Exclusive Cradlepoint: David Rush performs impressive chair-balancing trick during IWCE 2018 workshop 8th March 2018 David Rush, Cradlepoint’s senior product manager for hardware and firmware, balances a chair on his chin—all while moving to the ground, executing a sit up, and returning to a standing position.
Video MCT: Jackson Szabo talks about public-safety LTE initiatives in Europe, launch of London show in June 8th March 2018 Jackson Szabo, portfolio manager for Mission Critical Technologies (MCT), discusses the Emergency Services Network (ESN) in the United Kingdom (UK) and other public-safety broadband efforts in Europe, as well as the launch of the Mission Critical Technologies event in June. Mission Critical Technologies (a sister brand to IWCE and IWCE’s Urgent Communications) will be held June 13-14 in London as part of London Technology Week.
News Motorola Solutions unveils new mission-critical LTE smartphone 7th March 2018 Motorola Solutions launches the LEX L11, the company’s new rugged LTE smartphone that is designed for public-safety use on FirstNet or other global networks while enabling integrated communications with a P25 system.
Video Virtualnetcom: Mohan Tammisetti and Gary Monetti outline features of RAID standalone LTE network in hardened 12.5-pound backpack 7th March 2018 Virtualnetcom CEO Mohan Tammisetti and Gary Monetti describe the capabilities of the Rapid Autonomous Instant Deployable (RAID), a hardened communications backpack that transmits signals at 4 watts of power and includes an LTE eNodeB, an LTE evolved packet core (EPC) and IMS support for multimedia applications that enables a first responder to communicate, even when there is no connection to a terrestrial LTE network.
News AT&T officials shed light on ‘extended primary’ category of FirstNet users, prioritization details 6th March 2018 Personnel within the utility, transportation and healthcare sectors are among those qualified to subscribe to FirstNet and have priority access across the AT&T system, but many questions remain about the “extended primary” category of users and some details regarding the prioritization-selection process, according to AT&T officials.
Commentary In-building mapping: What’s really needed for emergency response? 2nd March 2018 Solutions that provide accurate, updated maps of buildings are needed for first responders to benefit fully from modern location technology. The ability to get X- Y- and Z-axis location data is wonderful; but if you can’t plot that information on a map, it isn’t helpful.
ESChat: Josh Lober talks about FirstNet certification, outlook for push-to-talk-over-cellular offerings 2nd March 2018 Josh Lober, president and CEO at ESChat, discusses FirstNet’s recent certification of his company’s push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) solution and potential key topics to monitor in the PTT sector during the coming year.
News Sonim Technologies unveils ultra-rugged FirstNet devices, support for direct-mode PTT module 1st March 2018 Sonim Technologies announces its new XP8 and XP5S ultra-rugged LTE devices that are designed to provide FirstNet users with new public-safety-centric capabilities, including an interface that supports a module that enables direct-mode push-to-talk (PTT) communications between devices when a network is not available.
News AT&T’s Sambar projects accelerated FirstNet buildout—‘a lot faster’ than five years for most of U.S. 28th February 2018 AT&T already is deploying cell sites that operate on the 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to FirstNet and expects to finish the buildout—covering 95% of the U.S. population—well before the contracted five-year contract period expires in most cases, according to the AT&T executive heading the project.
News New Samsung Galaxy S9 devices include FirstNet Band 14 support, AT&T and FirstNet say 26th February 2018 Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones—unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona—are approved FirstNet devices that operate on the 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to FirstNet, according to officials for FirstNet and its nationwide contractor, AT&T.
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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