Newscan: Avaya to plan auction after getting unsolicited interest 12th April 2019 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Avaya to plan auction after getting unsolicited interest Private LTE: New opportunities for an existing model Federal lawmakers want to fund cybersecurity upgrades for state and local governments CCA’, Parallel Wireless partner on 4G expansion, 5G path for smaller regional wireless carriers Seattle’s biggest tech companies unveil seven […]
News Motorola Solutions provides insight into company’s progress on MCPTT, MCData, MCVideo 11th April 2019 Motorola Solutions’ broadband push-to-talk offering—driven by Kodiak technology acquired in 2017—meets most of the 3GPP standard for mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT), but the lack of available proximity services (ProSe) chipsets remains the biggest hurdle to being fully MCPTT-compliant, according to company official. AT&T recently announced the availability its upgraded Enhanced Push to Talk (EPTT) […]
Video Motorola Solutions: Chris Geater, Chris Rapala demonstrate sensor-driven capabilities on cloud-based CommandCentral Aware platform 11th April 2019 Chris Geater (left), Motorola Solutions’ global customer-experience strategy manager, and Chris Rapala, vice president for command and control in Motorola Solutions’s software enterprise unit, demonstrate how sensors in the field automatically can generate important contextual information about a potential incident for command staff via the company’s cloud-based CommandCentral Aware platform that was announced yesterday. […]
Video Motorola Solutions: John Rosati discusses Avtec acquisition, future plans for unit 11th April 2019 John Rosati, senior vice president of sales for the Avtec unit that Motorola Solutions recently purchased, says it is “business as usual” in the short term for existing Avtec customers, but they can expect tighter integration between Avtec products and Motorola Solutions offerings to be developed in the future.
News Newscan: Drones in the big city 9th April 2019 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Drones in the big city 911 Facetime: New Carbyne tool lets dispatchers access your phone’s camera European countries moving to procurement for public-safety broadband networks To manage IoT data, cities need a ‘system of systems’ to break down silos How Waze is using data pacts, beacons and carpools […]
News NetMotion release designed to help admins manage access policies across networks, including public Wi-Fi 8th April 2019 Public-safety and enterprise system administrators can gain insight about their personnel’s use of wireless networks—including mobile broadband systems that are not under their direct control—with the “Aware” release of solutions from NetMotion Software, according to a company official. Steve Fallin, NetMotion’s senior product manager, said that the Aware release introduces new features to the company’s […]
FirstRunner: Mark Raczynski, Tim O’Connell demonstrate quick setup of versatile deployable solution 3rd April 2019 Mark Raczynski (left), General Dynamics Mission Systems’ product manager for public-safety deployable systems, and Tim O’Connell, Rescue 42’s president, CEO and CTO, showcase the capabilities of FirstRunner, a versatile, deployable LTE tower that is designed to be set up quickly–even in locations that other deployable solutions might not be able to access. Raczynski and […]
News Almost-final LMR licensing numbers show 2018 gains for enterprises, an all-time low for public safety 3rd April 2019 Overall LMR licensing activity increased slightly in 2018, with a gain in business-industrial licensing activity offsetting the second consecutive record-low year of public-safety licensing to narrowly exceed overall 2017 numbers. Despite this, the overall 2018 LMR licensing figures are the second-lowest mark this century. According to the FCC’s Universal Licensing System (ULS) database, the FCC […]
News FirstNet Authority conducting public-safety outreach to inform reinvestment decisions in nationwide system 3rd April 2019 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS—Findings from outreach workshops with first-responder entities during the next several months will be used to help develop the FirstNet Authority’s roadmap that will outline the organization’s plans to invest about $15 billion into the FirstNet system during the next 23 years, according to a FirstNet Authority official. Last month, the FirstNet Authority […]
Video Texas Parks & Wildlife: Mike Mitchell contrasts communications demands, challenges in rural vs. urban settings 1st April 2019 Mike Mitchell, technology assistant commander game warden for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s law-enforcement division, explains some of the challenges his personnel faces in remote areas and difficult RF environments, including along the Texas-Mexico border. Despite these obstacles, Mitchell said his department is beginning to leverage mobile broadband applications and deployable solutions. Mitchell […]
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