Public Safety

Catch-22

Elected officials love a commercial wireless services’ apparent cost advantages, but public safety requires greater reliability. What carriers must do to meet this demand and still keep shareholders happy

Project 25 standard nears finish line

Planning committee says to expect finalization this year

Congress holds onto PSAP funding

Early appropriations expected to fall far short of authorization

Program uses two-way radio to unite county departments

Officials in Hillsborough, N.J., have developed a Department of Public Works Watch Program, which is comprised of 250 employees that report accidents, crimes and suspicious activity through the use of two-way radios

Satellite video aids incident command

New York City fire department can see and hear what’s happening in real time

HEAVENS HELP US

In times of disaster–and in some geographic areas–terrestrial communications systems often prove inadequate. While first-responder agencies fill the gaps with satellites, system operators put past failures behind them and prepare for an apparently sunnier future

APCO executive director resigns

John Newman, international executive director of APCO for the past year, is resigning due to personal health issues. His resignation will be effective mid-August

Illinois city nabs Cisco solution for high-speed communications

Calumet City, Ill., is using Cisco’s 4.9 GHz wireless mobile interface card in the Cisco 3200 Series wireless and mobile routers located in police patrol vehicles, for departmental communications and access to high-bandwidth data applications

Mobile Satellite Ventures releases spectrum white paper

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) recently released a white paper that examined the challenge of developing a next generation public-safety communications networks.

Broadcasters support hard date for 700 MHz transition

Consensus continues to grow for a Jan. 1, 2009, deadline for television broadcasters to relinquish their analog spectrum in the 700 MHz band, with a National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) representative yesterday testifying before the Senate that his organization supports such a “hard” date.

Catch-22

Project 25 standard nears finish line

Congress holds onto PSAP funding

Program uses two-way radio to unite county departments

Satellite video aids incident command

HEAVENS HELP US

APCO executive director resigns

Illinois city nabs Cisco solution for high-speed communications

Mobile Satellite Ventures releases spectrum white paper

Broadcasters support hard date for 700 MHz transition

Commentary

September 3GPP Plenary: 6G officially begins, Release 19 on track

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

Video

Check out key takeaways from Disaster Management Symposium webinars, register to view archives

Video: Opening of the Expo Hall on day three of IWCE 2023

Lynk CEO Charles Miller: The sky’s the limit

Events

UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up