Tag: Interoperability: Page 2

Technology

FirstNet Implements Ruthless Preemption Feature for First Responders

Preemption is a mission-critical feature that enables first responders on FirstNet to communicate and coordinate during emergencies, large events or other situations where commercial networks can become congested.

December 14, 2017

Technology

FirstNet and the Broadband Future

Today, FirstNet is finally becoming more than just a public safety pipedream. FirstNet is about to go online and here's how that could affect you.

July 7, 2017

Technology

Mutualink Used After Recent Explosion in New Jersey

Mutualink provided reliable communications for those maintaining security for a 70.3-mile Ironman Triathlon event in Atlantic City, NJ, on Sunday, September 18, culminating in a 13-mile run along the world famous boardwalk. The event occurred on the day after an improvised explosive device was detonated in nearby Seaside Park, NJ, and then another explosion in New York City.

October 7, 2016

Technology

JPS Interoperability Solutions Rebrands

JPS Interoperability Solutions Inc. recently rebranded and launched a new website. The rebranded company will continue to manufacture and develop the market-leading ACU radio interoperability gateways and SNV-12 receiver voters.

July 6, 2016

Technology

Funding Pulled From Los Angeles Multi-Jurisdictional Radio System

An ambitious plan to connect all of Los Angeles County's fire and police agencies on a single communications system has hit another potential setback with the loss of $11 million in federal grant funding administered by the city of Los Angeles.

December 1, 2015

Technology

Mutualink: Opening Communication Channels

Produced by a company with the same name, Mutualink software has the potential to solve many radio interoperability problems. In addition, Mutualink has gone a step further and introduced technology that not only integrates radio communications, but also phone, video, and data.

January 30, 2015

Technology

Officer Connectivity On Display at APCO

On-body video systems, broadband LTE networks and hardware, P25 Phase 2 radios and even biometric monitoring systems are entering the market at a rapid clip to help law enforcement officers gather intelligence and quickly process that information in a command center.

August 26, 2013

Technology

L.A. County Picks Motorola for P25 Digital Radio System

The Los Angeles County joint-powers authority planning an interoperable communications system selected Motorola Solutions to develop a P25 digital radio system to pair with a public broadband system that will be developed separately.

August 20, 2013

Technology

Connecting Smartphones To a Police Radio Network

Raytheon has developed one of the nation's first strictly IP-based interoperable dispatch systems supporting smartphones and tablets working with Twisted Pair Solutions, a Seattle-based provider of mission-critical solutions for secure, real-time communication.

August 14, 2013

Technology

Maximizing P25 Spectrum

The APCO Project 25 (P25) Phase 2 standard is now ready for critical communications users. This further advancement of P25 was intended to improve upon the digital public safety radio communications standards used by first-responders, homeland security, emergency response professionals, and other agencies.

February 14, 2013

Technology

Next-Gen L.A. County Communications System Moves Forward

A joint powers authority will receive bids in January for the initial phase of a pioneering communications system that would, for the first time, allow Los Angeles County's 34,000 first responders and 17,000 second responders to talk with each other.

December 17, 2012

Technology

High-Tech Gear: Agencies Level the Playing Field

Technology companies can no longer take a proprietary view that shies away from open architecture and cross-platform partnerships. In our multidimensional and complex world, partnerships offer cost-efficient, workable solutions for public safety.

November 18, 2012