News FirstNet board member Charles Dowd reportedly will retire from NYPD 19th May 2014 FirstNet board member Charles Dowd reportedly has submitted paperwork to retire from the New York Police Department (NYPD), but the longtime public-safety official will continue to serve on the FirstNet board.
News FirstNet names Afrashteh as its first CTO 28th April 2014 FirstNet announces that Ali Afrashteh—a telecom veteran with three decades of wireless network experience—is the chief technology officer (CTO) for the organization.
News Motorola Solutions offers agencies entry-level package for real-time crime centers 23rd April 2014 Motorola Solutions announces its Real-Time Crime Center Starter Kit, an offering designed for public-safety entities wanting to develop real-time crime centers but lack the resources to pay for all potential smart-policing technologies at once.
News Pepro introduces 100-foot articulated lattice tower 9th March 2014 Pepro announces the availability of its new 100-foot articulated lattice platform tower that enables quick deployment in even difficult environments and removes the need for potentially dangerous tower climbing, according to the company.
Commentary Join us Tuesday for a webinar exploring critical-infrastructure entities making the transition to IP 27th February 2014 Join us on Tuesday, March 4, for a webinar examining various potential pitfalls and lessons learned by critical-infrastructure entities that have migrated to IP-based communications systems.
Video Rivada Networks’ Declan Ganley: Rivada’s proposal for deploying and funding FirstNet 5th February 2014 Can FirstNet build its proposed nationwide broadband network for first responders without using taxpayer money? Yes, according to Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley, who outlines his company’s proposal to deploy and fund FirstNet during this interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson. (Part 5 of video series)
Commentary Pole-climbing robot has potential for disaster-response communications 26th November 2013 Recently, I chatted with Carol Perry, the director of youth activities for the Radio Club of America, about Devlin Murray and Chris Blackwood, two New Jersey high school students who were invited to make a presentation at the RCA’s technical symposium held last weekend in Orlando. Perry had discovered the duo through a friend who had mentored the youngsters and told me that they were going to “blow me away.”
Video P25 migration best practices 23rd September 2013 Dean Hane, radio communications manager for the Multi Agency Communications Center (MACC) in Grant County, Wash., talks about things to avoid, and strategies to embrace, when executing a migration to Project 25.
Article Migrating to a Project 25 trunked system (Part 2) 23rd September 2013 The Multi Agency Communications Center (MACC), which is a consolidated public-safety answering point (PSAP) that serves Grant County, Wash., had to consider several factors before finding the right migration technology to supplant its legacy analog network.
Commentary It’s been a tough year for tower safety 19th September 2013 The wireless industry is on pace to have more tower-climbing deaths in 2013 than almost any recent year, something than an official with the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) hopes is an aberration.
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
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