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Verizon shares vision for transition to 5G, expectations to meet high-reliability, low-latency thresholds

Fueled by massive amounts of millimeter-wave spectrum, true mobile 5G services will deliver ultra-fast download speeds and two performance characteristics that promise to be crucial in the critical-communications arena: 99.999% reliability and end-to-end network latency of less than 5 milliseconds, according to Verizon officials. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg initially announced these performance thresholds last month […]

Ericsson announces MCPTT support, including eMBMS LTE broadcast, IOPS functionality

Ericsson has announced a new critical-communications portfolio that includes two key capabilities needed for 3GPP-standard mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) to become a viable alternative to LMR: LTE broadcast and the ability for a cell site to support local communications without connectivity to the main network core. Jason Johur, Ericsson’s strategy and market-development director for […]

AT&T officials expect greater FirstNet adoption as Band 14 deployment remains ahead of schedule

AT&T expects greater public-safety adoption of FirstNet in 2019, as subscribers to the system benefit from the carrier’s plans to execute an aggressive coordinated deployment of FirstNet and 5G throughout much of the U.S. during the year, AT&T executives said today during the company’s quarterly earnings call. John Stephens, AT&T’s senior executive vice president and […]

FirstNet, Cradlepoint help Indiana agencies address connectivity issues during response efforts

Indiana public-safety agencies are using FirstNet and Cradlepoint mobile routers—both in-vehicle and pelican-case solutions—to quickly establish broadband connectivity in almost any location without the need for satellite backhaul, according to state official. Tyler Clements, field service coordinator for the state of Indiana Integrated Public Safety Commission (IPSC), said the IPSC is using Cradlepoint COR Series […]

Fire chief encourages early FirstNet adoption, cites cost savings, potential mission-critical use in 2024

Public-safety agencies should subscribe to FirstNet soon, so they can test the system’s capabilities and better evaluate future possibilities—perhaps LMR replacement within five years—according to a California fire chief, who said adopting FirstNet allowed his department to save $360,0000. “We’re all-in on FirstNet,” Stockton, Calif., Fire Chief Erik Newman said this week during a panel […]
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