News AT&T claims LTE coverage edge, FirstNet build more than 99% done 27th March 2023 AT&T claims a 250,000-square-mile coverage advantage and that the planned five-year deployment of the FirstNet public-safety broadband network operating on the 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to the FirstNet Authority is more than 99% complete as a contractual deadline approaches this week. AT&T—the contractor responsible for building and maintaining the FirstNet public-safety broadband system—made […]
News Verizon Frontline supports U.S. Forest Service efforts against wildfires 27th March 2023 Verizon Frontline increased its support of entities responding to wildland fires during 2022, particularly the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), which accounted for more than half of this activity by the carrier’s Crisis Response Team, according to the carrier. Cory Davis, Verizon’s assistant vice president for public safety, said that Verizon Frontline provided communications support to […]
Partner content SES: JP Hemingway on satellites’ role in the digital divide, D2D and disasters 25th March 2023 WASHINGTON – At last week’s Satellite 2023 show, one of the topics on everyone’s mind was the future of direct-to-device (D2D) communications. But at least one global satellite operator, SES, is taking a wait-and-see approach. “We’re watching that space really carefully. We’re not active in it today,” said SES Chief Strategy Officer JP Hemingway in a […]
News House members introduce $15 billion NG911 funding bill 25th March 2023 Key U.S. House members introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide $15 billion in federal funding to support 911 centers nationwide as they make the transition from legacy technology to an IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) platform. Standalone legislation that had not been assigned a bill number as of Friday night, the “Next Generation 9-1-1 Act of […]
Audio ADRF: Sun Kim discusses company’s new hybrid in-building wireless solution 25th March 2023 Sun Kim, ADRF’s director of product engineering, talks about the FiRe-78-8-U, the company’s channelized 700/800 MHz repeater with a built-in and fiber DAS head end in a single unit. Each unit has been certified as meeting the UL 2524, second edition, standard and supports as many as 8 remote units. IWCE attendees can learn […]
Partner content U.S. cell towers and small cells: By the numbers 25th March 2023 The Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) recently published perhaps the most definitive look at the wireless infrastructure landscape in the US, showing 142,100 cell towers and 452,200 outdoor small cell nodes across the country at the end of last year. Because WIA’s report segments infrastructure by type, it offers a clearer picture of the 5G marketplace […]
News Siyata to showcase new PTT device with body camera during IWCE 2023 23rd March 2023 Siyata recently announced it will showcase its new SD7+ device—a handset form factor that integrates body-camera functionality with the company’s rugged SD7 dedicated push-to-talk-over-cellular device—during the upcoming IWCE 2023 event in Las Vegas. Nick Yaeger, Siyata vice president of sales, said the SD7+ will be able to act as a body camera via Siyata’s partnership […]
Audio Airbus U.S.: Rebecca Purcell, Bob Baumann discuss MCX, Agnet offerings 22nd March 2023 Two members of the business and mission-critical solutions unit of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense—Rebecca Purcell, business analyst for business and mission-critical communications, and Bob Baumann, head of sales for business and mission-critical solutions—talk about the company’s diversified portfolio, including mission-critical communications offerings like MCX services over its Agnet platform. Attendees of the IWCE […]
Partner content State and local leaders can alleviate the burden on public-safety personnel by tackling three workforce trends 20th March 2023 Government officials and public safety leaders wear many different hats. They serve as sounding boards for constituent complaints and for new ideas that need vetting. They are change agents charged with improving the lives of citizens and colleagues and are tasked with keeping order. Their most daunting responsibility, however, is keeping members of their community […]
Partner content Get ready for the summer of spectrum squabbling 18th March 2023 Last week, for the first time ever, Congress allowed the FCC’s spectrum auction authority to lapse – a development that prevents the agency from auctioning more spectrum to 5G network operators. At roughly the same time last week, President Joe Biden’s Democratic nominee to the FCC, Gigi Sohn, abruptly withdrew from contention without any clear replacement. That leaves the […]
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