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Countdown to IWCE 2024: Your Last-Minute Guide

With less than one week left until the grand opening of IWCE 2024, it’s time to gear up for an unforgettable experience at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. As excitement builds, here’s a quick rundown of everything you need to know before the show kicks off: When and Where: Mark your calendars […]

LMR remains most reliable technology for public-safety communications

From the early beginnings of the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) concept, the network was considered supplemental to existing land-mobile-radio (LMR) communications systems. Certainly, it could be an important supplement to existing mission-critical systems by providing a variety of additional information to first responders, e.g. blueprints of a building for firefighters. The network was also […]

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Things to know about IWCE 2024: Omdia to unveil Emerging Critical Tech & Innovation survey results

IWCE’S official research partner, Omdia, will be unveiling the results of the Emerging Critical Tech & Innovation Survey across two Lunch & Learn sessions at IWCE. Omdia’s Physical Security, Public Safety & Critical Communication team will be actively participating throughout the IWCE 2024 schedule, with Omdia analysts participating in or moderating 10 sessions through the […]

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Utilities, transportation among focus sectors being highlighted during IWCE 2024

As IWCE plans to bring the critical-infrastructure community together in Orlando to discuss the latest developments in communications and technology, there will be a focus on the utilities and transportation sectors, in addition to public-safety and government services. During the IWCE show scheduled for the last full week of March, you can attend sessions tracks […]

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Things to know about IWCE 2024: Conference highlights

We have revamped the conference track structure this year, organizing tracks by specific industries, as well as by technological topics. Whether you work for a utility, are responsible for the critical communications for a transportation network, or are among those making first-response effort a reality, you will find sessions organized in a track established for […]

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Better technology can help solve the public-safety staffing crisis

Every time I read about a public safety agency being short staffed, with a burnt-out workforce, draining their overtime budget, I feel their pain. From New York to New Mexico and in communities all across the nation, police and fire departments routinely are forced to mandate longer shifts, which takes an emotional toll and raises […]

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NG911 needed to secure our communities and nation

As the new Congress begins its work in earnest, we look forward to continued progress in funding the transition to IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technology. Our nation’s 911 systems are critical to ensuring the safety and security of our communities, and nationwide implementation of NG911 will ensure these systems can leverage the most advanced communications […]

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Swatting has serious implications and shouldn’t be ignored

A rash of “swatting” incidents occurred across the country in September. Swatting is the practice of falsely reporting an emergency to elicit a law-enforcement response, ideally one involving the SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team. As an example, Cincinnati-area high school was placed on lockdown when a 911 call was made to report an active-shooter […]

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Necessity indeed is the mother of invention

An adage regarding the stock market goes something like this: over any 20-year period, the market delivers a return on investment of about 10 percent, but every 20-year period—regardless of when it begins or when it ends—contains peaks and valleys that are driven by market conditions that change often, and often substantially. This adage just […]

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Partnership and collaboration must be the foundation for emergency communications

I’m from a little town in West Texas. As a Texan, I like getting straight to the point: I believe that emergency communications are a matter of national security. Because this message is so important, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has designated this April as the first-ever Emergency Communications Month. At CISA, we […]

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Countdown to IWCE 2024: Your Last-Minute Guide

LMR remains most reliable technology for public-safety communications

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Things to know about IWCE 2024: Omdia to unveil Emerging Critical Tech & Innovation survey results

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Utilities, transportation among focus sectors being highlighted during IWCE 2024

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Things to know about IWCE 2024: Conference highlights

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Better technology can help solve the public-safety staffing crisis

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NG911 needed to secure our communities and nation

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Swatting has serious implications and shouldn’t be ignored

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Necessity indeed is the mother of invention

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Partnership and collaboration must be the foundation for emergency communications

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Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

Countdown to IWCE 2024: Your Last-Minute Guide

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