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April 14, 2020 | Comments

Numerous mission-critical applications are helping contribute to the response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Both Project 25 (P25) and LTE devices are hosting the public-safety apps. The Montgomery County Hospital District (MCHD) in Texas is using L3Harris radios with P25 and LTE access to remotely assess COVID-19 patients. MCHD created a telehealth solution for the XL-200P dual-mode P25/LTE radios and iPads that use telehealth software called Pulsara.

April 13, 2020 | Comments

The FCC provided information for public-safety licensees and applicants filing special temporary authority (STA) requests or waiver requests in response to the declaration of national emergency because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 10, 2020 | Comments

In November, Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) advised that it would discontinue the DGPS service 1 July and requested feedback. AMSA cited the increased accuracy of GPS and the introduction of other global positioning constellations including GLONASS, GALILEO and Beidou as being reasons why AMSA’s DGPS service is no longer needed.

April 10, 2020 | Comments

NextEra Energy submitted to the FCC a report that the utility said provides evidence to rebut the claim by Anterix that no interference will be caused by Long Term Evolution (LTE) operations to adjacent narrowband LMR operations if a broadband segment is inserted into the 896 – 901/935 – 940 MHz band.

April 09, 2020 | Comments

Hytera Communications filed a motion for a new trial in Motorola Solutions’ theft of trade secrets lawsuit against it in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The motion argued that during the original trial, District Judge Charles Norgle gave Motorola witnesses preferential treatment over Hytera witnesses and inappropriately allowed some Motorola evidence into the trial.

April 09, 2020 | Comments

Emergency officials acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic is completely different from anything public-safety answering points (PSAPS) have handled before and said 9-1-1 leaders must be flexible and transparent to help lead their organizations through the crisis.

April 09, 2020 | Comments

Erillisverkot, the provider of Finland’s planned Virve 2.0 public-safety broadband network, will acquire the broadband radio access network (RAN) as a service from Elisa and the core systems from Ericsson.

April 08, 2020 | Comments

Anterix signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Ameren for a long-term lease of 900 MHz broadband spectrum to enable the utility to deploy a private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network that will provide critical communications services for its service territories in Missouri and Illinois.

April 08, 2020 | Comments

The Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) released industry data highlighting that U.S. building inspections are still being performed and most members’ shipments have either not changed or increased.