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April 20, 2021 | Comments
EDF, Thales and Ericsson partnered on CONNECT, a project to bring secure cellular connectivity to all of EDF’s nuclear energy sites in France.
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April 20, 2021 | Comments
The FCC asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to deny a variety of public-safety and industry organizations’ petition for reconsideration of its decision to allow unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band. The groups meanwhile asked the FCC to vacate the order allowing unlicensed use and remand it back to the commission for improvement.
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April 13, 2021 | Comments
In public safety and emergency situations, there are different priorities for people and connected things to communicate with each other and to trigger actions accordingly. This is a complex technical and operational challenge, partly because the scope of connected sensors, automated plant and information display devices varies widely, leading to a large number of integration points. As a result, many public-safety systems focus on single-purpose solutions, missing opportunities to design for cross-silo and interoperable services.
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April 05, 2021 | Comments
The Marin Emergency Radio Authority (MERA) in Marin County, California, retained the services of Federal Engineering to provide project management and technical support during implementation of its new Project 25 (P25) Phase 2 trunked radio system.
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April 02, 2021 | Comments
The FCC is conducting an inquiry into several wireless providers’ compliance with the FCC rules that require them to start delivering 9-1-1 callers’ vertical location information by April 3.
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April 02, 2021 | Comments
AT&T said that it will launch 5G service for FirstNet subscribers in parts of 38 cities and more than 20 venues in April.
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April 01, 2021 | Comments
Verizon Business is working with Associated British Ports (ABP) to deploy private 5G at the Port of Southampton. Delivered in partnership with Nokia, Verizon’s private 5G platform will provide one of the U.K. busiest ports with a secure, low-latency private network connection.
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April 01, 2021 | Comments
Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a memorandum of intent (MoI) to support the utilization of satellite applications for public safety.
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March 29, 2021 | Comments
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) just unveiled its new standard for portable radios used by emergency services in the hazard zone. For the first time, NFPA 1802 (2021 edition), defines a very rugged radio and speaker microphone that are designed for the inherently hostile environment that firefighters, hazardous material (HAZMAT) teams, or other agencies that operate in a hazard zone work in.
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March 29, 2021 | Comments
Airbus provided secure communications technology for the recently concluded Formula 1 Gulf Air Grand Prix race in Sakhir, Bahrain.
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