Emergency services are beginning to use both paging and broadband technology to contact staff, albeit with the use of the latter proving problematic. Swissphone has developed a hybrid solution which it believes can bridge the gap using commercial and mission-critical LTE
Following a recent report on the use of ‘cutting edge’ technology by emergency services, Philip Mason talks to Goldsmiths University’s Dr Jennifer Barth and Motorola Solutions senior vice-president ...
With shockwaves from the UK Grenfell Tower disaster still being felt, Tait Communications talks to CCT about a new solution it believes can provide complete comms continuity across the fireground
Motorola Solutions’ head of mobile video, Richie McBride, talks to Philip Mason about a recent, major, BWV roll-out to ambulance crews in the UK.
Philip Mason talks to the University of Louvain about their ICCA-winning satellite comms roll-out at a COVID-19 testing centre in Piedmont, Italy
Philip Mason talks to Emergency Services Network programme director John Black about key learnings from the previously troubled project, as well as his predictions for the future of the critical ...
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 ...
NENA immediate past president, Monica Million, predicts that emergency services' use of the cloud will be ubiquitous in coming years.
The Norwegian DSB’s Nina Myren discusses her hopes for the critical communications sector, and what she’s most looking forward to at Critical Communications World 2021.
Motorola Solutions is providing the National Health Service in England with its VB400 body-worn video camera. According to the company, the roll-out is intended to “increase transparency and safety ...
TCCA vice chair Tero Pesonen discusses the imminent formation of the organisation’s new cyber security Working Group.
With the UK’s Emergency Services Network in the middle of a crucial year, Philip Mason talks to ETSI’s Brian Murgatroyd about parallels between Airwave and ESN roll-outs
Philip Mason gives an update on the US TETRA market, finding contrasting opinions about the anticipated use of the technology going into the future
Philip Mason talks to Transport for London and Brussels STIB about how recent, major, public safety/health incidents have informed their critical communications strategies.
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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.