Wearable sensors hold much promise as a way to better manage first-responders’ health and comfort while working in hot or dangerous environments. Sam Fenwick looks at what the technology has to offer
(Advertisement feature) Discover how APD’s cloud-based solutions are helping under-pressure emergency services to manage demand and protect their investments in control room solutions.
Richard Martin reviews progress on Inter System Interoperability and draws some conclusions on best practice for future projects
Unlike many countries, Mexico’s critical communications market is home to a number of different technologies, all jostling for supremacy. Sam Fenwick has the details
(Advertisement feature) The innovative convergence LTE-TETRA-solution from Hytera secured the visit of Pope Francis to South America in Peru in January
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(Advertisement feature) TC Communications discusses how leased line users affected by ageing copper networks can embrace the new world of IP without any loss of audio quality
Philip Mason explores the potential impact of ever-more sophisticated digital communications technology on the ‘first-responder of tomorrow’
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The P25 two-way radio standard is more than 25 years old but continues to be widely used by public safety agencies, particularly in the USA. James Atkinson takes a look at its current development ...
(Advertisement feature) Using a supplementary radio network for alerting can improve coverage substantially, and at lower overall cost. Paging specialist Swissphone explains how
(Advertisement feature) Have we reached a 'tipping point' for the security of public safety solutions? Has this year's series of ransomware attacks shown that some key systems remain vulnerable?
(Advertisement feature) Bravo manages communications for this year’s Hajj using its new TETRA network
Keeping mission-critical networks up and running in the face of nature’s fury is one of our industry’s biggest challenges. Sam Fenwick looks at how operators and vendors work to give first-responders ...
Sam Fenwick hears from Andreas Gegenfurtner and Eva-Maria Eckmann about the German Public Safety Digital Radio Network and its use during the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit