News Cloud-based Carbyne earns streaming video patent, positions platform as a step toward NG911 22nd July 2020 Cloud-native Carbyne recently was granted a patent for technology that lets 911 centers receive streaming video from emergency callers without significant hardware upgrades, but the solution is just part of a platform that can serve as a key transition step to next-generation 911 (NG911), according to a company official. Rob Clark, Carbyne’s general manager for […]
News Karp, Lee to lead Allerio, The Public Safety Network after Kennedy named Qumu CEO 22nd July 2020 Allerio and The Public Safety Network both named new leadership today in the aftermath of TJ Kennedy—previously the highest-profile officer for both entities—being announced as CEO of Qumu, a publicly traded company that provides video technology for enterprises. Jason Karp is the new CEO of Allerio, a telehealth platform-as-a-service company with a lightweight Mobile Hub […]
Partner content SpaceX’s Starlink isn’t a threat – at least not yet 21st July 2020 Starlink, the low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based Internet service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is planning to launch commercial service sometime this year. The move will immediately create a new, nationwide competitor to every fixed Internet provider across the country, whether it’s a telecom behemoth like AT&T or a smaller, rural provider like Rise Broadband. But the real […]
News Verizon selects MCPTT vendor, expects to launch MCPTT service this year 16th July 2020 Verizon has chosen a vendor to deliver mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) service based on the 3GPP standard and expects to launch the offering by the end of this year, according to a Verizon official. “We have selected a mission-critical-push-to-talk vendor,” Nick Nilan, Verizon’s director of public-sector product development, said yesterday during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications. […]
News Florida governor approves budget, clears path for L3Harris LMR extension, new statewide procurement 10th July 2020 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently vetoed $1 billion from the state budget, but a $2.4 million measure to address the current and future needs of the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) was among the items that survived the cut, according to state sources. Florida’s new budget includes more than $2.4 million for the state […]
News RapidDeploy sees its cloud-native 911 solutions gain acceptance during COVID-19 pandemic 8th July 2020 Cloud-native 911 solution developer RapidDeploy has experienced some hiccups during the past few months, but the realities surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated interest and acceptance of its cloud-based CAD, mapping and analytics offerings, according to a company executive. Historically, 911 systems have been built with premise-based technologies that require telecommunicators to be physically present […]
News Huawei alert system raised from amber to red in UK 6th July 2020 What’s riskier than “high-risk”? Huawei already carried that unwelcome designation in the UK, but authorities believed they could mitigate any threat by restricting the Chinese vendor’s role. With the latest US sanctions, even these limits may be insufficient. If Huawei were a virus, the UK’s color-coded alert system would just have switched from amber to […]
News House approves $12 billion for NG911 funding in infrastructure package, but bill unlikely to pass Senate 3rd July 2020 U.S. House members this week approved a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that includes $12 billion in funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments, but the spending proposal is not expected to be considered seriously by the Senate, according to numerous Beltway sources and media reports. On Wednesday, House members approved the massive infrastructure package—knowns as H.R. […]
News L3Harris developing more LMR-LTE solutions while celebrating first anniversary after merger 1st July 2020 L3Harris continues to see market interest in solutions that leverage both LMR and LTE technology in multiple sectors as the company completes its first year of integration since the merger of Harris and L3 Technologies—an effort made more difficult by the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated economic impacts. Nino DiCosmo, president of the L3Harris public-safety […]
News Newscan: NYC budget deal shifts a billion from NYPD, but threat of municipal layoffs still looms 30th June 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations NYC budget deal shifts a billion from NYPD, but threat of municipal layoffs still looms Minneapolis City Council unanimously moves forward with plan to dismantle police department State of Michigan experiences 911 outages One bad algorithm? Advocates say facial recognition reveals systemic racism in AI technology New York […]
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