News Where’s the caller? Next year, six test beds will help answer that question for indoor 911 calls 3rd December 2015 Next year, the four nationwide wireless carriers will test ithe technology and data that could deliver meaningful, dispatchable locations for 911 wireless phone calls inside and outside buildings a reality, according to an official with the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO).
News FCC’s Rosenworcel says non-service-initialized (NSI) phone policy for calling 911 should be changed 2nd December 2015 Non-service-initialized (NSI) cell phones—devices that that are not subscribed to a wireless carrier—no longer should be able to call 911 as they are today, because circumstances have changed substantially since the policy was established almost 20 years ago, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said during the recent APCO Emerging Technology Forum in Atlanta.
News Newscan: The Paris attacks have shifted the momentum in the privacy-surveillance debate 19th November 2015 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations The Paris attacks have shifted the momentum in the privacy-surveillance debate Shaken by Paris attacks, Europe weighs security with privacy rights FCC chairman suggests expanded wiretap laws in response to Paris attacks Mass surveillance isn’t the answer to fighting terrorism Signs point to unencrypted communications between terror suspects […]
Commentary Smart-cities, indoor-coverage education opportunities are on the horizon 12th November 2015 IWCE has two more webinars before the end of the year, so get your education fix in a low-cost, no travel way.
Article Top 5 stories: Week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6 12th November 2015 Here’s a look at the most popular stories on IWCE’s Urgent Communications from last week.
News TASER, Microsoft introduce integrated camera and digital-evidence management solution 9th November 2015 TASER and Microsoft have partnered to offer a security-enhanced, digital evidence management solution through the integration of Microsoft Azure cloud platform and Windows 10 devices with TASER’s Axon Platform and Evidence.com solution, officials for the companies announced during the recent International Association Chiefs of Police (IACP) annual conference in Chicago.
SceneDoc: Ryan Seick details key workflow-enhancement features of new 3.1 release 9th November 2015 Ryan Seick, vice president of engineering at SceneDoc, outlines the feature set of the company’s 3.1 release of its software, which is being highlighted on the new Motorola Si500 body camera/speaker microphone. With the 3.1 version, users can complete forms and sign them while in the field, then transmit them to headquarters with AES 256-bit encryption while using less battery resources than in previous versions of the application.
News Harris showcases Signal Sentry 1000 solution that detects, locates GPS-jamming sources 5th November 2015 Harris last week exhibited at IACP 2015 in Chicago its Signal Sentry 1000 that provides this information in real time to critical-infrastructure operators, so they can quickly identify the jamming source and take steps to mitigate the problem.
Mutualink: Mike Wengrovitz showcases new wearable gateway powered by Intel’s Edison chip 29th October 2015 Mike Wengrovitz, Mutualink’s vice president of innovation, describes the company’s new personal wearable gateway—fueled by Intel’s Edison chip—that can support broadband connectivity from multiple devices and sensors delivering information from a first responder.
News Swenson named CEO of Novatel Wireless, will continue as FirstNet chairwoman 29th October 2015 Novatel Wireless—an Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider and the inventor of MiFi mobile-hotspot technology—announces that Sue Swenson is the company’s new CEO and will continue to chair its board of directors. Swenson plans to continue as chairwoman of FirstNet, the federal entity established to deploy and maintain the first nationwide broadband network for first responders.
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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