Voices of a nation: TETRA in the USA
23/06/2021Philip 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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The American evolution
25/05/2021Philip 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.
US public safety LTE networks
17/03/2020The 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 ...
Cameras that have brains as well as eyes
17/03/2020Facial 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 ...
Network resilience and redundancy planning
17/03/2020Private 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 ...
Work begins on Release 17
06/03/2020Suresh 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.
Supporting oil and gas across the supply chain
06/02/2020The 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 ...
Cross-border emergency communications: no agency is an island
13/10/2019Emergencies 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 ...
Critical messaging: facing down the storm
13/10/2019Sam 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
The UBBA's first steps
18/09/2019Bobbi 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.
Public safety continues to invest in P25 for voice
29/07/2019In North America, the trend is for larger, interoperable, regional P25 systems complemented by broadband data services, as James Atkinson reports
North America's critical comms market: jumping the hurdles
16/04/2019(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 ...
BAPCO 2019: On with the show
16/04/2019Philip Mason looks at the major themes on the British APCO side of the conference schedule at this year’s BAPCO/Critical Communications Europe 2019
Public safety in-building coverage: FirstNet and ESN
16/04/2019Sam Fenwick looks at some of the current thinking and issues around the provision of in-building public safety broadband coverage in both the US and the UK
FirstNet’s first year
16/04/2019Philip Mason talks to acting CEO of FirstNet Ed Parkinson about how the network has changed the critical communications market, and how first-responders are likely to embrace 5G
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