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Ohio Jurisdictions Join Statewide P25 Network, Deploy Motorola Software

March 13, 2019 | Comments

Springfield and Clark County, Ohio contracted Motorola Solutions to provide command center software to take incoming 9-1-1 calls, share and manage critical incident information, and communicate across agencies to coordinate a response.

March 13, 2019 | Comments

Telit announced that the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) added Telit’s first embedded Long Term Evolution (LTE) band 14 internet of things (IoT) modules in LTE categories 1 and 4 to its lineup. Telit now has a total of four LTE modules in the FirstNet device ecosystem.

March 13, 2019 | Comments

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International announced the recipients of its 2019 Public Safety Communications Leadership in Policy Awards, who will be honored during APCO's 15th annual Public Safety Communications Leadership in Policy Awards Dinner May 21 in Arlington, Virginia. The dinner commemorates leaders who have made outstanding contributions to public-safety communications.

March 12, 2019 | Comments

Carbyne and RapidSOS partnered to enable a seamless flow of critical, real-time data from callers to public-safety answering points (PSAPs) to help first responders more accurately locate and treat victims.

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 12, 2019 | Comments

Motorola Solutions announced Mahesh Saptharishi, Ph.D., as the company’s new chief technology officer (CTO). Paul Steinberg, former CTO, is now senior vice president of technology, according to his LinkedIn profile.

March 12, 2019 | Comments

Tait Communications announced that its Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Tier 3 offering now supports Exacom Hindsight multimedia logging recorders. The companies extended their Project 25 (P25) cooperation to now support the recording interface to Tait's DMR solution.

March 12, 2019 | Comments

NGA 911 launched a next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) network that includes an emergency services IP network (ESInet) and next-generation core services (NGCS) for local 9-1-1 authorities across the state of Louisiana.

March 12, 2019 | Comments

The Utilities Technology Council (UTC) and its global affiliates released a new white paper focusing on the emergence of 5G communications and whether and how utilities, particularly electric utilities, will be impacted.

March 12, 2019 | Comments

The Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TCCA. Both groups are focused on public-safety standards and open interoperability, executives said.