Disasters cross international borders, and in Europe, critical communications need to support the ability of first responders in neighboring countries to work collaboratively.
This webinar explores the latest trends and developments in how European Union countries and the United Kingdom are meeting the challenges of...
Increased digitalization is impacting disaster response and recovery
Coverage, power and backhaul. Those three pieces are fundamental to any working cellular network, but they can be awfully hard to come by during a response to a natural or humanitarian disaster.
Disaster Tech Lab specializes in providing...
European public safety market IoT growth rates are generally pegged at 15%
Terrorism, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are all realities which shape public safety and disaster response in the European Union. As the region grapples with the complexities of cross-border cooperation and response, it...
How could IoT be used to support public safety?
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute recently examined the potential use of IoT devices in emergency situations, as well as the state of standards development for such use.
ETSI identified a number of use cases in which IoT...
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- When the Platteville Police Department in Wisconsin was trying to figure out a way to outfit every officer with a body-worn camera during their shifts, the small department of 20 sworn officers quickly came to the realization that they didn't have...
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- FirstNet-AT&T continues to see rapid growth, with more than 9,000 agencies now signed on to its service and more than 750,000 connections, according to the carrier's latest update.
AT&T has more than 650 markets built out with 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum,...
Comba Telecom released its CriticalPoint Public Safety Battery Backup Unit (BBU) product to power its line of Bi-directional Amplifiers (BDA) and Fiber DAS products, to keep first responders communications working in the event that power is cut off during emergencies.
The new CriticalPoint BBU provides...
In virtual reality, a firefighter navigates a smoke-filled room and a police officer comes under fire in a parking garage. Wearing a set of augmented-reality glasses, a researcher examines a virtual likeness of a model of an improvised explosive device, which glows blue in...
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- The First Responders Network Authority will be receiving about $18 billion in payments from AT&T over the 25-year-term of its contract to build out and operate the nationwide FirstNet network for public safety. An estimated $16 billion of that is expected...
Verizon is touting a new statewide public safety wireless deal with the state of Massachusetts, which authorizes the operator to offer services to public safety through the state's public safety-grade wireless agreement.
Verizon claimed that this is the first state and local agency multi-vendor procurement...
Venture capital-backed systems integrator and major Motorola Solutions channel partner Mobile Communications America has acquired a fellow Motorola Solutions partner and wireless integrator, Crosspoint Communications.
MCA, one of Motorola Solutions' largest channel partners in the U.S. has been making a number of such acquisitions over...
Polaris Wireless, a provider of software-based wireless location solutions, announced it is partnering with cloud-based public safety software company Mark43 to integrate three-dimensional location technology into computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems for public safety organizations.
The partners said that this technology enables police and fire departments...
PCTEL , a global supplier of antennas and wireless network testing solutions announced it is adding public safety LTE grid testing and enhanced P25 signal quality measurements to its?public safety network testing solution.
The company highlighted that the new testing capabilities support two growing trends...
FirstNet connections have reached more than 600,000, and most of those connections are new to the network, not AT&T subscribers migrating to FirstNet plans and devices, the carrier said.
"A majority of agencies and nearly 50% of FirstNet’s total connections are new subscribers (not AT&T...
One of the central tenants of the FirstNet proposition was not just a nationwide LTE network for public safety, but an ecosystem of applications that were public-safety grade. There are currently more than 50 iOS and Android applications available in the FirstNet catalog, representing...
Establishing Z-axis location information has been an ongoing part of an effort by the Federal Communications Commission to improve the location data available to first responders when a wireless user calls 911. Here are the basics to know:
What is Z-axis location information and why...
The FirstNet-AT&T partnership is just one example of public safety LTE
The standardization of mission-critical features in LTE has helped to foster a number of global efforts to use LTE for public safety. The U.S.' Firstnet project is one, but there are a number of...
Public safety answering points (PSAPs) are moving to implement Next-Generation 911 systems, which are IP-based, so that they can accept more digital information, from text messages to video chat and even information such as building plans.Â
In a recent Frost & Sullian report on the...
Today’s emergency response centres — or public safety answering points (PSAPs) — face many challenges. Their responsibilities are growing. Cases are more complex, and police, fire and emergency medical services need to work together seamlessly. An emergency response system based on voice only is...
Public safety agencies are working to better respond to an increasingly technology-reliant public, while at the same time making more effective use of such technology themselves. Many of the devices and services they are turning to require LTE broadband availability – which means relying...
The board of the First Responders Network Authority voted this week to outline its priorities for network reinvestment and continue engagement with first responders to shape the network over the coming yers.
FirstNet will develop a roadmap for the network that, according to the board,...
As mobile network operators put new emphasis on competing for public safety customers, what are the services, devices and capabilities that are being enabled?
RCR Wireless News looks at the latest developments and offerings in mission-critical communications, and how they tie into broader use of...
Internet of things company Telit is ramping up its support of the FirstNet IoT ecosystem, with the launch of its first embedded modules with Band 14 support for LTE Cat 1 and Cat 4 broadband connectivity.
The Telit LE910C1-NF provides LTE Cat 1 download...
High-capacity, low-latency links let firefighters see through smoke
As U.S. carriers invest in public safety cellular networks and stand up attendant services geared toward public safety, a major change in the way first responders work is coming. Enhancements to network capacity and latency, combined with...
