Partner content Embedded sensors and intelligence on the new edge 3rd December 2021 Much of what comes together in the Internet of Things depends on the first node in the network, which is most often a sensor. Transformational Industry 4.0 analytics and automation require even better input, which has kept vendors busy trying to bring smarter embedded sensors to market. The role of smart sensors is looked at even more […]
Partner content What about smart roadways? Missouri-based tech startup intends to turn highways into networks 29th November 2021 Those who live in the northeastern United States are intimately familiar with all five seasons—summer, autumn, winter, spring and pothole season. When warmer weather finally arrives, melting snow reveals roads and bridges riddled with cracks and frost heave-inflicted pockmarks—damage taxpayers are accustomed to financially covering. That’s because maintaining public roadways through taxation has become as American as apple pie. But with the industrial era disappearing in the […]
News MTA police leverages P25, LTE to maximize interoperable communications throughout jurisdiction 25th November 2021 New York State Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) police are communicating on a 700 MHz P25 Phase 2 system designed by L3Harris that has demonstrated automatic roaming with a Motorola Solutions P25 network in another state, as well as ongoing interoperability with LTE-based FirstNet users. John Vallarelli, the MTA Police Department captain who led the multiyear […]
News House passes bill with $500 million in NG911 funding that coalition describes as ‘woefully inadequate’ 20th November 2021 House lawmakers today passed a $2.2 trillion reconciliation bill that calls for $500 million to support next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments, but the legislation is expected to face significant challenges in the Senate, and a coalition of public-safety associations described the NG911 funding level as “woefully inadequate.” House members voted 220-213 in favor of the massive […]
News Versaterm continues buying spree with Komutel acquisition 19th November 2021 Versaterm Public Safety this week announced the purchase of Komutel—a provider of call-handling solutions for emergency call-takers—as the latest addition to the Versaterm portfolio of public-safety software solutions that are designed to enhance the emergency-response process, according to company CEO Warren Loomis. “We have a really well-defined strategy, and this is another piece to the […]
News FirstNet Authority board renames committees, fills key roles 17th November 2021 A FirstNet Authority board featuring seven new members conducted its first meeting today and immediately implemented some changes, including renaming three of the four board committees in an effort to better describe their evolving roles in the organization. New FirstNet Authority Chair Steve Benjamin—the mayor of Columbia, S.C., who was appointed to lead the board […]
Partner content Intelsat, Kymeta show off satellite 5G in a moving car 15th November 2021 Was it satellite-enabled 5G you were after, in a moving car? Tick, say Intelsat, Kymeta, and Fraunhofer IIS, who say they’ve managed the first ever successful trial of satellite-enabled 5G services on a moving vehicle. So if you want to take your eventual driverless car somewhere far off data networks, but it’s a car that relies heavily on […]
News Newscan: What worked, what didn’t at Army’s second connect-everything experiment 13th November 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations What worked, what didn’t at Army’s second connect-everything experiment Don’t blindly trust software building blocks, report says Biden signs law closing the ‘Huawei Loophole’ Biden’s Commerce secretary is trying to shield a $42 billion broadband funding program from public eyes DHS researching public perception of facial recognition and […]
Partner content For public agencies, proposed ‘metaverse’ has implications beyond social media—like predicting the spread of wildfire 10th November 2021 For the past few weeks, talk of Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the ‘metaverse’ has dominated the internet. The metaverse—a hypothesized evolution of the internet—would take websites and social media platforms one step further into virtual reality. And it’s not just Meta Platforms Inc. (previously Facebook) that’s latched onto the idea. Other global tech companies including Microsoft and Nvidia are […]
Partner content Verizon survey: First responders ‘most dependent’ on smartphones—not LMR—on daily basis 10th November 2021 Public safety currently depends slightly more on smartphones than land-mobile-radio (LMR) technology during a typical day, and this gap is expected to widen significantly in favor of smartphones and other broadband devices during the next five years, according to a national survey of first responders commissioned by Verizon Frontline. More than 3,000 people who “self-selected” […]
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