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Alcatel-Lucent's Public Safety LTE Network Passes Interoperability Testing

Alcatel-Lucent has successfully completed initial Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program interoperability testing with their Public Safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, the company announced.

October 28, 2012

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Raytheon's Communications Upgrade Assists Interoperability

Raytheon has partnered with Twisted Pair Solutions to help first responders communicate on a variety of hand-held devices. Police, fire and emergency rescue workers will be able to communicate with each other no matter what device they are using.

October 4, 2012

Technology

Feds Name NYPD Deputy Chief, Iowa Sheriff To Broadband Panel

A New York City deputy chief and Iowa sheriff will join a 15-member panel that will establish a nationwide broadband network for public safety, acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank announced Monday.

August 19, 2012

Technology

C4i Integrates Tetra with SwitchplusIP

C4i has integrated Tetra communications technology into its SwitchplusIP communications systems, providing an alternative to P25 and DMR.

August 16, 2012

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Covia Labs Launches Communications Interoperability Platform

Covia Labs, Inc. has launched Alert & Respond, a software platform that offers a cost-effective way for public safety to integrate consumer smartphones and commercially available devices into their operations.

February 9, 2012

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UCLA Research Lab Puts Emergency Responders' Needs First

The UCLA Public Safety Network Systems Laboratory is dedicated to advancing public safety through a focus on the development of networks and operations technologies, analysis of LTE technologies, adoption of devices such as smartphones, and establishment of standards for interoperable network systems.

February 2, 2012

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Tennessee Highway Patrol Selects Motorola for $39M Radio Project

Motorola Solutions was chosen to implement the first phase of a statewide radio system in Tennessee that would bring new capabilities to state troopers and improved mutual aid coordination, according to officials.

December 14, 2011

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Avtec Enlists With Digital Mobile Radio Association

Mission-critical console producer Avtec has joined the Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Association, which represents many of the leading radio, console, and network suppliers.

December 14, 2011

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World-Class Communications

The attack on the Twin Towers and the Hurricane Katrina disaster brought to the forefront the necessity of communications interoperability, or more simply put, being able to talk to each other. Benton County, Wash., has something very close to a model of interoperability in the form of its Southeast Communications Center, known locally as SECOMM.

September 12, 2011

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Improving Communications After the Tucson Shootings

The Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson may have drawn interest toward law enforcement in Arizona's second-largest city, but another incident that highlighted the need to improve public safety communications for agencies across the entire nation occurred much earlier: on 9/11.

July 17, 2011

Technology

Public Safety Interoperability Requires a Neutral Party

The devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, as well as the ongoing nuclear power plant malfunctions there, serves as a grim reminder that similar disasters can occur here in the U.S. We need to better equip police officers, firefighters and other public safety personnel, so they can respond immediately and cohesively to emergency situations.

March 17, 2011

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FCC Picks LTE for Public Safety Network

The announcement was cautiously applauded by law enforcement supporters of a national broadband network that would replace the web of disparate radio frequencies that often thwart communication between police, fire and EMS during incident response.

January 25, 2011