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FirstNet board focuses reinvestments on coverage, 5G transition

The governing board for the First Responders Network Authority (FirstNet) has approved network reinvestments of $547 million for its fiscal year 2024, focused on increasing coverage and transitioning FirstNet to a full 5G network. FirstNet says that as of the end of 2023, it...

LTE and 5G critical comms market to jump 57% to $5.5bn by 2026

What to believe? Who to believe? (We’ll write about this one day.) But, just because it’s modish, and because it presents another (!) way to segment the non-traditional new-cellular comms market, new research reckons the combined market for public and private LTE and 5G...

Kagan: How emergency services use connected mobility to save lives

Connected mobility uses smartphone and automotive tech to bring help When an automobile accident happens, time is of the essence to save lives. It’s the same with any emergency. Connected Mobility is how emergency services are being modernized with new technology to provide assistance more...

KT proposes telecom reconstruction efforts in Ukraine

KT proposed enhancing national security through quantum encryption solutions Korea’s KT presented the Ukraine government with insights into how the country can improve its telecommunication infrastructure, including ways to manage the networks more efficiently. The presentation, titled "ICT Partner for Ukraine," was led by Moon Sung-uk,...

Kagan: Emergency Services transition from voice to data

Just like everything else in our world, 9-1-1 Emergency Services are rapidly moving from voice to data. Yesterday, it was a big job simply connecting every landline to the emergency network to report an emergency like fire, medical or police. Back then there were...

Kagan: Updating 9-1-1 Emergency Services is a challenge and opportunity

When we were young, we were taught in case of emergency to call 9-1-1 or the Operator for help. That was back in the day when all we had was a phone and a telephone line. Today, things are much different. Today, we have...

Lead-covered cables from AT&T, Verizon threaten public health: WSJ

Lead from at least 2,000 old cables has degraded over time, contaminating the water and soil in several U.S. communities, reported The Wall Street Journal In a shocking report, The Wall Street Journal found that thousands of toxic lead-covered cables have been left behind by...

Kagan: Viiz Communications on changing Emergency Services landscape

The growing variety of devices make Emergency Services more difficult, more expensive and more complicated How have all the new devices we use like smartphones, tablets, smart watches and more, impacted Emergency Services? This has always been one of the most important sectors for obvious...

Nokia unveils 4G, 5G core network software solutions

Nokia estimated that the addressable market for core networks in enterprise private wireless is expected to reach $1.6 billion by 2027 Nokia unveiled its new network software solutions for the field and wide area network (FAN/WAN) needs of public safety and power utilities. The vendor said...

FCC reauthorizes Firstnet spectrum use

FirstNet's spectrum use has been reauthorized, but Congress must act to extend its statutory authority A Federal Communications Commission bureau has reauthorized Firstnet's use of its Band 14 700 MHz spectrum, while a pending bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would make the agency's...

Airbus taps Cellnex for private 5G to expand critical comms services in Europe

European aerospace firm Airbus has teamed up with Spanish tower company Cellnex Telecom to collaborate on critical private 5G solutions for public safety agencies and private enterprises in Europe. The pair has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), announced at Critical Communications World (CCW)...

#TBT: Loosening the long-distance leash; CDMA delayed; Paging services emerge in India … this week in 1995

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! New bill offers...

Next G Alliance sets roadmap for 6G vertical applications

The new report explores how as-yet-unstandardized 6G technology can help meet the applications needs of a broad range of industries ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) announced the publication of a new report dubbed ‘6G Roadmap for Vertical Industries’, which focuses on the demand side of...

Kagan: Verizon working with Viiz to provide 911 emergency services

The current state of 911 emergency communications services, operator and directory assistance is changing. Today, we use a variety of new technologies like wireless smartphones and smart watches. So, traditional telephone companies are curtailing these needed services. What we don’t hear as much about...

Kagan: How Operator and 9-1-1 Emergency Services are evolving

Yesterday, Operator, Directory Assistance and 9-1-1 Emergency Services all played an important role in our landline telephone world. However, as landlines are being replaced by wireless smartphones, VoIP Internet service and other technologies, these vital services are also fading away. Let’s take a look...

What do first responders want from communications tech?

A new survey of more than 7,100 first responders conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reflects their need for communications tech that is "trustworthy," "controllable" and " user frustration." NIST's "Voice of First Responders" project was five years in the...

FET, Ericsson use 5G slicing to deliver solution to Taiwan police

The 5G smart patrol car solution is an application created for the Kaohsiung City Police Department, in a city located in Southern Taiwan Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecom (FET) said it had delivered what it claims is the world-first 5G smart patrol car solution for...

‘We just have to get smarter’: AT&T’s president of network on resiliency, risk and using sophisticated climate modeling (Part 2)

A central office flood and a 2019 bombing prompted AT&T to rethink resilience When AT&T was in the running for the FirstNet contract to run a national network for first responders, Chris Sambar—now AT&T's president of network—was the head of AT&T's FirstNet team. He said...

AT&T, federal partners launch data portal for weather resiliency planning

A new information portal makes the climate-change-related data that AT&T uses to inform its own network resiliency planning available to communities so that they can access free, sophisticated data on anticipated local weather and climate-related hazards. The Climate Rick & Resilience (ClimRR) data...

Well, technically… emergencies don’t always happen under a cell tower: Parsec’s Jen Neenan (Ep.84)

Emergencies can strike anywhere and it's absolutely critical that first responders have robust communication capabilities.

T-Mobile US, Sinch launch real-time emergency text capability

The real-time capability is currently available at the Emergency Communications Center in Hood County, Texas T-Mobile US has partnered with cloud platform provider Sinch to launch NextGen 911 Real-Time Text (RTT), a new service that allows customers to text for emergency assistance. RTT, which the carrier...

Nokia and Nedaa partner on 5G smart city services in Dubai

Nedaa’s network already utilizes Nokia's infrastructure and can support many of the requirements for mission-critical networks   Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nedaa, the security network provider of the Dubai government. In a release, Nokia said that the...

NEC to support New South Wales Telco Authority’s 5G innovation lab

The lab will be used to explore how technologies like 5G and Open RAN can support public safety use cases The New South Wales (NSW) Telco Authority has selected NEC Corporation to build the initial phase of a 5G innovation lab, which the companies said...

‘Swarm of new devices’ in 6 GHz poses public safety risk, warns NSMA

The National Spectrum Management Association (NSMA) issued a formal filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) detailing a “deep concern” regarding the regulatory change that opens up the 6 GHz band to unlicensed use. In April 2020, the FCC opened up 1,200 megahertz of spectrum in the...