FCC commissioners are scheduled to consider the issue of indoor location accuracy for wireless 911 calls during its Jan. 29 meeting, the agency announces.

Motorola Solutions unit invests in VocalZoom for noise-cancellation technology that could be ‘game changer’

• 8th January 2015

Motorola Solutions announces that its venture-capital unit has made a strategic investment in VocalZoom, an Israel-based company that has developed a microphone with an integrated optical sensor that is designed to improve audio quality in cellular or radio products by 40 dB in noisy environments.

Newscan: PMC Associates teams with Oceus Networks, Fujitsu Network Communications to provide public-safety LTE in New Jersey

• 8th January 2015

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Only 25 MB/s and up will qualify as broadband under new FCC definition FCC chair has all but confirmed that he’ll side with Obama on net neutrality AT&T has 10 businesses paying for data-cap exemptions and wants more Yes, that text message is a public record Feds find […]

FirstNet to 911 leaders: Call your SPOC

• 6th January 2015

Contacting the single point of contact (SPOC) in a given state or territory is a good way for 911 leaders to become involved in the ongoing FirstNet consulation process, FirstNet Outreach Director Amanda Hilliard said during a recent webinar.

Newscan: DHS tests show hybrid public-safety microphone (Turtle Mike) can bridge LMR, broadband communications

• 6th January 2015

Web RoundupItems from other news organizations Bill Schrier’s technology wish list for 2015 ACLU says police should not have discretion to turn off body-worn cameras, which are not a quick solution to police misconduct Pocket dialing 911 strains emergency-operator workload Google to FCC: If you go with Title II, don’t forget our favorite part—access to […]

Body-worn cameras by law enforcement raise myriad legal, policy questions

• 5th January 2015

Police departments continue to rapidly adopt body-worn camera programs, but even as more officers don cameras, there are many legal and policy questions that remain unanswered.