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ASTRID, the telecom operator for the Belgium Public Safety organisations launched this morning Blue Light Mobile, a mobile broadband data service that utilises three Belgian commercial networks.

Integration of existing LMR capabilities with emerging broadband capabilities enables public-safety users to transition effectively to a true public-safety communications network

The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning is discussing building a wireless communications network for national disaster by using the 700 MHz ‘golden frequency’ band.

Being a de-facto standard for this kind of communication for many years, Tetra does not allow the transfer of significant volumes of data, which nowadays could be a crucial disadvantage for public safety services.

It increases the Situational Awareness of government agencies by having flexible access to specific areas and persons of interest associated to crime

The company has agreed to supply its wireless communications technology to an Israeli defence technology company, to be used for a project with the US Department of Homeland Security.

Huawei, a provider for GSM-R technologies and solutions, will bring its expertise on critical communications technologies particularly in mature radio networks, enterprise LTE (eLTE) solutions, broadband data and voice trunking radio networks.

The report, launched by the CCBG in March 2014, discusses the potential for migration to a broadband data service which will still provide the necessary capabilities for public safety a nd critical users, working with TETRA’s unrivalled voice capabilities

As host of the World Cup this summer and the Summer Olympics in 2016, Brazil has invested heavily in infrastructure. From a communications perspective, the Brazilian army now has a P25 system that is being integrated with a two-year old LTE pilot

Mobile video may be the king of data hogs, but Signals Research Group contends that other types of data traffic are actually consuming a disproportionate amount of network resources.

One of the latest reports indicates that the installed base of military and tactical LTE base stations will reach 15,000 by 2020.

Cisco’s new Quantum Virtual Packet Core technologies and Premium Mobile Broadband will provide remarkable benefits for Public Safety, Smart Cities, Utilities, Mining and more.

The operator of the TETRA network in the UK will be setting out its vision for a 4G future that it believes will revolutionise the way emergency services staff on the ground communicate and do their jobs

Electronic and informations technology supplier Selex ES will be demonstrating its leading-edge Perseus capability in the UK at B-APCO for the first time.

TNO, the Dutch center for survey in applied technologies, expects LTE to develop itself into an alternative for mission-ciritical communication. TNO mentions this in their outview ‘Wireless Technology’.

ZTE’s LTE broadband multimedia trunking solution can be used by organizations including transport, public safety and energy.

Motorola Solutions announces the APX 7000L, a multiband P25 portable radio with an LTE module that enables the transmission and reception of broadband data—the first product to include LTE connectivity in a public-safety-grade LMR handheld device.

With broadband data services over LTE set to become critical to the effectiveness of the emergency services in the next years, the TCCA is spearheading a campaign to ensure spectrum across Europe is guaranteed for public protection & disaster relief use.

The bandwidth doesn’t exist for public safety, ergo the applications don’t exist, therefore the business case doesn’t exist. Airwave’s new high-speed data capability seeks to break that vicious circle, reports Jose Sanchez de Muniain for Bapcojournal

Board members for the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System Authority (LA-RICS) today approve a $175 million contract with Motorola Solutions to construct a public-safety LTE network that is scheduled to be completed next summer.