Public Safety

Unclogging the grant pipeline

Feds look for ways to bypass state bureaucracies that are slowing the money flow

Martin ready to require VoIP 911

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin Tuesday said he plans to propose that voice-over-IP (VoIP) providers be required to provide emergency-calling services through the traditional 911 systems

First responder among Nextel contest winners

Nextel Communications said Thomas Murray of Tinley Park, Ill., won first prize, worth $1000, in the company’s Wireless Winners contest

Virginia sheriff’s department joins APCO program

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials said the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office would implement the APCO Institute Emergency Medical Dispatch Program

IPMobileNet lands contract with Minnesota region-wide agency

Irvine, Calif.-based IPMobileNet said it has entered into an agreement with the Minnesota Regional Service Agency to deploy its Series 32 mobile data system

Stone Mountain intros speaker microphones

Stone Mountain unveiled its ProBand 800 MHz remote antenna speaker microphone configured for the Motorola XTS and HT750/1250 series portable radios

Kenwood unveils new mobile radios

Kenwood USA recently introduced the TK-2170/3170 VHF/UHF conventional and TK-3173 UHF trunked mobile radios

Qwest agrees to provide Vonage E-911 access

Qwest Communications will give Vonage access to its E-911 interconnection trunks, which will allow the leading consumer VoIP provider to provide E-911 services in Qwest’s region, according to letters Vonage filed with the FCC this week

Alamosa County connects to Colorado statewide system

Alamosa County recently became the first of six counties to tap into Colorado’s statewide 800 MHz digital trunked radio system

NICE to buy Dictaphone’s communications recording assets

Israel-based NICE Systems said it would purchase Dictaphone’s Communications Recording Systems business for about $38.5 million

Unclogging the grant pipeline

Martin ready to require VoIP 911

First responder among Nextel contest winners

Virginia sheriff’s department joins APCO program

IPMobileNet lands contract with Minnesota region-wide agency

Stone Mountain intros speaker microphones

Kenwood unveils new mobile radios

Qwest agrees to provide Vonage E-911 access

Alamosa County connects to Colorado statewide system

NICE to buy Dictaphone’s communications recording assets

Commentary

How 5G is making cities safer, smarter, and more efficient

3GPP moves Release 18 freeze date to March 2024

Do smart cities make safer cities?

Events

UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

Twitter

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Federal agencies infested by cyberattackers via legit remote-management systems dlvr.it/ShVhn3

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