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Motorola Solutions: Ryan Seick demonstrates Intelligent Data Portal (IDP) data-aggregration platform

• 11th August 2014

Ryan Seick, Motorola Solutions’ product manager and lead applications manager for public-safety devices, shows how the company’s Intelligent Data Portal (IDP) lets first-responder personnel leverage aggregated data from numerous sources.

FCC approves rules requiring all carriers, interconnected messaging providers to enable text-to-911 service

• 8th August 2014

FCC commissioners approve an order requiring all wireless carriers and providers of interconnected over-the-top text messaging services—those using phone numbers to let users send and receive messages—support text-to-911 functionality by the end of the year, if requested by a public-safety answering point (PSAP).

Text-to-911 service will start only when PSAPs are ready, FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel says

• 7th August 2014

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel says PSAPs will be “in control” of text-to-911 deployment schedules during her speech at APCO 2014, which was delivered just two days before the FCC is scheduled to vote on the text-to-911 issue.

FirstNet-like support needed for next-gen 911, APCO panelists say

• 7th August 2014

Although next-gen 911 and FirstNet are perceived as complementary initiatives within the public-safety community, federal-funding support for FirstNet dwarfs the funding for next-gen 911—a situation that needs to change, according to panelists at APCO 2014 in New Orleans.

NICE Systems: Latest version of Inform includes new redacting, multi-screen features

• 7th August 2014

Diamond Chaflawee, NICE Systems’ director of public-safety marketing and business development, demonstrates new features of the latest version of the company’s Inform platform at APCO 2014 in New Orleans.

Newscan: Is the future of 911 a nationwide connected system?

• 29th July 2014

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NG 911 will open the door for telematics

• 29th July 2014

911 call features in vehicles are becoming more sophisticated, but the full range of telematics data won’t be realized without the IP connectivity of next-generation 911.

Walt Magnussen: Application testing with first responders is key

• 21st July 2014

The ability to test applications in a non-emergency environment, and having first responders involved in that process, is an essential part of making new life-saving technologies a reality, says Walt Magnussen, director of the Texas A&M University Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC).

FCC broadband initiatives for schools, rural areas could impact future public-safety strategies

• 14th July 2014

FCC commissioners have approved items designed to bring broadband to underserved rural areas, as well as to the nation’s schools and libraries. On the surface, neither of these initiatives have anything to do with public safety, but they could have significant impact in some key areas that have been troubling first-responder communications for years.

ITEC: Walt Magnussen highlights potential synergies between next-gen 911 and public-safety LTE

• 11th July 2014

Walt Magnussen, director of the Texas A&M University Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC), outlines the potential benefits of next-generation 911 and public-safety LTE working in concert, as well as some of the challenges to making the vision a reality.