Video Univ. of Virginia: Homa Alemzadeh, Mustafa Hotaki showcase ‘Siri for first responders’ to help EMS 18th June 2018 Homa Alemzadeh and Mustafa Hotaki demonstrate how voice-recognition technology can be combined with analytics and artificial intelligence to help EMS personnel provide medical care with greater accuracy and efficiency, particular when responding to large-scale incidents.
News Newscan: ESN looking to quickly switch to open standards, Kodiak product from Motorola Solutions 15th June 2018 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations ESN looking to quickly switch to open standards, Kodiak product from Motorola Solutions 3GPP clears 5G for takeoff with standalone NR specs
News FirstNet, AT&T announce nationwide availability of subscriber-paid/BYOD offering 15th June 2018 Primary public-safety agencies with little or no budget to pay for their personnel to have broadband services can utilize a FirstNet subscriber-paid—or bring your own device (BYOD)—offering recently made available nationwide at 5,300 AT&T retail stores and online outlets, according to an AT&T official.
News AT&T’s extreme-weather drone provides new LTE coverage option in difficult environments 12th June 2018 AT&T announces a tethered drone that is designed to operate as a cell on wings (COW) that can provide broadband coverage in extreme weather conditions—a capability that promises to be valuable to AT&T, enterprise customers and first responders, according to an AT&T official.
Video Carnegie Mellon University: Anthony Rowe showcases firefighter-location technology 11th June 2018 Anthony Rowe, associate professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University, demonstrates how an incident commander could leverage ultrawideband (UWB) beacon technology to track the location of firefighters, even when there is no traditional network infrastructure available.
News FirstNet’s Swenson cites public-safety progress, points to future changes, potential business models 6th June 2018 SAN DIEGO—Public-safety adoption of FirstNet is proceeding well during the first months of the first-responder network being available, and the pace of change within the sector could accelerate in the future, according to FirstNet Chairwoman Sue Swenson.
News Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) announces launch, focus on open standards for public safety 5th June 2018 Officials for the Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) today will launch the new non-profit organization, which is being established to advocate for public safety identifying, testing and adopting open-standards equipment and applications.
News AT&T wants to meet FirstNet deployment targets sooner than expected, AT&T exec says 31st May 2018 AT&T plans to deploy public-safety LTE service on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum more quickly than expected, with about one-third of the projected buildout to be completed by next April, according to AT&T Chief Financial Officer (CFO) John Stephens.
News Secured Communications solution designed to address public-safety cybersecurity, BYOD concerns 30th May 2018 Secured Communications has developed a platform that is designed to help public-safety agencies tackle some of its toughest productivity and security challenges, including the leveraging of personal devices in a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scenario, according to CEO Robert Wilson.
News Internet of Life-Saving Things (IoLST) promises to transform EMS industry, FirstNet’s McGinnis says 25th May 2018 Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel soon may leverage information from myriad medical devices and reliable broadband connectivity from FirstNet to provide better initial treatment to patients, as well as unprecedented situational awareness to others in the healthcare ecosystem, according to FirstNet board member Kevin McGinnis.
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