Verizon’s Zipperstein confident tax payers will fund new D-Block plan 22nd April 2009 Verizon’s Steve Zipperstein reveals the public-safety community’s reaction, the technology implications and whether or not Congress will fund his D Block plan.
BAE Systems launches next phase of interoperability solution 14th April 2009 BAE Systems recently introduced the VCA200, the latest addition to its First InterComm line of IP-based devices that provide interoperable voice communications for first responders at an incident.
Facella on fire 7th April 2009 John Facella — a veteran firefighter and director of public-safety systems for Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems — talks about the state of radio communications in our nation’s fire departments.
The ABCs of motivating 911-center employees 5th March 2009 It’s not easy working in a 911 communications center. Dispatchers and call-takers routinely deal with domestic violence, lost and missing children, people who believe they want to commit suicide and people who are incoherent or unintelligible
SkyTerra aims for large role in public-safety communications 4th March 2009 Chris Gates, vice president of strategy with SkyTerra, discusses the company’s pending introduction of a next-generation all-IP satellite and a crucial deal with Qualcomm that will bring to market inexpensive handsets with attractive form factors.
A big voice in the Big Apple 1st March 2009 NYPD communications chief Charles Dowd is outspoken in his belief that broadband is the future of public-safety voice and data communications. He’s not afraid to challenge conventional thinking — and battle his peers — in his effort to realize this vision sooner rather than later.
A rocky road 1st March 2009 It’s 8 a.m. and Peter Brandes is sitting behind his desk at the Eagle County Ambulance District in Vail, Colo., assessing the weather. It is 30 F and
Creating incentive is elementary 1st March 2009 One day several years ago, Jaci Fox, the operations manager for the Medicine Hat (Alberta) Regional 911 Center, was mulling how to keep her people performing
Under one roof 1st March 2009 In today’s economic climate, government officials are grappling with ways to save money. One way is to consolidate the dispatch and call-taking functions
News 911 centers see 19% turn-over rate, APCO says 27th February 2009 The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) recently released an analysis that reports an average, national telecommunicator turn-over rate of 19%. The turn-over rate has increased 3% since the initial study in 2004
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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