Commentary In a crisis, location information can go a long way 26th June 2012 Hopefully, carriers will enable this emergency location technology — whether it is offered by Intrado or some other vendor — because it is simply the right thing to do.
News Intrado launches emergency location service 26th June 2012 Intrado announced that it is offering carriers a hosted emergency location solution called Emergency Assist in the United States that would enable law enforcement to find mobile-phone subscribers who are in potentially life-threatening situations, even if the cell phone is not being used.
News TruePosition advocates hybrid solution for wireless 911 location (with related video) 7th June 2012 Leveraging the respective strengths of two traditional mobile location solutions could improve the accuracy of location information associated with emergency 911 calls from cellular phones, according to TruePosition, a provider of location technology.
News FCC dedicates spectrum for medical body monitoring (with related video) 24th May 2012 Rules that will enable medical body-area networks (MBANs) to operate on 2360–2400 MHz spectrum.
News NIST completes initial recommendations to solve RF-PASS interference for NFPA review 21st March 2012 The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently submitted recommendations to the National Fire Protection Association regarding radio-frequency interference to personal alert safety systems from external systems like radio-frequency identification communications, often used to automate warehouse operations.
News Polaris CEO: Location information to include height component in 2013 (with related video) 2nd February 2012 Location technology that can let first responders know what floor a mobile wireless caller is on in a multistory building should be available within 18 months, according to Polaris Wireless CEO Manlio Allegra.
Article Reach out and touch someone (with related video) 1st February 2012 Merchants of all sorts are using near-field communications to get patrons to buy more stuff — lots and lots of stuff — by tapping their smartphones.
Article The silver lining (with related video) 1st February 2012 The battle over LightSquared’s proposed wholesale network offering is as critical as it is contentious. Increased competition in the commercial wireless sector and the ability of GPS devices to function properly hang in the balance — as do the billions of dollars that have been invested in LightSquared thus far. But it also could be the lynchpin that forces a thorough and long-overdue examination of the federal government’s approach to spectrum policy.
Commentary A very urgent communication (with related video) 31st January 2012 It would be one thing to wander aimlessly in search of a restaurant should the navigation application on my smartphone fail, and quite another if I were to develop Alzheimer’s and my alert/locator device fail because the GPS wasn’t working.
News NIST updates guidelines for smart-grid readiness 25th January 2012 National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) recently outlined the process by which test laboratories and certifying organizations are accredited for evaluation of smart-grid products.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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