Operations

APCO readies for 71st conference

Show will focus on communications advances

Nextel CEO predicts public safety in iDEN’s future

Nextel President and CEO Tim Donahue said he believes the company’s iDEN network could be part of the “public-safety network of the future”

NEARS seeks national directory funding

First responders inpressed by interoperable prototype

NENA announces TTY 911 test system

New assessment process will help PSAPs comply with Americans with Disabilities Act

California city chooses Motorola’s mesh solution

The city of Ripon, Calif., announced that it has chosen Motorola’s mesh-networking product to provide broadband data access to Ripon employees

The finer points of rebanding

Follow these tips to eliminate receiver intermodulation and out-of-band emissions

NENA wants to work with VoIP vendors

National Emergency Number Association President Bill McMurray predicted that the FCC’s order requiring voice-over-IP providers to offer the same enhanced 911 services made available by wireline and wireless carriers ultimately would result in new technologies that improve the performance of public-safety answering points

Dual-mode phones key to coverage

Some facilities discover that more wires can be the key to greater wireless access

Ups & Downs

Equipment vendors and Southern California public-safety agencies recently staged an elaborate test of 4.9 GHz technologies to determine whether airborne systems could operate without causing problems for ground-based systems. What they found is that the answer largely depends on the equipment used

Padcom announces agreement with NEC

Mobile-connectivity-solutions vendor Padcom this week announced an alliance with NEC Solutions America, which plans to sell Padcom’s TotalRoam software solution to entities buying NEC’s Sentrus system, a comprehensive public-safety information system

APCO readies for 71st conference

Nextel CEO predicts public safety in iDEN’s future

NEARS seeks national directory funding

NENA announces TTY 911 test system

California city chooses Motorola’s mesh solution

The finer points of rebanding

NENA wants to work with VoIP vendors

Dual-mode phones key to coverage

Ups & Downs

Padcom announces agreement with NEC

Commentary

How satellite communications create a critical connectivity link for first responders

As communities grapple with budget shortfalls, how will online and digital taxation change?

U.S. sets up new open RAN group amid telecom slugfest with China

Events

Channel Evolution Europe

UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

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