News Five companies showcase enhanced application capabilities at Verizon’s 5G First Responder Lab 7th June 2019 Verizon recently conducted an event demonstrating the capabilities that five companies working in the carrier’s 5G First Responder Lab can bring to public-safety users when connected to Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network that operates on hundreds of megahertz of millimeter-wave spectrum. “We’ve been working with those five companies to inspire them, to explore and build […]
Audio AskRail: Charles Werner, Forrest Wieder highlight features of hazardous-materials app for rail cargo 30th May 2019 Former fire chief Charles Werner and Forrest Wieder, general manager of the Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC), outline the benefits of AskRail, a digital application that can be used to quickly identify which railroad cars contain hazardous materials–information that can have a significant impact on the strategies used by public safety and others […]
News Smart-cities infrastructure helps San Diego deliver ‘mundane’ services more efficiently—and changes the life of a capital-crime suspect 21st May 2019 Smart streetlights equipped with cameras and microphones help the city of San Diego better understand traffic patterns throughout the city, but the Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure also has proven useful to law enforcement, preventing a wrongful prosecution a capital offense, according to a city official. Much of the promise of smart-cities and IoT initiatives […]
Video Itron: Philip Mezey explains how company’s IoT ecosystem helps utilities, smart cities and public safety be more resilient, efficient 18th May 2019 Itron President and CEO Philip Mezey discusses the company’s experience leveraging connected meters, sensors and streetlights to provide utilities and smart cities with insightful, secure data that is designed to promote network resilience, efficient responses and preventative actions before problems occur. These open-platform data points also can be used to accelerate response efforts by utilities […]
Video Monetti & Associates: Gary Monetti talks about the intersection of IoT and aerospace 18th May 2019 Gary Monetti, founder and managing director of Monetti & Associates consulting and engineering, talks about the recognition of a potential intersection between satellite services—particularly with the implementation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations—and the Internet of Things (IoT) industry that is seeking connectivity solutions for sensors that may be located outside the coverage range of […]
Video AT&T: Mike Zeto highlights features of new public-private partnership with the city of San Jose 16th May 2019 Mike Zeto, AT&T’s vice president of IoT solutions and general manager of smart cities, discusses aspects of the carrier’s public-private agreement with the city of San Jose that was announced this week during the IoT World event in Santa Clara, Calif.
Video Joint Venture Silicon Valley: Jeff Lewis discusses the potential value of partnerships 16th May 2019 Jeff Lewis, director of the smart-region initiative for Joint Venture Silicon Valley, outlines the benefits that government entities can realize by coordinating communications initiatives with each other and key private entities, such as utilities and telecom firms. Lewis also cites some of the challenges associated with forging such relationships, such as short election cycles […]
Video IoT World Hackathon: Father, daughter help team Smart Ag develop winning smart-farming solution 15th May 2019 Priya Kshirsagar (left) and her father, Sudhir Kshirsagar, of team Smart Ag talk about the smart-farming solution that they helped develop during a 48-hour period this week to win the hackathon contest conducted this week at the IoT World event in Santa Clara, Calif. The Smart Ag design would let farmers low-cost, low-power Internet […]
News Backhaul problems, disjointed recovery efforts key causes of ‘unacceptable’ extended wireless outages after Hurricane Michael, FCC report says 10th May 2019 Many wireless customers in the Florida Panhandle ‘unnecessarily’ lacked communications for days in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael last fall, because some carriers lacked resilient backhaul and failed to coordinate restoration efforts with utilities, clean-up crews and other carriers, according to an FCC report released yesterday. “Three key factors—insufficiently resilient backhaul connectivity, inadequate reciprocal roaming […]
Video Kymeta: Ben Posthuma outlines how satellite service can help public safety, autonomous vehicles 9th May 2019 Ben Posthuma of Kymeta talks about the company’s satellite service, which delivers broadband signals to vehicles equipped with a flat antenna, as a complement to terrestrial 4G or 5G wireless broadband for public-safety or critical-infrastructure entities in rural locations today. In the future, Kymeta could serve as a similar connectivity complement to mass-market vehicles like […]
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