Article Boston readies for its new CAD system 14th February 2013 How Boston is preparing for the deployment of a consolidated computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system for police, fire and EMS.
News Motorola clears LTE interoperability hurdle 11th February 2013 Vendor becomes the first to complete the first portion of Phase 3 testing by the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program.
News New Orleans leverages Harris LTE pilot during Super Bowl 7th February 2013 First responders stream real-time video over a private LTE network using Band 14-enabled tablet computers.
News NTIA announces $121.5 million state planning-funding program for FirstNet 6th February 2013 States will be able to apply for $121.5 million in National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) grants designed to help them conduct planning to be part of the nationwide 700 MHz public-safety broadband network that will be overseen by FirstNet.
Article Hospital leverages Everbridge alerting solution during Superstorm Sandy 5th February 2013 Doctors, support staff and patients all were kept updated about the hospital’s status via e-mail, text and voice messages.
Commentary Personal devices are creating quite a headache for enterprise IT managers 31st January 2013 Enterprise networks are being overwhelmed by the proliferation of personal devices connecting to them.
News ‘Big data’ is a big tool for the medical community 31st January 2013 Archimedes Model solution is designed to let the medical community leverage “big data” to quickly identify health-related trends that can aid in the prediction of patient outcomes.
News TCS unveils 911 multimedia database capability 31st January 2013 Platform will let telecommunicators access potentially critical information quickly during emergency communications that use text messaging via short message service (SMS).
Commentary 911 incident reinforces the need for certification programs 24th January 2013 An Arkansas woman dies allegedly because a call-taker failed to enter her emergency call into the PSAP’s computer-aided dispatch system.
News Federal government launches mobile hazmat guide (with related video) 24th January 2013 First responders will be able to access hazardous-material information from their mobile devices via a free application provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 2 24th March 2024