Video Motorola Solutions: Diane Tonielli demonstrates portal features that display health of comm networks 14th September 2016 Diane Tonielli, product manager for Motorola Solutions, demonstrates how the company’s managed-services offering inform network operators about the health of their communications systems.
Commentary Geospatial data exchange is needed now to improve efficiencies, save lives 8th September 2016 It would allow critical information to be shared at a moment’s notice, even across county lines—a capability that could be the difference between life and death, as in the case of Shanell Anderson.
Video Locution Systems: Glenn Neal highlights mobile-app capabilities associated with fire-station alerting system 30th August 2016 Glenn Neal, president and CTO of Locution Systems, describes the mapping functionality and other mobile-application capabilities that are available to customers of the company’s PrimeAlert fire-station alerting solution.
Commentary Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the PSAP: Strategic planning for data integrity 11th August 2016 Users at the PSAP must have up-to-date, reliable GIS data to ensure accurate location information is available for dispatch, because it can help save lives. To optimize GIS, there must be a viable-yet-flexible relationship between the GIS data, the GIS software, and the people accessing or using these resources.
News Newscan: Google adds emergency location service to Android, rolling out first in the UK and Estonia 28th July 2016 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Google adds emergency location service to Android, rolling out first in the UK and Estonia Police getting secure Wi-Fi access at three Iowa schools U.S. Department of the Interior to test drone geofence over wildfires Georgia county police to halt use of encryption on some radio channels Tennessee […]
Commentary Taking a bite out of public-safety hazards, one byte at a time 21st June 2016 The new possibilities that information and communications technology (ICT) innovations enable—particularly in the area of mobility—are tremendous. When they are applied to a service as indispensable as public safety, the net result is safer, healthier and more stable communities that provide a dramatically higher quality of life for all.
Commentary As technology changes rapidly, policies lag too far behind 5th May 2016 A lot is happening in the technology arena, with innovations happening constantly in the IP and wireless sectors. But policy development lags well behind technology advances, and that could be dangerous as the new applications are used in more critical settings.
News AT&T highlights dispatch interoperability, efforts to make enhanced PTT services better for enterprises 3rd May 2016 AT&T announces new features to its enhanced push-to-talk service that are designed to provide improved interoperability with enterprises’ existing LMR and dispatch systems, as well as a broader portfolio of devices and accessories that are geared for myriad use cases, according to an official for the carrier.
Freewave: Glenn Longley discusses cybersecurity challenges associated with Internet of Things 27th April 2016 Glenn Longley, Freewave Technologies’ regional manager-energy market, explains how the projected explosion of Internet of Things (IoT) sensor deployments can create cybersecurity concerns for industrial enterprises such as utilities.
News Zetron demonstrates text-to-911, location-services capabilities 21st April 2016 Mission-critical control-room solutions provider Zetron demonstrates its ability to support native text-to-911 communications and location services integrated with Tait Communications’ DMR Tier 3 radio system.
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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