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ESChat: Josh Lober highlights features in upcoming release of application

ESChat CEO Josh Lober details upcoming enhancements to the company’s push-to-talk application, including multimedia messaging, location tracking and mapping, and the ability to support both inter-carrier interoperability and inter-system interoperability, which are particularly important to public-safety and military users. The Android version of the new ESChat application is scheduled to be released in August. […]

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Zebra Technologies: Alex Cooper highlights findings from public-safety survey

Alex Cooper, Zebra Technologies’ director of government and field-service strategy, discusses results from the company’s global survey of public-safety decision makers, which revealed that most recognize the value of mobile technologies to first responders, even though many indicated they are not able to implement new solutions as quickly as they would like. You can […]

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Motorola Solutions: John Touvannas highlights new APX NEXT features, future plans

John Touvannas, Motorola Solutions’ director of product management, describes the functionality included in the new SmartMessaging and SmartMapping applications that are available through on the APX NEXT, the company’s P25 radio that includes LTE connectivity.

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CBRS: Bob Plaschke outlines promising options to leverage 3.5 GHz spectrum

Bob Plaschke, a longtime advocate of wireless broadband technologies and former CEO of Sonim Technologies, describes potential use cases and capabilities for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum at 3.5 GHz to support enterprises’ private LTE systems delivering connectivity for a host of applications, from general Internet access to Internet of Things (IoT) […]

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ESChat: Josh Lober talks hybrid LMR-LTE, deals with DoJ and TELUS

ESChat CEO Josh Lober highlights the benefits of hybrid systems that utilize both LMR and broadband push-to-talk solutions to deliver voice communications, as well multiple forms of interoperability. Lober also outlines ESChat’s recently announced contract with the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and the launching of push-to-talk service offered through TELUS Communications, one of […]

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ESChat: Josh Lober discusses COVID-19 impact on PTT business

ESChat Josh Lober explains the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) company, in terms of internal operations and subscribing customers.

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Pryme: Dave George outlines business changes related to COVID-19

Pryme CEO Dave George explains how the COVID-19 outbreak has impacted his company’s accessory business, in terms of both operations and customer demand.

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Avtec: Dan Sawicki talks 911 evolution, previews April 30 webinar

Dan Sawicki, director of project management at Motorola Solutions, discusses the evolution of 911, with a particular focus on call centers leveraging the cloud and other technologies to increase their agility and flexibility during times of crisis. Sawicki also notes the importance of 911 centers to receive and process different types of information–text, data, […]

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Pryme: Dave George discusses new accessories, industry trends

Pryme CEO Dave George outlines his company’s new products such as Bluetooth accessories and provides his perspective on industry direction, including which use cases are proving most popular for push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) deployments.

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Podcast: Ryan Poltermann outlines considerations, resources for disinfecting communications devices

Ryan Poltermann, innovation acrchitect at Commdex Consulting and vice chair of NPSTC’s LMR/LTE Integration and Interoperability Working Group, discusses measures that public safety can take to disinfect LMR radios and smart devices to reduce the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus, particularly through equipment that may be shared within an agency. Poltermann has compiled […]

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ESChat: Josh Lober highlights features in upcoming release of application

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Zebra Technologies: Alex Cooper highlights findings from public-safety survey

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Motorola Solutions: John Touvannas highlights new APX NEXT features, future plans

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CBRS: Bob Plaschke outlines promising options to leverage 3.5 GHz spectrum

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ESChat: Josh Lober talks hybrid LMR-LTE, deals with DoJ and TELUS

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ESChat: Josh Lober discusses COVID-19 impact on PTT business

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Pryme: Dave George outlines business changes related to COVID-19

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Avtec: Dan Sawicki talks 911 evolution, previews April 30 webinar

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Pryme: Dave George discusses new accessories, industry trends

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Podcast: Ryan Poltermann outlines considerations, resources for disinfecting communications devices

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