News NENA’s latest version of i3 standard receives ANSI accreditation 8th October 2021 NENA: The 911 Association yesterday announced that the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) fully approved the third—and latest—version of i3, the IP-based NENA standard for next-generation 911 (NG911) networking and core services. Earlier this year, the fact that ANSI had not approved Version 3 of the i3 standard was a point of contention, because legislation […]
Partner content This is Smart Cockpit calling Ground Control: Inside Airbus’s conversational artificial intelligence (AI) 7th October 2021 At the virtual track of the AI Summit, part of the jam-packed London Tech Week, an Airbus data scientist outlined conversational AI’s enabling role in the digital transformation. Airbus has managed to train conversational AI using domain classification techniques, data content and interaction models. Once trained, the software has underpinned efforts to create dashboarding & visualization […]
Video Lynk Global: Margot Deckard explains company’s LEO satellite-to-phone tech, rollout plans 7th October 2021 Lynk Mobile COO Margot Deckard describes how the company’s LEO satellite constellation is able to communicate directly with unmodified smartphones to fill outdoor coverage gaps for both first responders and the people they serve. Deckard also outlines the Lynk’s service roadmap, beginning with text-only services that are scheduled to launch next year to full […]
Partner content SME fleets still hesitant over software investment 7th October 2021 More than a third of companies, mostly smaller organizations, are not using software solutions. This was among the findings of a Continental survey about the use of software for managing drivers, vehicles and logistics operations in the transport industry. Although logistics and transport companies that use software solutions are now more satisfied with them overall, […]
Partner content Why access control has become an important front in the war against cybercrime 7th October 2021 Earlier this year, Hiscox published its “Cyber Readiness Report 2021.” It was based on a survey of more than 6,000 companies based in the US, the UK, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, and Ireland. One of the most eye-catching findings was that spending per business on cybersecurity has more than doubled in the last […]
Partner content 50% of servers have weak security long after patches are released 6th October 2021 Many organizations lag in patching high-severity vulnerabilities, according to a new study that reveals more than 50% of servers scanned have a weak security posture weeks and months after a security update is released. To create the “2021 Trustwave SpiderLabs Telemetry Report,” researchers used Shodan, publicly available exploit information, and non-intrusive analysis of vulnerable targets accessible […]
News FirstNet buildout more than 95% complete, AT&T exec says 5th October 2021 AT&T has completed more than 95% of its contracted buildout of the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) system on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum, according to an AT&T executive. Scott Agnew, AT&T’s assistant vice president for FirstNet products, provided the update during his keynote address last Thursday during the IWCE 2021 event in Las […]
Video JPS Interoperability Solutions: Roman Kaluta showcases company’s product lineup at IWCE 5th October 2021 Roman Kaluta, director of interoperability solutions for JPS Interoperability Solutions, highlights multiple products in the company’s interoperability portfolio that were exhibited during the IWCE 2021 event conducted last week in Las Vegas.
Partner content Social media can play an important role in a community’s emergency response 3rd October 2021 History has proven time and again that communication is often hampered when a natural disaster strikes. Wildfires create widespread chaos that expands beyond political and government-managed borders; flooding events can evolve quickly, making it difficult for first responders to know what’s going on in the corners of their jurisdictions; hurricanes bring ashore intense wind, splintering telephone poles and overwhelming […]
Video GenCell: Alex Saucedo shares benefits of hydrogen-fuel-cell offerings for backup power 1st October 2021 Alex Saucedo, GenCell’s director of sales for the Americas, discusses characteristics of the company’s hydrogren-fuel-cell technology, which can provide resilient backup power as long as months at a time. Saucedo outlines the capabilities of both existing offerings and the development roadmap for future products, as well as the availability of hydrogen needed for the […]
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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