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.
Video The Public Safety Network: Vicki Lee highlights global LTE efforts, capex-to-opex transition 24th May 2018 Vicki Lee, vice president of The Public Safety Network, updates the progress of public-safety LTE initiatives in countries throughout the world and provides insights about governments’ desire to transition first-responder communications from capital-intensive initiatives to an operational-expense models that leverage cloud technologies.
News AT&T execs cite FirstNet progress, plans for rural deployments, 5G preparation 23rd May 2018 AT&T plans to leverage its investment in FirstNet to expand its rural coverage, harden its network and prepare all of the carrier’s cell sites to support 5G services via software upgrades, according to AT&T executives.
Video FirstNet: Bill Schrier outlines key IoT technologies that are relevant to public safety 18th May 2018 FirstNet senior advisor Bill Schrier discusses current and future Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities that can help public-safety entities respond more effectively, as well as the need for data-sharing agreements in the sector.
News AT&T clarifies FirstNet service plans, prioritization for utilities 11th May 2018 Utility companies can subscribe to FirstNet as “extended primary” users of the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) being deployed by AT&T, but utilities would not be eligible to receive preemptive access rights to the system unless such access was activated temporarily by a traditional public-safety entity, according to AT&T.
News pdvWireless revamps 900 MHz LTE proposal, offers control to potential utility, transport partners 9th May 2018 A new pdvWireless proposal would let utilities and transportation entities build their own private, secure LTE networks using licensed 900 MHz spectrum that would be reconfigured to address an interference issue that was problematic in previous versions of the plan, according to pdvWireless CEO Morgan O’Brien.
Commentary Myriad applications promise to play key role in the advancement of critical communications 3rd May 2018 Buoyed by the promised reliability and security promised by the FirstNet system, public-safety users soon should benefit from the development of an application ecosystem that already is blossoming in the consumer and commercial markets.
News AT&T outlines 5G strategy for rest of year 1st May 2018 AT&T expects its mobile 5G deployments operating on millimeter-wave spectrum to have transmitter sites that will be within 150-250 meters of each other, based on the performance results from the carrier’s fixed millimeter-wave trials to date, according to company officials.
News Sonim Technologies confirms development of P25 direct-mode accessory for use with LTE devices 27th April 2018 Sonim Technologies is developing an accessory for its rugged LTE devices that would let users engage in direct-mode P25 push-to-talk communications while operating on licensed LMR spectrum in the VHF band, according to company officials.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
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