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Broadband Committee Goes Public
December 31, 2013The APCO Broadband Committee was created in 2010 to help the association address the implications of emerging high-speed wired and wireless networks used by APCO members in comm centers and in the field alongside existing land-mobile radio (LMR) networks used by first responders.
Read full articleDialing 9-1-1 on an Old Cellphone Not Child’s Play
December 30, 2013Parents giving children old cellphones to play with might not realize those phones can still dial one number: 9-1-1.
Read full articleTIA TR-8 Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards Engineering Committee Continues Standardization Efforts for Land Mobile Radio
December 30, 2013The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-8 Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards Engineering Committee met at National Harbor, MD the week of October 8-10, 2013 in collocation with TIA 2013: The Future of the Network.
Read full articleStratus and Quintron Ensure Continuous Operation of US Government Space Launch Communications for United Launch Alliance
December 30, 2013Quintron Systems, along with Stratus Technologies, Inc., announced that the latest version of Quintron’s DICES VoIP equipment, containing Stratus’s availability solution, will be deployed at United Launch Alliance (ULA).
Read full articleThe Essential Work of 9-1-1 Dispatchers
December 27, 2013Let’s not forget the dispatcher who kept his calm and those of his callers and the great role dispatchers play every day in keeping the peace.
Read full articleNorth Dakota City Commission Approves Computer Dispatch System
December 27, 2013A split Mandan City Commission narrowly approved a computer dispatch system used in Bismarck and Burleigh County that had been offered to the city and Morton County for emergency services.
Read full articleCalifornia County to Get New Radio System
December 27, 2013After six years, San Bernardino County is finally on its way to overhauling its antiquated public safety radio system, and will be getting a state-of-the-art digital system at a cost of more than $158 million.
Read full articleGeorgia Christmas Display Prompts Emergency Response
December 27, 2013A metro Atlanta homeowner says he hopes he didn’t offend anyone by his Christmas decoration of a mannequin with outstretched arms entangled in a string of Christmas lights and clinging to a ledge that prompted an emergency response to his house.
Read full articleCeragon Introduces the Revolutionary IP-20
December 27, 2013Ceragon Networks Ltd. announced its new, ultra-high capacity platform for HetNet hauling – the IP-20.
Read full articleMajor Incident Support Roles Are Quick To Adopt Dual-Band Radio Technology
December 27, 2013Cross Connections, a communication services provider to Incident Management Teams for federal, state and local governments has worked with a wide variety of organizations to provide said services.
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