Video Asylon: Michael Quiroga demonstrates automated battery-exchange system for company’s drones 25th November 2019 Michael Quiroga, Asylon’s chief revenue officer, demonstrates how the company’s autonomous drone service includes an automated battery-swap capability that allows Asylon drones to spend more time in the air. Quiroga spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson last week during the Operation Convergent Response (OCR) 2019 event in Perry, Ga., that was co-sponsored by […]
Video Qwake Technologies: Bryce Stirton of Responder Corp explains how C-THRU technology can help firefighters navigate smoky rooms 25th November 2019 Bryce Stirton, co-founder and president of Responder Corp, explains how Qwake’s C-THRU augmented-reality (AR) technology is designed to help firefighters navigate safely in smoke-filled environments. Qwake Technologies officials hope to bring this technology to market as early as 2020. Stirton spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson last week during the Operation Convergent Response […]
Video SES: Brady Spenrath highlights features of company’s MEO satellite that delivers higher speeds, lower latency 21st November 2019 Brady Spenrath, senior specialist for SES, explains how the SES middle-earth-orbit (MEO) satellites are able to provide users with greater data throughput speeds and lower latency than traditional geosynchronous-earth-orbit (GEO) satellites, which are more than four times farther away from the earth than MEO satellites. For entities wanting additional reliability, SES can provide service that […]
Audio VoltServer: Stephen Eaves highlights safety, efficiency benefits of digital electricity to support communications 19th November 2019 VoltServer CEO Stephen Eaves explains how digital electricity–packetizing electricity in a manner similar to packetizing data for communications–can be used simplify electrical installations, improve safety and enable enhanced power levels. By using digital electricity, building owners can realize savings while installing an electrical system, operating the system and potentially by qualifying for lower insurance […]
News FCC Chairman Pai announces plan to auction 280 MHz of C-band spectrum next year 19th November 2019 Commercial wireless carriers will be able to bid on 280 MHz of C-band spectrum—from 3.70 GHz to 3.98 GHz—in an auction beginning late next year, if FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s announced plan for the valuable mid-band 5G airwaves becomes reality. Pai made his plan public yesterday with the release of a letter he sent to […]
Video L3Harris: Jeremy Elder outlines how company supports interoperability between P25 system and multiple LTE carriers 18th November 2019 Jeremy Elder, director of product management for L3Harris, explains how the company’s IP-based VIDA platform and P25 ISSI can be leveraged to enable interoperable communications between users of P25 technology and those using push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) offerings from FirstNet and Verizon. This solution is being used by the city of Parma, Ohio. Elder spoke with IWCE’s […]
Commentary T-Mobile proposal of free 5G for public safety is a great idea, but there are a lot of caveats 15th November 2019 T-Mobile’s announcement of a potential Connecting Heroes program that would give public safety access to free broadband talk, text and smartphone data over its 5G network for 10 years has raised a lot of eyebrows in the first-responder community. There is little doubt that “free” is an attractive feature in any offer to budget-conscious public-safety […]
Video Motorola Solutions: Pete Gilmore and Lubo Harizanov test APX NEXT touch screen’s ability to withstand water, impacts 15th November 2019 Pete Gilmore (left) and Lubo Harizanov of Motorola Solutions demonstrate the usability of the new APX NEXT P25 radio with LTE connectivity, with Harizanov testing the touch-screen display’s water resistance and Gilmore conducting an impact test. Harizanov and Gilmore spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the recent IACP 2019 event in Chicago.
News Samsung: Reg Jones demonstrates in-car DeX platform that leverages smartphone computing power 14th November 2019 Reg Jones, Samsung Electronics America’s head of public-sector sales and solutions, demonstrates how the company’s DeX (desktop experience) lets a police officer leverage the computing power in a docked smartphone to write reports and execute queries while inputting information on a keyboard and display that are less expensive than traditional hardened laptops. All information is […]
Video TASSTA: Tim Brown outlines capabilities of company’s MCPTT platform, including video sharing 14th November 2019 Tim Brown, product manager for TASSTA, explains how the company’s mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) platform not only can deliver PTT voice but also video that can be shared with public-safety personnel from the site of an incident. Brown spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the recent IACP 2019 even in Chicago.
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