Q&A with Alex Richardson of IHS Markit about control-room, public-safety trends 18th August 2017 Alex Richardson, author of IHS Markit’s 2017 Command & Control Rooms Report, provides background on several key trends in the critical-communications industry, including control-room consolidation, leverging cloud solutions, shifts to IP-based broadband technologies, and greater sharing of data, video and resources throughout the industry.
Video Motorola Solutions: Ben Ansell highlights features of body-worn video device, 360-degree in-car camera 18th August 2017 Ben Ansell, Motorola Solutions’ global product marketing manager for public-safety devices, showcases two of the company’s video cameras: a multipurpose body-worn camera, and the Sr600, an in-car camera that generates 360-degree video at high resolutions.
News AT&T exec discusses core-to-core interoperability, Verizon proposal, FirstNet differentiators 17th August 2017 Enabling interoperability between the FirstNet public-safety LTE core being built by AT&T and the LTE cores of Verizon or other carriers is feasible technically, but doing so would be a departure from the FirstNet request for proposals (RFP) and could introduce security issues for public safety, according to an AT&T executive.
News Nevada becomes 14th state to ‘opt-in’ to FirstNet 17th August 2017 Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announces his decision to accept the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and AT&T on behalf of his state, making Nevada the 14th state to “opt-in” to the FirstNet system.
News AT&T issues statement in response to Verizon’s public-safety proposal 16th August 2017 FirstNet nationwide contractor AT&T issues a statement in response to Verizon’s announcement that it will build a dedicated public-safety LTE core for its first-responder customers in 2018, as well as provide public safety with prioritized—and eventually preemptive—access across its network beginning this year.
News Kansas becomes 13th state to make ‘opt-in’ decision for FirstNet 16th August 2017 Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback yesterday announces his decision to accept the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and AT&T on behalf of his state, making Kansas the 13th state to “opt-in” to the FirstNet system.
News Verizon commits to building dedicated public-safety LTE core network in 2018 16th August 2017 Verizon will build a dedicated public-safety LTE core network next year that will be designed to provide public-safety customers with a viable option to the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) being developed by AT&T, according to a Verizon executive.
News PSAP personnel to receive priority, preemptive access on FirstNet 15th August 2017 Dispatchers, call-takers and other personnel working in public-safety answering points will have priority access immediately to FirstNet—and preemptive access by the end of the year—FirstNet officials announce during the APCO 2017 show.
News Arizona becomes second state to ‘opt-in’ to FirstNet after issuing RFP for alternative RAN 15th August 2017 Arizona accepts the FirstNet deployment plan to build the nationwide public-safety broadband networks (NPSBN) within its borders, making it the 12th state to “opt-in” and just the second state to make the decision after previously issuing a request for proposals (RFP) to build an alternative LTE radio access network (RAN).
News Verizon exec to public safety: ‘We’re here to stay’ 14th August 2017 Amid the considerable attention surrounding FirstNet and AT&T’s effort to build a nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN), Verizon is working ensure that first-responders agencies know that the telecom giant still plans to serve them, according to an executive with the telecom giant.
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