Public-Safety Broadband/FirstNet

Harris County: Greg Jurrens explains how FirstNet can address LMR backhaul challenges

Greg Jurrens, senior manager of radio services and public–safety technology for Harris County (Texas) Universal Services, describes how the county has used prioritized FirstNet broadband to provide backhaul links to deployable LMR units in challenging rural environments where commercial networks can get saturated, such as along the route to the funeral of former President George […]

Matrix: Matthew Hodgson highlights benefits of secure, open-source collaboration tool

Matthew Hodgson, technical co-founder of Matrix and CEO/CTO of New Vector, outlines key features of Matrix, an open-source collaboration platform that is designed to be secure enough to support public-safety communications and Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives for smart cities in an affordable manner. Hodgson spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson yesterday during […]

GAO report says FirstNet on track, calls for greater oversight, transparency

AT&T is meeting all contracted deployment and adoption goals for the FirstNet public-safety broadband network, but the FirstNet Authority could improve the system’s chances of success by improving oversight and transparency to stakeholders, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released yesterday. “The success of the network depends not only on AT&T’s contract execution […]
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City of Oakland turns to Motorola Solutions’ cloud-based disaster-recovery service for CAD

Oakland, Calif., has selected Motorola Solutions’ new cloud-based “Disaster Recovery as a Service” (DRaaS) solution as an alternative method to access the PremierOne CAD system in the event of an earthquake, wildfire or other incident that causes the on-premise infrastructure to be unavailable. City of Oakland CIO Andrew “Pete” Peterson said that he believes having […]
Newscan: Public TV stations push FCC to mandate FirstNet datacasting interoperability

Newscan: Public TV stations push FCC to mandate FirstNet datacasting interoperability

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Public TV stations push FCC to mandate FirstNet datacasting interoperability Axon sues the Federal Trade Commission over VieVu body-camera deal Axon preempts federal antitrust complaint with lawsuit California medical center remains in downtime procedures following Jan. 2 ransomware attack L.A. County confirms phishing attack, no services disrupted U.S. […]

Mission Critical Partners buys Black & Veatch public-safety consulting group

Consulting firm Mission Critical Partners (MCP) announced the completion of its acquisition of Black & Veatch’s Public Safety (BVPS) consulting division, bolstering MCP’s public-safety LMR consulting business while expanding into the healthcare, energy and smart-cities sectors, according to MCP CEO Kevin Murray. With this acquisition announced last week, Murray said he believes MCP is the […]
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