NEWS

Rapid development of 5G technology has enabled network slicing, edge computing, and other technologies to achieve PMR communication on the public network. This has led some people to question whether the PMR network is necessary.

Softil looks into what the mission-critical communications (MCC or MCX) industry can expect in the year 2020. What will be new, what will change, what will stay the same?

First Responder MCX deployments, first steps into the Black Mirror era, dawn of “10,000 foot” view dispatch controls, dual-mode LMR/MCPTT devices, private LTE towers and much more.

The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Lab in Boulder Colorado, under the National Institute of Science and Technology procures Star Solutions LTE Band 14 IMPAC and COMPAC 3U deployable systems for testing and demonstrations to PSBN groups.

Researchers at Oslo Met believe the 5G network can be used as an emergency network already in 2020, several years earlier than planned.

IHS Markit predicts increases across key vertical markets as critical communications industry moves towards a mix of broadband-capable network solutions

In the half year financial report January-June 2018, Bittium says that LTE-SAT-hybrid devices with terrestrial and satellite connections has grown to further improve the functionality of authorities’ critical connections.

BroadWay has released a Prior Information Notice (PIN), inviting innovative suppliers to help the BroadWay Group of Procurers to better understand the state-of-the-art and market status of broadband mobile for public safety.

A new study from TCCA’s Security and Fraud Prevention Group (SFPG) highlights the need for robust processes and best practice to ensure there are no weaknesses in the interworking mechanism.

New research from IHS Markit projects that total critical communications revenues associated with transport will be worth more than $3 billion by the end of 2020.

According to IHS Markit’s Ryan Darrand, senior analyst, critical communications, the number of digital licensed mobile radio (LMR) users exceeded the number of analog users for the first time in 2017, with over 24 million digital users.

The public safety LTE market for end-use devices is projected to grow at the highest CAGR from 2017 until 2023.

The critical communications broadband LTE market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 20 percent, from $1.1 billion in 2015 to reach $2.6 billion in 2020, according to IHS Markit.

Genaker, the Spanish professional mobile crucial communications company present in more than 15 countries, enters the Philippines’ market with the collaboration of PLDT, the incumbent telecommunications operator in the country.