News Newscan: Firefighters had a secret weapon when Notre Dame caught fire: A robot named ‘Colossus’ 18th April 2019 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Firefighters had a secret weapon when Notre Dame caught fire: A robot named ‘Colossus’ How French firefighters used drones to tackle the Notre Dame blaze Craftsmen built Notre Dame eight centuries ago. Now it may be up to robots to save it A Chinese company develops firefighting drone […]
News RapidSOS, MedicAlert partner to enable sharing of key patient information during emergencies 17th April 2019 First responders could have access to information about a victim’s medical background during an incident before trying to render aid, thanks to a partnership announced yesterday between RapidSOS and the MedicAlert Foundation that would let MedicAlert members’ information be sent to 911. RapidSOS is best known for providing accurate location information about 911 callers to […]
Video Motorola Solutions: Paul Steinberg showcases CommandCentral capabilities to improve public-safety workflows 15th April 2019 Paul Steinberg, Motorola Solutions’ senior vice president of technology, demonstrates how the company’s CommandCentral platform helps transform the ever-increasing information into public-safety into relevant intelligence that can help first-responder entities make good decisions that result in efficient operations before, during and after an incident.
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 […]
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