News Newscan: AT&T rips T-Mobile’s promise to first responders as ‘a marketing stunt’ 13th November 2019 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations AT&T rips T-Mobile’s promise to first responders as ‘a marketing stunt’ Google is slurping up health data—and it looks totally legal T-Mobile/Sprint inching toward final OK Can tech save California from wildfires? As 5G rolls out, troubling new security flaws emerge Self-driving car that killed woman couldn’t tell […]
News Motorola Solutions EVP Molloy highlights company’s video, data offerings, as well as CBRS promise 13th November 2019 Motorola Solutions built its reputation delivering LMR voice communications, but the company is using video and software solutions today to “solve a different level of problems” while exploring the 3.5 GHz CBRS band as a platform to provide a new kind of push-to-talk offering with robust data, according to a company executive. “I would say, […]
Video Axon: Kevin Shah shows how Axon Body 3 camera enables real-time streaming video from incident location 12th November 2019 Kevin Shah, Axon’s principal product manager for communications, demonstrates how the Axon Body 3 body-worn camera connected to the FirstNet or Verizon networks can stream video to the Axon Aware platform, providing real-time situational awareness of an incident. Shah spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the recent IACP 2019 event in Chicago.
Video L3Harris: Don Griffis explains the significance of XL-200P and XL-185P portable radios with LTE being certified as FirstNet Ready 11th November 2019 Don Griffis, product manager at L3Harris, explains that the company’s XL-200P and XL-185P converged P25 radios with LTE connectivity has been certified as FirstNet Ready, meaning users now can use the Band 14 capability that has been in the device for years. He also talks about improved antenna design to improve the effective coverage of […]
Video Motorola Solutions: Les Miller demonstrates ViQi voice-assistant technology with cloud-based application 11th November 2019 Les Miller, global marketing lead for Motorola Solutions’ records and evidence unit, demonstrates how the ViQi voice-assistant technology and LTE connectivity in the new APX NEXT P25 portable radio can be leveraged to access database information via broadband without the aid of a dispatcher or a keyboard–and communicated in a manner designed to enhance officer […]
News T-Mobile makes 10-year commitment to free public-safety broadband, if Sprint merger is completed 8th November 2019 Public-safety agencies and their personnel would have access to free, unlimited talk, text and smartphone data at 5G speeds for 10 years via a Connecting Heroes initiative announced yesterday by “New T-Mobile,” but the offering will become a reality only if T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint is closed, according to T-Mobile officials. T-Mobile officials said […]
Video Axon: Blake Bullock showcases a model of Fleet 3 in-car camera with license-plate-recognition capability 6th November 2019 Blake Bullock, Axon’s principal product manager, showcases a model of the Fleet 3, Axon’s next-generation in-vehicle camera that is being designed to shoot video of incidents surrounding the vehicle and to capture license-plate information that is processed by artificial intelligence (AI) inside the camera, which is expected to be commercially available late next year. Bullock […]
Video Cradlepoint: Lindsay Notwell talks about 5G challenges for public safety, how NetCloud can help first responders, IT staffs 6th November 2019 Lindsay Notwell, Cradlepoint’s senior vice president of 5G strategy and global carrier operations, outlines some of the challenges associated with 5G for public safety and shows how Cradlepoint’s NetCloud platform can ease the secure installation and management of routers deployed in the field that support 3G/4G/5G connectivity. Notwell spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny […]
Video Intrepid Networks: Jason Winslow demonstrates new consolidated platform supporting location, messaging, PTT apps 6th November 2019 Jason Winslow, vice president of business development at Intrepid Networks, demonstrates how the situational-awareness software company has consolidated its services into a single platform that is designed to be user-friendly while delivering functionality such as mapping, location, messaging and push-to-talk (PTT) functionality. Winslow spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson last week during the […]
News Motorola Solutions CEO: FirstNet LTE ‘complementary’ to LMR, not threatening 6th November 2019 Motorola Solutions recently introduced its first radio with LTE connectivity—the APX NEXT—but that should not be interpreted as an indication that LTE is beginning to cannibalize the company’s LMR business, Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown said last week. “I don’t think the introduction of APX NEXT has anything to do with a narrative that would […]
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