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Verizon Plans MCPTT Launch in Fourth Quarter

March 12, 2019 | Comments

Verizon plans to launch mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) services by the end of 2019 with two carrier-integrated vendors, similar to rival AT&T for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) network.

March 12, 2019 | Comments

Norway and Sweden are the first two countries in the world to connect their national emergency communications networks. The Frequentis control room solution allows all Norwegian emergency centers to seamlessly manage both domestic and foreign resources on Norway’s Nødnett public-safety network.

March 07, 2019 | Comments

Cooperative Energy, a provider of wholesale electricity headquartered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, selected Bay Electronics and PowerTrunk to deploy a digital TETRA radio network for its 11-member distribution cooperatives.

March 04, 2019 | Comments

Numerous companies used the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) conference in Las Vegas this week to introduce new products and services, with innovations ranging from a push-to-talk (PTT) satellite radio to Project 25 (P25) and other digital radio advances to new dispatch and in-building solutions.

March 04, 2019 | Comments

The Santa Barbara (California) County Board of Supervisors unanimously selected Federal Engineering to develop technical specifications for a new emergency services radio system and manage the request for proposals (RFP) process.

March 01, 2019 | Comments

Brazil is the largest country in Latin America and the fifth largest in the world with the eighth-largest global economy. The country has 210 million inhabitants spread across 5,570 cities and is divided into 26 states plus the federal district of Brasilia. Growth in two-way radio across vertical markets is expected, according to local experts.

March 01, 2019 | Comments

An AT&T executive said that the company expects to reach 60 percent completion of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) broadband network by the end of 2019. That 60 percent completion is the next milestone laid out in AT&T’s contract with FirstNet and would trigger a second reimbursement payment of more than $1 billion, said AT&T Chief Financial Officer (CFO) John Stephens at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference.

February 26, 2019 | Comments

Communications International (Ci) and local partner Hurricane Electronics Inc. (HEI) were selected to supply and install an expanded Project 25 (P25) digital public-safety radio system for Jackson County, Mississippi, and its 1,600 users.

February 22, 2019 | Comments

Together with Munich’s municipal utility operator Stadtwerke München, Airbus equipped the 55th Munich Security Conference (MSC) with mission-critical and encrypted communication solutions. The organizers opted for TETRA system for the eighth time in a row.

February 20, 2019 | Comments

Teltronic and local partner Comunitel Radiocomunicaciones are modernizing the communications system employed by buses in Jaén, Spain. The Autobuses Castillo, public transport firm in the Andalusian city, relied on both companies for its previous system, a five-tone professional mobile radio (PMR) network that remained fully operational and functional for more than two decades meet communications needs.