GAO issues report card on FirstNet progress
29 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyAT&T is meeting all of its FirstNet contractual coverage and adoption milestones, but there is some room for improvement in certain management aspects.
Minister visits bushfire-affected radio sites
28 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyFederal Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher has visited teams helping to restore bushfire-affected radio tower sites on the NSW South Coast.
PSCE Paris meeting wrap-up report available
28 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyThe Public Safety Communication Europe December meeting brought together more than 100 participants from 15 countries.
ETSI issues major standards for NG112 and AML
23 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyThe new standards cover core elements of the NG112 architecture as well as the sending of location data to public safety access points via AML.
Roundtable examines bushfires' effects on communications
23 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyA government and industry roundtable has assessed the bushfires' effects on telecommunications, and agreed on measures to examine hardening networks.
PSCE, GSMA release IoT communications reports
22 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyTwo new reports jointly produced by PSCE and GSMA cover IoT communications concepts and technical analysis of service levels.
Leidos to overhaul UK police command and control system
21 January, 2020London's Metropolitan Police Service is set to receive a new command and control system for officer deployment in a Leidos-led upgrade.
Minister hails NSW Telco Authority's bushfire response
16 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyNSW Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello has hailed the Telco Authority's 132 continuous days of service during the bushfire crisis.
US Air Force base to get 5G, FirstNet
15 January, 2020 by Jonathan Nally | Supplied by: AT&TThe US Air Force's Nellis Air Force Base and AT&T have signed an agreement under which the telco will provide 5G services along with FirstNet connectivity.
US county swaps on-premise for cloud-based CAD
15 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyCharleston County Consolidated 9-1-1 Centre will implement RapidDeploy's Nimbus CAD, a cloud-native platform powered by Microsoft's Azure Government Cloud.
Oakland deploys Motorola disaster recovery service
15 January, 2020 by Jonathan Nally | Supplied by: Motorola SolutionsOakland, California, has selected Motorola Solutions' PremierOne CAD disaster-recovery-as-a-service solution to provide a standby system in the cloud.
Alaska gives carriers 12 months' notice on Wireless 911
15 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyAlaska's Department of Public Safety has given carriers a one-year courtesy notice that a formal request for the implementation of Wireless 911 will occur.
VIDEO: FirstNet put to the test as 30,000 evacuated
15 January, 2020 by Jonathan NallyThree first responder agencies in Ohio maintained seamless communications when a severe thunderstorm threatened a football festival.
Barrett supplies HF for Chinese fire bureaus
14 January, 2020 by Jonathan Nally | Supplied by: Barrett Communications Pty LtdBarrett's 4050 HF SDR transceivers are being used by China's Bureau of Fire and Rescue and the Bureau of Forest Fires.
GME supporting volunteer firefighting organisations
14 January, 2020 by Jonathan Nally | Supplied by: GME Pty LtdCommunications company GME is supporting volunteer organisations fighting the bushfires, such as the RFS, CFA and CFS, through the donation of UHF CB radios.
