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The Critical Communications Association TCCA), the global association for critical communications, released a road map to operational use of mission-critical broadband technology, saying current TETRA and other mission-critical narrowband operators will continue well after 2025. Even with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) carrier planning to launch mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) under Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 13 …

Thursday, November 29, 2018 The 72nd European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) elected new governance officials including a new chair and vice chair at its general assembly. Neviana Nikoloski, Ph.D., was elected as the new chair of ETSI’s general assembly for a two-year period. She is manager of regulatory affairs and intellectual property rights at Phonak Communications. Dominique Wurges was elected …

Melbourne, Tuesday 20th November 2018. During the ATCCF Annual General Meeting members endorsed the Board’s recommendation for the change of name to “Australasian Critical Communications Forum Ltd” (ACCF) to be consistent with the name change and activities of The international Critical Communications Association (TCCA) and embrace the opportunity to broaden the Forum charter and relevance to members and all mission …

By Geoff Spring, Senior Industry Advisor, CDMPS, Thursday, 27 September, 2018 Senior 3GPP representatives have briefed Australian experts on the development of standards for critical communications. Last week, members of the 3GPP leadership collaborated with the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety (CDMPS) to provide a briefing to representatives from Australian government, industry and academia on …

Source – Critical Comms 10/7/2018 The second European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) Plugtests attracted 31 vendors with 120 participants on site, plus support from remote labs. Observers from nine organizations based in France, the United Kingdom and the United States witnessed the execution of more than 2,000 tests, based on a test plan with more …

Source: The Critical Communications Review Disaster Relief 2.0 – leveraging technology to build resilient communities. Motorola Solutions unveiled highly advanced mission-critical solutions for creating a powerful state of safety for a digital society at Critical Communications World 2018 (May 15-17, Berlin, Germany, booth C10). CCW 2018 highlights included solutions for both public safety and commercial organisations in the area of …

A hybrid TETRA+LTE enables users to benefit from higher data throughput and, at the same time, take advantage of the reliability of the leading technology for mission critical communications. The time to refer to LTE as a ‘future’ technology is all over. LTE has already landed, it’s here and now, strengthening the data capabilities of PMR users worldwide. Teltronic, a …

May 2018 Source: The Critical Communications Review Winner out of five finalists, Airbus’ smartphone and TETRA radio in one triumphed during the International Critical Communications Award ceremony. Airbus’ Tactilon Dabat has been awarded “Best evolution to future broadband” during the annual International Critical Communications Awards, which took place following the opening day of Critical Communications World (CCW) in Berlin. The …

April 24, 2018 | Source: RadioResources The architecture for interworking between mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) Broadband and legacy Narrowband LMR systems was completed and approved at the latest Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) meetings 19 – 23 March in Chennia, India. The Service and System Aspects (SA) plenary completed the remaining work on the Stage 2 architecture development technical …