News Motorola Solutions exploring sale of company, reports say 9th February 2015 Officials for critical-communications manufacturing giant Motorola Solutions are contemplating a potential sale of the 87-year-old company, which refused to comment on the speculation, according to reports from multiple media outlets.
News Top 5 stories: Week of Jan. 12-16 20th January 2015 Here’s a look at the most popular stories on IWCE’s Urgent Communications from last week.
News Vendor team outlines features of all-deployable public-safety LTE network for state of New Jersey 12th January 2015 First responders in three regions of New Jersey later this year are expected to utilize a new dedicated public-safety LTE network comprised entirely of deployable infrastructure operating on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to FirstNet, according to officials for the vendors building the network.
General Dynamics Mission Systems: Chris Marzilli talks about combined company’s new structure 9th January 2015 Chris Marzilli, president of General Dynamics Mission Systems, discusses the combined company’s new name, business structure and benefits to customers during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson.
News Newscan: PMC Associates teams with Oceus Networks, Fujitsu Network Communications to provide public-safety LTE in New Jersey 8th January 2015 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Only 25 MB/s and up will qualify as broadband under new FCC definition FCC chair has all but confirmed that he’ll side with Obama on net neutrality AT&T has 10 businesses paying for data-cap exemptions and wants more Yes, that text message is a public record Feds find […]
Commentary Dramatic changes in LTE landscape bust myths, provide FirstNet with new options 8th January 2015 The commercial wireless industry has experienced a remarkable amount of change in recent years with the deployment of LTE and other technologies, shattering many long-held assumptions about the industry. The impact of these changes seem certain to impact FirstNet officials as key decision are made this year.
News FirstNet to 911 leaders: Call your SPOC 6th January 2015 Contacting the single point of contact (SPOC) in a given state or territory is a good way for 911 leaders to become involved in the ongoing FirstNet consulation process, FirstNet Outreach Director Amanda Hilliard said during a recent webinar.
Commentary Gifts of clarity would be huge for critical communications in 2015 23rd December 2014 Aside from a bunch of money, most of the best gifts for the critical-communications sector for 2015 involve clarity, so the various stakeholders are equipped to make decisions for future plans.
Parallel Wireless: Steve Kropper talks Cause III, public-safety LTE that may cost 80% less than traditional model 22nd December 2014 Steve Kropper, vice president of Parallel Wireless, explains how the company’s flexible public-safety LTE solution was demonstrated during the recent Cause III exercise along the U.S.-Canada border, as well as how the LMLTE approach can meet first-responder requirements while provide substantial cost savings to FirstNet.
Video Ascom Network Testing: David Fitzgerald talks about FirstNet, ways to measure quality of service 18th December 2014 David Fitzgerald, director of the CTO office at Ascom Network Testing, outlines the various methods that LTE operators, including FIrstNet, can use to ensure that users have the kind of coverage, quality of service and quality of experienced they expect from their broadband system.
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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