News Kansas 911 organization selects AT&T, RapidDeploy to shift key PSAP solutions to the cloud 10th August 2019 Most public-safety answering points in Kansas are expected to process 911 calls with the help RapidDeploy’s cloud-native Nimbus computer-aided-dispatch (CAD) system that will be deployed through an AT&T contract with the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council. This marks the latest initiative by the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council to migrate PSAPs in the state to a next-generation […]
Audio Siyata Mobile: Glenn Kennedy talks about phablet, FirstNet certification, AT&T applications 9th August 2019 Glenn Kennedy, Siyata Mobile’s vice president of sales, outlines some recent wins for the company’s Uniden UV350 phablet, which has received FirstNet certification and earned a $1 million school-bus contract during the past few months. This week, Siyata Mobile announced that UV350 supports the AT&T Workforce Manager application and the carrier’s enhanced push-to-talk (EPTT) […]
News Motorola Solutions bullish on video, control-center offerings, projects little revenue from FirstNet 2nd August 2019 Motorola Solutions’ recent purchases of companies in the video-security and command-center spaces are paying dividends, but being a partner on AT&T’s FirstNet team is not helping the company’s bottom line, Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown said yesterday. Brown highlighted the acquisitions—the most recent of which was a $271 million purchase of WatchGuard, a private vehicle-camera […]
News AT&T contract with DOJ worth up to $984 million, includes FirstNet access for more than 40 federal agencies 31st July 2019 AT&T this week announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) selected it to modernize communications across the 40-plus federal agencies in the department in a deal worth $984 million over 15 years, if all options are exercised. Stacy Schwartz, AT&T’s vice president of public-safety and FirstNet solutions, said the award technically is a task […]
News Cradlepoint earns Verizon certification for gigabit-LTE router portfolio 31st July 2019 Cradlepoint recently announced that its family of fixed and mobile LTE Advanced routers—designed to provide a “pathway to 5G” in the future—have been certified for use on the Verizon network. “Basically, it makes our entire lineup of gigabit products available on Verizon,” Donna Johnson, Cradlepoint’s vice president of product and solutions marketing, said during an […]
Video Univ. of Colorado: Max Hollingsworth outlines public-safety benefits of mobile edge computing, heterogeneous networks 26th July 2019 Max Hollingsworth, a computer-science student at the University of Colorado, explains how software-driven mobile edge computing can help improve communication performance for first responders in the field and how leveraging heterogeneous broadband networks–for example, proposed CBRS systems operating in the 3.5 GHz band–can improve network resiliency and availability for public safety. Hollingsworth spoke with […]
Video Cornell University: Danny Adams explains how blockchain technology could work for public safety 26th July 2019 Danny Adams, a computer-science student at Cornell University, describes how proof-of-witness technology could ensure that blockchain technology can be used to ensure secure information, even when the user is disconnected from the cloud for a period of time. In addition, direct-mode communications could allow notification to other users in the area when connection to […]
News AT&T CEO says FirstNet buildout 60% done, with 70% mark targeted by end of year 26th July 2019 AT&T’s FirstNet 700 MHz Band 14 deployment was about 60% finished at the end of June, and the carrier giant hopes to reach the 70% completion mark by the end of the year, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said this week. Under its contract with the FirstNet Authority, AT&T was not required to reach the 60% […]
News Motorola Solutions exec shares company’s approach toward AI, development of other innovative technologies 24th July 2019 Motorola Solutions is exploring the capabilities of artificial intelligence and other new technologies, but the public-safety communications giant is striving to use them in a manner that improves the mission workflow and lets human beings make the ultimate decisions, according to a company executive. Paul Steinberg, Motorola Solutions’ senior vice president of technology, acknowledged that […]
Video Univ. of Cincinnati: Howard Fan outlines how ProSe tech can deliver location information 24th July 2019 Howard Fan, a professor at the University of Cincinnati, explains how Proximity Service (ProSe) technology—the LTE standard for direct-mode communications—can be leveraged to determine the location of a user, even when network infrastructure is unavailable. Fan spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the PSCR Public Safety Broadband Stakeholders Meeting conducted this […]
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