News Story County attempts to undermine federal case for not disclosing Fitzgerald e-mails 13th January 2014 Federal attorneys have claimed that FirstNet board member Paul Fitzgerald acted as a federal employee when sending and receiving e-mails from his work e-mail address hosted by Story County, Iowa–where Fitzgerald is the longtime elected sheriff–but a Story County court filing argues that it would be illegal for Fitzgerald to hold elected office and be a federal employee simultaneously.
Article No shortage of compelling story lines for 2014 (Part 2) 9th January 2014 On Tuesday, we presented five potential stories that we believe will be among the most noteworthy this year. Today we present five more, as well as a list of things that we’d like to see occur in 2014.
News Tektronix Communications acquires Newfield Wireless 8th January 2014 Tektronix Communications recently acquired LTE optimization solutions provider Newfield Wireless in a deal that Newfield Wireless CEO Marc Bensadoun describes as a “natural fit.”
News Alcatel-Lucent leads second Las Vegas public-safety LTE trial 7th January 2014 Multiple vendors participating in the trial demonstrate that first-responder agencies will be able to leverage new LTE capabilities while continuing to use their existing communications systems, which in turn will smooth out the migration path to FirstNet’s public-safety broadband communications network.
Article UC’s top stories of 2013 (Part 2) 2nd January 2014 On Tuesday, we presented five stories that we think are among the most compelling of 2013. Here are five more.
Article UC’s top stories of 2013 (Part 1) 31st December 2013 There was no shortage of important stories in 2013. Here are five that we think were among the most interesting and notable. On Thursday, we’ll present five more.
News PSCR official: Public-safety LTE devices may include multiple bands, Android 30th December 2013 PSCR currently is testing devices capable of accessing as many as 10 spectrum bands; though intermodulation issues exist, PSCR is working through them, says Emil Olbrich, the organization’s head of research and development. Olbrich predicts that Android ultimately will be the operating system of choice for public safety, despite the fact that it currently is less secure than other operating systems.
Twisted Pair enables secure communications, regardless of device or network 27th December 2013 Twisted Pair CEO Tom Guthrie highlights the capabilities of his company’s solution, which provides unified communications that integrates myriad technology platforms, including private LMR systems and commercial networks.
News FirstNet announces new staff, approves charters for committees 19th December 2013 Board member Sue Swenson takes on the role of vice chairman, while Col. Frank Freeman (retired), who was with the U.S. Air Force for a quarter century, becomes chief administrative officer. In addition, a chief information officer has been selected, with that announcement potentially coming “very, very soon,” said FirstNet GM Bill D’Agostino.
News PSCR testing extended-cell LTE for rural use 18th December 2013 Initial downlink tests indicate data throughputs up to 16 MB/s at the cell edge–which in this case is 48 miles from the tower site.
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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