Audio NATE: Todd Schlekeway previews highlights of annual event 23rd January 2019 Todd Schlekeway podcast Todd Schlekeway, executive director for the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE), talks about his organization’s annual trade show, which will be conducted this year Feb. 4-7 in Grapevine, Texas, near the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. The event will include sessions about 5G, drone use in tower industry and scheduled speeches from FCC […]
News FirstNet, Cradlepoint help Indiana agencies address connectivity issues during response efforts 22nd January 2019 Indiana public-safety agencies are using FirstNet and Cradlepoint mobile routers—both in-vehicle and pelican-case solutions—to quickly establish broadband connectivity in almost any location without the need for satellite backhaul, according to state official. Tyler Clements, field service coordinator for the state of Indiana Integrated Public Safety Commission (IPSC), said the IPSC is using Cradlepoint COR Series […]
News FirstNet official urges local governments to issue smartphones to first responders 21st January 2019 All first responders should have government-issued smartphones to ensure that public-safety personnel can access wireless broadband capabilities and that any data or evidence captured is stored appropriately and securely, according to a FirstNet Authority official. “I have very specific advice for mayors, county executives and elected officials: Give your first responders smartphones—city-, county- or state-issued […]
News New Jersey medical center equips EMS units with tech from General Devices, Sonim 18th January 2019 Emergency-medical-service (EMS) paramedic units for AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, N.J., will be able to leverage the e-Bridge Mobile Telemedicine application from General Device (GD) and Sonim Technologies’ XP8 ultra-rugged smartphones in an effort to save critical treatment time for patients. General Devices CEO Curt Bashford said his company developed e-Bridge several years […]
News FirstNet Authority seeking additional industry partners, Acting CEO Parkinson tells CES 15th January 2019 While the FirstNet partnership with AT&T has yielded good progress to date, the FirstNet Authority does not want “to put all of our eggs in one basket” and is seeking other industry partners, particularly those interested in developing technologies that can be leveraged for both public-safety and smart-cities initiatives, according to FirstNet Authority Acting CEO […]
News Fire chief encourages early FirstNet adoption, cites cost savings, potential mission-critical use in 2024 11th January 2019 Public-safety agencies should subscribe to FirstNet soon, so they can test the system’s capabilities and better evaluate future possibilities—perhaps LMR replacement within five years—according to a California fire chief, who said adopting FirstNet allowed his department to save $360,0000. “We’re all-in on FirstNet,” Stockton, Calif., Fire Chief Erik Newman said this week during a panel […]
News AT&T cites 50,000-square-mile FirstNet coverage expansion, greater public-safety adoption 10th January 2019 AT&T expanded its LTE coverage by more than 50,000 square miles and deployed the 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to FirstNet in more than 500 markets during 2018, with the number of connections to the FirstNet system topping the 425,000 threshold, AT&T announced yesterday. “We’re moving fast to bring the unique features and benefits […]
News Newscan: Drones. AI. Bodycams. Is technology making us safer? 9th January 2019 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Drones. AI. Bodycams. Is technology making us safer? Camp Fire created a black hole of communication Mandatory safety system still not operating on MARC train’s Penn line after 2018 deadline Commuter rail has met Positive Train Control deadlines New Jersey diverted 77% of state’s 911 fees to expenses […]
News Motorola Solutions pays $445 million to acquire VaaS International Holdings for video-analytics expertise 9th January 2019 Motorola Solutions this week announced that it has paid $445 million in cash and equity to purchase VaaS International Holdings, a “video analysis as a service” company with license-plate-reader technology and databases for public-safety and commercial uses. VaaS International Holdings provides license-plate-reader and location-based technologies that can be used to track and find vehicles under […]
News Verizon can compete effectively against FirstNet for public-safety users, company exec says 9th January 2019 Verizon is positioned well to compete with AT&T FirstNet in the public-safety-broadband marketplace and to begin offering 5G services in the U.S. in 2019 and 2020, according to Ronan Dunne, Verizon executive vice president and president of Verizon Wireless. “We have the wherewithal to compete with FirstNet today,” Dunne said yesterday during the Citi 2019 […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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