As the ‘Next Generation 999’ concept is becoming increasingly important to the public safety call-handling conversation Philip Mason speaks to some of the major players facilitating the use of broadband data to contact the emergency services.
NENA immediate past president, Monica Million, predicts that emergency services' use of the cloud will be ubiquitous in coming years.
Philip Mason gives an update on the US TETRA market, finding contrasting opinions about the anticipated use of the technology going into the future
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Philip Mason talks to FirstNet chief executive officer Ed Parkinson about the additions made to the network over the past 12 months, as well as the benefits of a ‘competition’-based model.
The USA is undertaking a major project to build a nationwide public safety broadband network using a commercial provider, but it faces some unique challenges in realising its ambitions, as James ...
Facial recognition technologies are increasingly being used by the public safety community, particularly for law enforcement, but they are proving controversial. Charlotte Hathway finds out whether ...
Private PMR public safety networks are designed to be highly resilient, but the migration of critical communications users onto commercial 4G networks increases the complexity of planning for ...
Suresh Chitturi, chairman of 3GPP’s Service and System Aspect 6 (SA6) Working Group, updates James Atkinson on progress to standardise mission-critical services in 4G and 5G.
The oil and gas industries rely on effective communications for safe and efficient operations right across the supply chain, from below ground to petrol pump, creating the need for a number of ...
Emergencies and disasters know no boundaries. Public safety agencies need to have communications in place across borders to quickly and effectively respond, minimising loss of life and protecting ...
Sam Fenwick takes a look at the big trends in the world of critical messaging, with a focus on population or company-wide alerts and paging
Bobbi Harris, member engagement and operations lead at the Utility Broadband Alliance (UBBA), discusses how her organisation came to be and what's next for it and its members.
In North America, the trend is for larger, interoperable, regional P25 systems complemented by broadband data services, as James Atkinson reports
(Sponsored by PowerTrunk) This year’s roundtable in Las Vegas focused on the obstacles facing US public safety agencies when, or if, they seek to migrate to mobile broadband for mission-critical ...
Philip Mason looks at the major themes on the British APCO side of the conference schedule at this year’s BAPCO/Critical Communications Europe 2019