Video InterTalk: Bryan Wiens talks ESChat integration, Tait partnership, cloud-based dispatch offering 28th September 2021 Bryan Wiens, senior product manager of cloud services for InterTalk Critical Information Systems, outlines some of the company’s recent initiatives, including native integration with ESChat, a technology partnership with Tait Communications, and a cloud-based dispatch-as-a-service offering. Wiens spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications editor Donny Jackson during the IWCE 2021 being conducted this week in […]
News Airbus U.S. launches Tactilon Agnet MCPTT/MCX offering for North America 28th September 2021 Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc. is offering its Tactilon Agnet platform—built on 3GPP standards for mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) and other mission-critical (MCX) services—to U.S. and Canadian customers. Herve Dussart, director of secure land communications at Airbus U.S Space & Defense, said that some vendors leverage technical standards at the core of solutions but then stray […]
News Assured Wireless launches HPUE testing, package offering as company becomes profitable 27th September 2021 High-power-user-equipment (HPUE) provider Assured Wireless is profitable just eight months after introducing products that extend the effective range of FirstNet service, and the vendor now is unveiling coverage-testing capabilities and ‘simplifying’ its offering, according to company President and CEO John Goocher. Assured Wireless’ technolory—as a standalone product or embedded in the AirgainConnect AC-HPUE antenna-modem—drives the […]
News Pryme unveils accessory line that works with both LMR and cellular PTT 27th September 2021 Pryme this week will showcase its new PrymeMAX portfolio of industrial-grade accessories that are versatile enough to work with both land-mobile-radio (LMR) handsets and LTE devices that enable push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) services and will be offered at a lower price than comparable LMR accessories offered by the company. Pryme has long delivered Bluetooth-compatible speaker microphones, lapel […]
News Lynk signs satellite-to-phone deals with first two wireless carriers 24th September 2021 Cell-tower-in-space connectivity provider Lynk this week announced commercial agreements with its first two mobile network operators (MNOs)—Aliv in the Bahamas and Telecel Centrafique in the Central African Republic—to let subscribers stay connected anywhere using a standard, unmodified mobile phone. Lynk CEO Charles Miller said that Lynk plans to begin providing services to Aliv and Telecel […]
Partner content Experts hope V2X connectivity will reduce cybersecurity risks for intelligent transportation 22nd September 2021 The future of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) depends on a number of factors, and one of the most vital ones is cybersecurity. Protecting the vehicles, the highways and the infrastructure that support them is now seen as one of the key elements to accelerating the technologies. One emerging technology that will inevitably have an […]
Partner content New emergency-communications system to integrate cross-jurisdictional data into one digital space 22nd September 2021 Over the last two decades, the emergency-management community has recognized that natural disasters and other emergency situations don’t always follow county lines or town borders. Interagency collaboration is vital—mutual-aid agreements expand the capacity of first responders, for example, and data-sharing solutions can give local telecommunicators regionwide data at the click of a mouse button. One […]
Partner content ISPs suffer losses and make plans in face of climate crisis 20th September 2021 Just as COVID-19 ushered in an acceptance that broadband is essential, the concurrent era of a worsening climate crisis is also making clear just how vulnerable that critical infrastructure is. From wildfires and extreme heat, to flash floods and hurricanes, the increasing effects of climate change are taking their toll on cables, fiber lines and […]
News Klobuchar, Cortez-Masto co-sponsor NG911 funding bill in the Senate 17th September 2021 Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) have introduced a standalone Senate bill to provide federal funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) technology in 911 centers, supposedly at the same $10 billion level proposed in the massive $3.5 trillion spending package being proposed in the House. Introduced as S.2754, “a bill to provide […]
Audio Omdia: Paul Bremner discusses control-room/PSAP trends, new industry report 16th September 2021 Paul Bremner, Omdia’s lead analyst for the Command and Control Rooms Intelligence Service (providing market data and insights into the future of control rooms/PSAPs), talks about the technological evolution of control rooms/911 emergency communications centers (ECCs) and its impact on the market in this conversation with with IWCE’s Urgent Communications editor Donny Jackson. Bremner […]
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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