The long road ahead
18/04/2018(Sponsored content) This year’s roundtable at IWCE focused on how the US LMR market will adapt once FirstNet and mission-critical LTE mature and are adopted by many organisations
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Into calmer waters
18/04/2018Critical Communications Today reports from Coventry on BAPCO 2018, which this year delivered a comprehensive update on the progress of the Emergency Services Network
Innovation vs legislation
18/04/2018The wave of innovation in technology for public safety is crashing against long-established laws and regulations, as Simon Creasey discovers
Spoilt for choice: alerting options for critical users
18/04/2018Richard Martin reviews the state of paging in critical communications and compares the different paging and alerting options available to operators and end-users
Recipes for disaster
18/04/2018Philip Mason looks at how critical communications systems are helping to mitigate the effects of major public safety incidents
Keeping your cool
18/04/2018Wearable sensors hold much promise as a way to better manage first-responders’ health and comfort while working in hot or dangerous environments. Sam Fenwick looks at what the technology has to offer
Dare to dream BIG
02/03/2018Philippe Agard and Jason Johur of TCCA’s Broadband Industry Group (BIG) speak to TETRA Today about how 5G may benefit critical communications users, BIG’s activities and the challenges ahead
The march of progress
02/03/2018Erik Guttman, 3GPP Service and System Aspects Technical Specification Group chairman, speaks to Sam Fenwick about the work to add new mission-critical features and expand existing ones in Release 15
Mexico’s melting pot
02/03/2018Unlike many countries, Mexico’s critical communications market is home to a number of different technologies, all jostling for supremacy. Sam Fenwick has the details
The Best of Two Worlds: Hytera’s convergence LTE-TETRA-solution secures pope’s visit in Peru
02/03/2018(Advertisement feature) The innovative convergence LTE-TETRA-solution from Hytera secured the visit of Pope Francis to South America in Peru in January
Will the TETRA radio turn into a smartphone?
06/02/2018TETRA radio manufacturers are divided on whether to make their devices more like smartphones or stick with traditional form factors. Richard Martin weighs up the pros and cons of each approach
The future as a way of life
06/02/2018Philip Mason explores the potential impact of ever-more sophisticated digital communications technology on the ‘first-responder of tomorrow’
CCMENA: Travelling towards a broadband future
21/11/2017Critical Communications MENA 2017 felt like an important moment, with attendees and speakers eager to discuss both narrowband and broadband technology. Philip Mason reports from Dubai
Metros: All aboard the broadband express
21/11/2017Mass transit operators are using TETRA, LTE and even Wi-Fi to improve their operations, ensure the safety of their passengers and staff, generate revenue and reduce costs. Richard Martin has the ...
MCOP: If you build it, they will come
21/11/2017It may be early days for public safety LTE, but work is already under way to create the underpinnings of an open app ecosystem for public safety organisations. TETRA Today investigates
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