Partner content Starlink speeds accelerate in Q2, with lower latencies than GEO satellite services, Ookla says 8th August 2021 Starlink’s overall speeds continue to outpace those of fellow satellite broadband services Viasat and HughesNet, but its median download speeds in the US are starting to enter the neighborhood of fixed-line broadband networks, according to Ookla’s latest round of Speedtest data. Ookla’s data for Q2 2021 found that Starlink’s median download speeds in the US climbed […]
News Florida contract with L3Harris for SLERS P25, FirstNet interoperability totals $450 million 7th August 2021 L3Harris Technologies this week announced that it will maintain and upgrade the Florida Statewide Law Enforcement Radio Systems (SLERS) to Project 25 (P25) Phase 2 under a 15-year contract worth $450 million—the largest public-safety LMR contract awarded in the United States in years, according to industry sources. There was no surprise associated with L3Harris being […]
Partner content 5G Broadcast could offer new mode of digital media delivery 6th August 2021 There’s a new mobile broadcast technology called 5G Broadcast that experts say makes it possible for broadcasters to more efficiently deliver video and other media content to mobile devices and TV screens. If this sounds familiar, that’s because it is. The wireless industry has gone down this path before with technologies such as MediaFLO, LTE […]
Partner content Why supply-chain attacks are destined to escalate 6th August 2021 BLACK HAT USA 2021 – Las Vegas – The epic software supply chain attacks over the past year, including the high-profile breaches of SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange Server, Kaseya, and Codecov, were only the beginning. “Supply chain attacks are only just starting, and mostly with pretty small vendors that most people had not heard of beforehand,” […]
Commentary Collaborative PS-IOT could supply missing pieces in public safety’s common operating picture 3rd August 2021 The explosive growth of the LTE ecosystem results from standardized open interfaces that enable the interconnection of innovative devices and networks. Much as LTE has grown thanks to a virtuous cycle spawned by standardized interfaces, so will future advances in public-safety command and control systems. At Fire Rescue International 2021 in Charlotte, innovators brought at […]
News Video-streaming service from KSI Data Sciences designed to enhance public-safety situational awareness 1st August 2021 Drones and robots increasingly are being used to gather reconnaissance video to improve response efforts, but the footage often has been available only to personnel near the drone pilot without considerable delay. FirstNet hopes to address this problem with MissionKeeper from KSI Data Sciences, a cloud-based platform that supports near-real-time streaming of video that can […]
Commentary New technologies drive code advancements for in-building public-safety communications 30th July 2021 In-building coverage is a significant challenge for first-responder emergency communications, according to an International Fire Chiefs Association report based on a Safer Buildings Coalition survey conducted in 2018. According to the report, 98% of emergency responders said that they were having problems with their communication because of dead spots in a building, while 56% said […]
News AT&T adds secure messaging, drone-video-streaming capabilities to FirstNet 28th July 2021 FirstNet subscribers will have access to new secure-messaging and video-streaming functionalities that can be used to support their first-responder missions, according to AT&T, which is building the nationwide public-safety broadband network through a contract with the FirstNet Authority. In conjunction with the unveiling of a collaboration with Motorola Solutions to develop a second mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) […]
News Verizon teams leverage broadband solutions to support wildfire responders’ communications 28th July 2021 Members of the Verizon Response Team (VRT) are using a variety of solutions to deliver broadband communications to public-safety agencies battling wildfires throughout the U.S.—at no additional cost—as part of the carrier’s Verizon Frontline offering, according to a Verizon official. Cory Davis, director of Verizon Response and public-safety operations, said the VRT has been “super […]
News AT&T, Motorola collaborate on second MCPTT offering for FirstNet 23rd July 2021 FirstNet subscribers should have a choice of mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) services this winter, when a new offering from Motorola Solutions is expected to be available following a collaborative development effort with AT&T, the contractor building the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN). Scott Agnew, AT&T’s assistant vice president for FirstNet products, said that Motorola Solutions was […]
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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