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AT&T Adds New FirstNet Sites to Enhance Northeast Coverage

June 30, 2020 | Comments

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and state officials announced a spate of coverage enhancements to the public-safety broadband network in the Northeast. Maryland, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Hampshire all made FirstNet coverage-related announcements this week.

June 30, 2020 | Comments

Maxxess Systems partnered with SmartPTT by Elcomplus to deliver an integration with Motorola Solutions digital radios to improve response times to critical events, the companies said. The SmartPTT integration with Maxxess InSite allows InSite to automatically communicate over Motorola radios in the event of an emergency, speeding information dissemination and saving critical time for first responders and security personnel.

June 30, 2020 | Comments

The Jefferson City (Missouri) Police Department went live with Tyler Technologies’ New World Enterprise CAD. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the entire implementation, including two weeks of CAD training, was done remotely by Tyler’s team.

Singapore Firm Deploys PTT Service

June 25, 2020 | Comments

GRID Communications launched GRIDTalk, a new push-to-talk (PTT) service plan that provides high-priority dedicated service on Singapore's largest telco network.

June 25, 2020 | Comments

Atos Public Safety selected Zenoss AIOps and full-stack monitoring for its next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) platform needs. The monitoring capabilities of Zenoss Cloud will serve as a foundational element of Atos Public Safety’s strategic digital transformation initiatives nationwide, starting with the state of California.

June 25, 2020 | Comments

Anterix announced its executive leadership succession plan, with the board of directors unanimously appointing Anterix's President Rob Schwartz to succeed Morgan O'Brien as CEO and O'Brien to succeed Brian McAuley as executive chairman.

June 25, 2020 | Comments

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced it is seeking new technologies for first responders. Industry, academia, laboratories and the innovation community are invited to submit proposals related to four technology categories through the new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation (BAA 18-02 Call 0002) until July 22.

June 25, 2020 | Comments

The FCC plans to address the issue of 9-1-1 indoor location accuracy requirements at its July open meeting.

June 24, 2020 | Comments

Because of the ongoing coronavirus public health emergency response, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will not conduct a national test of the integrated public alert and warning system (IPAWS) this year.

June 24, 2020 | Comments

The FCC is seeking comment on a June 15 T-Mobile USA outage that prevented customers from making calls, receiving calls and in some cases, sending text messages over T-Mobile’s voice-over LTE (VoLTE) network. According to social media reports, the outage also affected 9-1-1 calling for T-Mobile customers.