Commentary Cautious optimism surrounds CTIA announcement regarding device-based hybrid location 12th September 2018 By Dave Sehnert Last week was a great week for public safety—at least we think it was. Let me explain. CTIA, the trade association that represents wireless communications carriers, announced that the four largest nationwide wireless carriers in the United States—AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon—will integrate device-based hybrid (DBH) location solutions into their networks. DBH technology has evolved rapidly, and […]
News Commercial carriers commit to adopting technologies to improve 911 location accuracy 12th September 2018 All four nationwide wireless carriers—AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint—will add device-based hybrid (DBH) location technologies that are designed to improve wireless emergency-caller location information, even within buildings, but public-safety officials expressed concerns about efforts surrounding vertical-location data.
News AT&T closes deal for AlienVault, appoints CEO as head of new cybersecurity unit 31st August 2018 AT&T completes its acquisition of cybersecurity firm AlienVault and established a new cybersecurity-solutions unit that will be led by AlienVault CEO Barmak Meftah, who says he wants AT&T to “simplify” cybersecurity, especially in the critical-infrastructure sector.
Video Motorola Solutions: Aaron Bravo highlights functionality within CommandCentral Aware platform 28th August 2018 Aaron Bravo, a solutions advisor at Motorola Solutions, outlines key benefits of CommandCentral Aware, which is designed to let public-safety officials view—and perform analytics leveraging—information and video from multiple sources on a single platform.
News Inmarsat Government provides satellite broadband to support first solo transatlantic remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) 3rd August 2018 Inmarsat Government announces that its SwiftBroadband L-band satellite service was used to help General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ fly a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time without any support from a chase plane.
News Newscan: Amazon employees protest sale of facial-recognition technology to law enforcement 22nd June 2018 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Amazon employees protest sale of facial-recognition technology to law enforcement Supreme Court ruling means states can tax Amazon marketplace The tech side of Trump’s plan to reorganize government White House reorganization addresses cyber workforce gap NSA ‘systematically moving’ all its data to the cloud Chairman Thune pencils in […]
News Apple to utilize RapidSOS to deliver 911 caller-location information to PSAPs 20th June 2018 Apple announces that its devices will utilize RapidSOS technology to share location data with public safety when emergency calls are made using iOS 12, an upgrade to the Apple operating-system platform that is scheduled to be released later this year.
News Zetron announces improved 911 location results from RapidSOS pilot project in Tennessee 20th June 2018 Zetron announces results from a pilot project using integrated location information from partner RapidSOS to deliver significantly better caller-location data quickly to public-safety answering points (PSAPs) receiving emergency calls
Video Univ. of Oxford: Pedro Gusmao demos navigation system designed to help locate firefighters 18th June 2018 Pedro Gusmao, a researcher at the University of Oxford in England, explains how his team is developing a algorithm that can leverage dead-reckoning technology and inertial sensors to estimate the location of a firefighter or other first responder, even when network infrastructure is not available.
Video TRX Systems: Carol Politi highlights company’s partnerships, deployment successes 15th June 2018 TRX Systems President and CEO Carol Politi explains how partnerships are helping the company realize widespread deployments and notes recent developments in its location technology.
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