BROWSING: CCW

The juggernaut workload and geopolitical tangles to make 5G work for critical industry

Critical Communications World (CCW) in Vienna this week (June 20-23) told the now-familiar story of how an influential industrial sector, which has existed in a horizontal tech vacuum until now, is coming to terms with its future as an extreme vertical in a broader...

‘5G suits the mission-critical world,’ says IHS Markit

Incoming 5G technologies will put industrial applications front and centre, and enable new functionalities in critical communications, according to IHS Markit. The research house told Enterprise IoT Insights at Critical Communications World (CCW) in Berlin last week 5G will impact industrial space in the way...

LTE to usurp TETRA as first choice for critical comms, says Huawei

Commercial and public safety companies are moving inexorably away from TETRA based communications and embracing LTE-based technologies, Chinese vendor Huawei company told Enterprise IoT Insights following the launch of its new eLTE Multimedia Critical Communications System (eLTE MCCS) at Critical Communications World (CCW) in...

Nokia, Huawei and Motorola Solutions tout next-generation public safety systems

Vendors Nokia, Huawei and Motorola Solutions variously talked up next-generation command centres at Critical Communications World (CCW) in Berlin this week. The trio offered multi-media public safety packages that variously make use of ‘internet of things’ (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, and seek...

GDPR threatens public safety companies, as facial recognition tech fails UK police

Europe’s incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could take public safety companies by surprise, and even force them to shut down. This was the view, as technology companies at Critical Communications World (CCW) in Berlin showed facial recognition technology (FRT) and biometric solutions for...

Motorola Solutions talks up “mission critical intel” with AI deal, but voice is the killer app

The role of the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) in public safety technologies is increasing, but two-way private (PMR) or land mobile radio system (LMRS) based communications remains the go-to technology for emergency services, said Motorola Solutions chief technology officer Paul...