Public Safety

Urgent upgrade restores 911 centre's capabilities

08 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

Running at only 50% capacity following devastating storms, Loudon County's 911 centre was back to full capability in less than five weeks.


PSCE second workshop on public warning systems

05 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

Australia's Emergency Alert public warning system will once again be the exemplar as PSCE conducts its second PWS workshop on 8 October.


ETSI releases report on IoT devices for emergency comms

05 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The report considers the effect IoT devices will have on emergency communications and automated responses, and canvasses standardisation issues.


Aussie firm's technology at the heart of Belgium's ASTRID

05 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

Infostream's simulcast technology is a key component of Belgium's national emergency services paging system.


Mexico’s Querétaro state selects Airbus's MXLINK

02 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The State Government of Querétaro has chosen Airbus's MXLINK MVNO to provide secure mobile broadband communications.


ASTRID extends Airbus-Proximus support contract

02 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The Airbus-Proximus consortium will continue to support and maintain Belgium's national emergency TETRA, paging and dispatching networks.


US Department of Justice awards $1.4bn contract to AT&T

01 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The fully managed solution will provide a next-generation communications platform for more than 120,000 employees in more than 2100 locations.


NZ's RSM called in to help locate PLB

01 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

RSM used its Automatic Direction Finder plus manual tracking to locate an unregistered personal locator beacon that couldn't be detected by satellites.


EC launches infringement procedures over 112

01 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The European Commission has chastised Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Greece and Spain for failing to fully implement 112 emergency number directives.


Public safety, security to lead PTT-over-cellular market

31 July, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The global push-to-talk-over-cellular market will grow at 9.7% CAGR over 2019–29, with collaborations thriving between vendors and service providers.


New Geraldton Greenough SES HQ includes comms centre

29 July, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The $1.9 million high-tech facility can operate as an incident control centre equipped to manage large-scale emergencies.


DOCOMO PACIFIC, AT&T join to deploy FirstNet in Guam

26 July, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

DOCOMO PACIFIC has been selected by AT&T to support FirstNet deployment via its LTE network and build additional coverage with FirstNet Band 14 spectrum.


Massachusetts okays Verizon to offer public safety services

25 July, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

Verizon will offer priority and pre-emption and a virtualised separate 4G LTE core via the state's public safety grade wireless agreement.


Guardia Civil unit to use Motorola Solutions' covert radios

23 July, 2019

A special forces unit of Spain's national Guardia Civil law enforcement agency is deploying covert P25 handhelds, mobiles and repeaters.


EENA releases public safety directory

19 July, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The European Emergency Number Association has released its latest Who is Who Handbook, listing more than 85 entities involved in the European public safety sector.


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