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CritComm Insights: Ken Rehbehn highlights global progress of public-safety LTE, MCPTT

Ken Rehbehn, founder and principal analyst at CritComm Insights, provides an update on public-safety LTE initiatives in the United Kingdom, South Korea and Europe, based on insights gathered during recent travels, culminating with last week’s Mission Critical Technologies event in London. Rehbehn also examines plans for many public-safety LTE systems to use LMR technologies to address off-network voice communications.

PSCR: Dereck Orr highlights new features of Stakeholder Meeting in June

Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program Manager Dereck Orr outlines his organization’s 10th annual Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting, which will be conducted June 5-8 in the San Diego Convention Center.

ESChat: Josh Lober talks about FirstNet certification, outlook for push-to-talk-over-cellular offerings

Josh Lober, president and CEO at ESChat, discusses FirstNet’s recent certification of his company’s push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) solution and potential key topics to monitor in the PTT sector during the coming year.

DHS S&T: Norman Speicher outlines highlights of new Integration Handbook, seeks input from public safety, industry

Norman Speicher, a program manager with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, talks about the newly released Integration Handbook from the directorate’s Next Generation First Responder Program (NGFR). The Integration Handbook proposes a standardized platform that would establish a plug-and-play environment for first-responder broadband devices and applications.

The Public Safety Network: TJ Kennedy previews IWCE 2018 panel about Internet of Life-Saving Things (IoLST)

TJ Kennedy, founder of The Public Safety Network and former FirstNet president, talks about his new company and the potential impact of the Internet of Life-Saving Things (IoLST), which will the subject of a session at IWCE 2018, which will be conducted March 5-9 in Orlando. For more information about IWCE 2018, visit www.iwceexpo.com.

NATE: Todd Schlekeway previews upcoming show, organization initiatives and 2018 outlook

Todd Schlekeway, executive director for the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE), outlines some of the highlights of his organization’s annual show, which will begin on Feb. 19 in Nashville this year. Schlekeway also discusses changing trends in the wireless industry and expresses optimism about the outlook for wireless in 2018.

EWA: Mark Crosby discusses upcoming IWCE 2018 panels, EWA initiatives

Enterprise Wireless Alliance President and CEO Mark Crosby previews two IWCE 2018 sessions in which he will participate as a panelist—one examining the future of spectrum allocation and another exploring T-Band challenges for public-safety and business/industrial systems. Crosby also highlights EWA’s Cevo Go mobile frequency-coordination service and plans to expand educational offerings in cooperation.

CritComm Insights: Ken Rehbehn discusses in-building coverage for public-safety communications

Ken Rehbehn, founder and principal analyst for CritComm Insights, highlights some of the technical, financial and policy challenges associated with efforts to provide in-building coverage to first responders utilizing private LMR systems and public-safety LTE networks like FirstNet.

BAYCOM: Steve Elias discusses purchase, consolidation trends, dealer evolution

Steve Elias, president of BAYCOM, talks about the company’s recent purchase of Communications Services of Wisconsin (CSW), which established BAYCOM as the largest Motorola dealer in Wisconsin. Elias also discusses key industry trends, including dealer consolidation and new personnel strategies in an ever-changing technological environment.

Alphabet: Preston Marshall discusses dynamic spectrum sharing, presentations at IWCE 2017

Preston Marshall, engineering director for the access division of Alphabet—the parent company of Google—talks about dynamic spectrum sharing, his opening keynote at IWCE 2017 and the March 30 all-day session entitled, “Building an Ecosystem for the CBRS Band.”

CritComm Insights: Ken Rehbehn highlights global progress of public-safety LTE, MCPTT

PSCR: Dereck Orr highlights new features of Stakeholder Meeting in June

ESChat: Josh Lober talks about FirstNet certification, outlook for push-to-talk-over-cellular offerings

DHS S&T: Norman Speicher outlines highlights of new Integration Handbook, seeks input from public safety, industry

The Public Safety Network: TJ Kennedy previews IWCE 2018 panel about Internet of Life-Saving Things (IoLST)

NATE: Todd Schlekeway previews upcoming show, organization initiatives and 2018 outlook

EWA: Mark Crosby discusses upcoming IWCE 2018 panels, EWA initiatives

CritComm Insights: Ken Rehbehn discusses in-building coverage for public-safety communications

BAYCOM: Steve Elias discusses purchase, consolidation trends, dealer evolution

Alphabet: Preston Marshall discusses dynamic spectrum sharing, presentations at IWCE 2017

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