News LA-RICS board considering alternative public-safety LTE proposal to be submitted to NTIA 10th April 2015 Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) board members this weekend will review a new proposal for a public-safety LTE system, so the revised plan can be submitted to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on Monday, according to an LA-RICS official.
News Swenson says LA-RICS providing FirstNet with valuable lessons about outreach, infrastructure sharing 9th April 2015 As the saga surrounding the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) public-safety LTE deployment unfolds, FirstNet officials are learning a great deal about the importance of outreach and limitations associated with infrastructure sharing, according to FirstNet Chairwoman Sue Swenson.
Global Wireless Technologies: David Gross discusses new Mobile Radio Node, deployable FirstNet strategy 9th April 2015 David Gross, director of product marketing for Global Wireless Technologies (GWT), discusses the company’s philosophy behind deployable public-safety communications and the Band 14 Mobile Radio Node, which is being announced today and should be commercially available late this year. About the size of a notepad, the Mobile Radio Node features a configurable lite Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a commercial-grade router, configurable LTE and Wi-Fi radios, and optional in-band LTE backhaul.
News BayRICS testing xG Technology public-safety pilot network in three California municipalities 8th April 2015 A cognitive-radio pilot network built by xG Technology on unlicensed 900 MHz spectrum has been deployed in three San Francisco Bay-area municipalities for public-safety communications. Initial usage has been “encouraging,” but the system will be subject to more comprehensive testing later this month, according to an official with the Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications Systems Authority (BayRICS).
News Changes in LA-RICS public-safety LTE plans also will impact proposed P25 network, executive director says 7th April 2015 Most public attention has been focused on the impact that construction stoppages are having on the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) public-safety LTE system, but changes in that network also will affect the regional P25 LMR network that is being built, an LA-RICS official says.
News FirstNet’s Swenson hopes collaboration can transform LA-RICS LTE ‘lemons’ into ‘lemonade’ 6th April 2015 Officials with FirstNet and the federal government are committed to working with key local representatives to help the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) develop a “viable” alternative for its troubled public-safety LTE system, according to FirstNet Chairwoman Sue Swenson.
News NTIA suspends further construction on LA-RICS public-safety LTE project 3rd April 2015 Construction on the public-safety LTE system being built by the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) has been suspended, according to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which administers the federal grant funding most of the project.
News LA-RICS looks to state, feds for help to salvage public-safety LTE project 3rd April 2015 Representatives of the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) will visit Washington, D.C., later this month to ask federal officials and lawmakers for additional time to build a public-safety LTE project that has unraveled amid local public pressure in recent weeks, according to LA-RICS Executive Director Patrick Mallon.
News Pepro unveils new 60-foot deployable tower at IWCE 2015 2nd April 2015 Pepro demonstrates the HCLP-600, a low-profile mobile tower site that can be deployed in less than 30 minutes and features an equipment shelter with the company’s Faraday Cage technology that is designed to withstand a lightning strike.
Article LA-RICS public-safety LTE project in peril after LA City Council votes to stop construction 2nd April 2015 Los Angeles City Council votes to halt construction of Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) public-safety LTE cell sites in the city—a move that could undermine the largest first-responder broadband project in the country, according to several sources.
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