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PSCR: Fidel Liberal explains how mission-critical open platform can bolster development of public-safety solutions

Fidel Liberal, an assistant professor at the University of Basque Country in Spain, describes the planned mission-critical open platform—usable by any developer wanting to build public-safety LTE solutions—that will be established with a $1.259 million research program grant from the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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911 telecommunicator training takes center stage in many states

The effort to enhance 911 telecommunicator training to ensure a more consistent standard of care is gaining momentum.

News

ESChat announces plans to support 3GPP mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) functionality in future versions of product

Push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) provider ESChat announces plans to develop Mission Critical ESChat (MC-ESChat), which will provide “full compliance” with the new 3GPPP mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard as it evolves during the next few years.

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Some in-building policy coordination today could reap big communications benefits in the future

If in-building efforts and reliability standards can be aligned effectively, the potential impact for both public-safety and commercial communications could be tremendous.

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FCC votes to open up almost 11 GHz of spectrum to support 5G deployments

FCC commissioners approve rules for wireless operations in frequencies above 24 GHz, spectrum that is expected to be leveraged significantly as 5G technologies are commercialized during the several years.

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Florida county realizes benefits of integrated text-to-911 capability

Integrated text-to-911 service has proven to be beneficial to citizen in Collier County, Fla., and has not been a burden to telecommunicators in the local public-safety answering point (PSAP), according to a key county official.

Freewave: Glenn Longley discusses cybersecurity challenges associated with Internet of Things

Glenn Longley, Freewave Technologies’ regional manager-energy market, explains how the projected explosion of Internet of Things (IoT) sensor deployments can create cybersecurity concerns for industrial enterprises such as utilities.

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Will mission-critical PTT be FirstNet’s ‘killer app’?

With all of the broadband functionality promised by public-safety LTE, could mission-critical push-to-talk—a decidedly narrowband technology—be FirstNet’s “killer app” that drives public-safety adoption?

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ESChat, Tait and Avtec demonstrate LMR-LTE full-featured interoperability via P25 ISSI, CSSI gateways

Three companies—ESChat, Tait Communications and Avtec—conduct a joint demonstration at IWCE 2016 highlighting the ability to leverage P25 gateway standards to enable full-featured communications between traditional P25 radio systems and an LTE-based push-to-talk (PTT) solution.

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Officials provide more specifics about mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard for LTE, FirstNet deployment

Functionalities associated with the new mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard for LTE are designed to meet or exceed the capabilities and performance benchmarks for existing land-mobile-radio (LMR) systems, but real-world testing is needed to determine whether MCPTT can overcome some physics limitations that will allow it to meet the needs of first responders, officials said during an IWCE 2016 session on the subject.

Video

PSCR: Fidel Liberal explains how mission-critical open platform can bolster development of public-safety solutions

Commentary

911 telecommunicator training takes center stage in many states

News

ESChat announces plans to support 3GPP mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) functionality in future versions of product

Commentary

Some in-building policy coordination today could reap big communications benefits in the future

News

FCC votes to open up almost 11 GHz of spectrum to support 5G deployments

News

Florida county realizes benefits of integrated text-to-911 capability

Freewave: Glenn Longley discusses cybersecurity challenges associated with Internet of Things

Commentary

Will mission-critical PTT be FirstNet’s ‘killer app’?

News

ESChat, Tait and Avtec demonstrate LMR-LTE full-featured interoperability via P25 ISSI, CSSI gateways

News

Officials provide more specifics about mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard for LTE, FirstNet deployment

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?

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