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  • Motorola Solutions to Debut Public Safety Mobile Apps Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Motorola Solutions to Debut Public Safety Mobile Apps Suite

    Motorola Solutions will launch a suite of mobile applications designed to help public safety personnel communicate and collaborate with each other. The company said Tuesday the portfolio comprises the Messaging, Mapping, WAVE and Telephony apps. Messaging is designed to help first responders share text messages and photos to individuals or talk groups across smartphones and two-way radios. Mapping will work to identify nearby […] More

  • Kay Kapoor: AT&T Eyes First Responder Service Delivery by Year’s End Under FirstNet Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kay Kapoor: AT&T Eyes First Responder Service Delivery by Year’s End Under FirstNet Partnership

    Kay Kapoor, president of AT&T’s global public sector solutions business, told Dallas Business Journal staff writer Shawn Shinneman in an interview published Thursday that the company plans to provide priority and pre-emption service to first responders by the end of 2017 under a 25-year public-private partnership with the First Responder Network Authority. The Commerce Department’s FirstNet awarded […] More

  • Intelsat to Provide Satellite Services for Myanmar’s Wireless Comms Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat to Provide Satellite Services for Myanmar’s Wireless Comms Network

    Intelsat has been selected to provide satellite services to Myanmar in an effort to build on the country’s 2G and 3G wireless network infrastructure. Myanmar’s ministry of transport and communications will initially utilize C-band satellite services from Intelsat 902 and Ku-band services from Intelsat 906 for wireless communications services, Intelsat said Friday. The goal is to expand broadband […] More

  • Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Inmarsat Looks to Support Military Ka-Band Connectivity Through Global Xpress - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Inmarsat Looks to Support Military Ka-Band Connectivity Through Global Xpress

    Inmarsat‘s $1.6 billion investment into its Global Xpress commercial broadband network aims to offer an integrated satellite communications architecture with global Ka-band connectivity for military users, a company executive has said. Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Inmarsat senior vice president of U.S. government strategy and policy, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that Global Xpress works to support interoperability between commercial […] More

  • FirstNet Board OKs Resolutions for Program's Final RFP; Sue Swenson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FirstNet Board OKs Resolutions for Program’s Final RFP; Sue Swenson Comments

    The First Responder Network Authority moved closer to the deployment of a nationwide public safety broadband network after its board approved a national acquisition strategy and other elements of the program’s request for proposals. FirstNet said Friday the board’s approval of the “Final Acquisition Approach” and “Final Interpretations of the Act” resolutions works to support efforts to release […] More

  • PMC, Oceus, Fujitsu to Build NJ First Responder Net; Randy Fuerst on Broadband Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PMC, Oceus, Fujitsu to Build NJ First Responder Net; Randy Fuerst on Broadband Tech

    Oceus Networks, PMC Associates and Fujitsu‘s network communications business have partnered to build New Jersey’s 4G LTE broadband network for first responders – called JerseyNet — to facilitate public safety communications during emergencies, disasters and similar incidents. The companies said Wednesday PMC will provide network integration and support services, Fujitsu will oversee the network’s wireless and wireline backhaul while Oceus will provide its Xiphos […] More