Video Emil Olbrich: Now is a good time for public safety to learn about 5G 10th May 2019 Emil Olbrich, president of PrimeLime Consulting and vice president of network technologies for Signals Research Group, highlights some of the progress—and challenges—associated with early 5G deployments. One of the earliest proponents of public-safety LTE more than a decade ago, Olbrich says it may be some time before first responders will utilize 5G, but now is […]
Video Kymeta: Ben Posthuma outlines how satellite service can help public safety, autonomous vehicles 9th May 2019 Ben Posthuma of Kymeta talks about the company’s satellite service, which delivers broadband signals to vehicles equipped with a flat antenna, as a complement to terrestrial 4G or 5G wireless broadband for public-safety or critical-infrastructure entities in rural locations today. In the future, Kymeta could serve as a similar connectivity complement to mass-market vehicles like […]
News FirstNet tops 600,000 connections, adds three flying COWs to deployable assets, according to AT&T 7th May 2019 More than 7,250 agencies have subscribed to 600,000-plus connections over the FirstNet system, which has been bolstered by three flying cell on wings (flying COWs) that are designed to provide deployable LTE coverage during emergency response efforts, FirstNet contractor AT&T announced today. Less than two weeks ago, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson announced on April 24 […]
FirstNet Association changes its name 2nd May 2019 On April 15th the FirstNet Association announced its name has been changed to, the “Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA)”. In an effort to avoid confusion between the Association and the First Responders Network Authority (FirstNet), the PSBTA is moving forward with the new name, but the same FirstNet dedicated mission. Our work is anchored […]
News Potential $2 trillion infrastructure initiative could be a vehicle to help fund NG911 deployment 1st May 2019 Democratic congressional leaders met with President Donald Trump today and expressed optimism about a potential $2 trillion infrastructure bill that would include funding for broadband—the type of massive spending bill that some public-safety officials have said is needed to fund nationwide deployment of next-generation 911 (NG911). After meeting with Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) […]
News Southern Linc offers ‘Basic MCPTT’ and ‘High Performance MCPTT,’ shuts down legacy iDEN system for LTE 30th April 2019 Southern Linc—the southeast U.S. regional carrier that also provides communications for the Southern Company utility—is leveraging its 800 MHz LTE network to provide two flavors of mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) service to customers, according to Southern Linc officials. Southern Linc was long known for its iDEN network, but the carrier recently completed a transition to LTE that […]
News Ohio entities seek to use ISSI to make first interoperable link between FirstNet and P25 systems from Harris, Tait 26th April 2019 Public-safety entities in the state of Ohio hope to begin testing an interoperability solution that is designed to link FirstNet push-to-talk service with Harris P25 systems—and possibly a Tait P25 network—by leveraging P25 Inter RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI) technology, according to officials involved in the project. Alan Close, owner of Cleveland Communications (CCI)—the Harris dealer […]
News AT&T says planned FirstNet buildout passes halfway point, adoption numbers increase by 33% in Q1 25th April 2019 FirstNet is serving more than 7,000 agencies and 570,000 subscribers—both increases of about 33% compared to three months ago—and the scheduled buildout of the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) was 53% as of the end of March, officials for FirstNet contractor AT&T said today. “Our FirstNet build has now passed the halfway mark and is […]
News Ubicquia adding cameras, mics, edge processing in new Wi-Fi cells for smart cities, 5G roadmap for small cells 24th April 2019 Ubicquia, a maker of small-cell technologies that plug into streetlights, plans to integrate camera, microphones and Qualcomm edge processing in upcoming Ubicell devices that provide Wi-Fi coverage, as well as 5G support for its Ubimetro small cells, according to CEO Ian Aaron. Modern wireless-broadband standards like 4G/5G LTE and Wi-Fi promise blurry-fast speeds, but they […]
News Newscan: Firefighters had a secret weapon when Notre Dame caught fire: A robot named ‘Colossus’ 18th April 2019 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Firefighters had a secret weapon when Notre Dame caught fire: A robot named ‘Colossus’ How French firefighters used drones to tackle the Notre Dame blaze Craftsmen built Notre Dame eight centuries ago. Now it may be up to robots to save it A Chinese company develops firefighting drone […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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