Public safety

Those risking their life in the line of duty need to know that when they key up someone will hear them. This section covers mission-critical technologies such as TETRA and the UK's transition onto the Emergency Services Network (ESN)

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Nokia launches ASTaR cybersecurity lab

Nokia has announced the opening of its Advanced Security Testing and Research (ASTaR) lab in Dallas, Texas, which it claims is the first end-to-end 5G testing lab in the US focused solely on cybersecurity.

Solely dedicated to security forensics and research, the ...

Dominican Republic completes TETRA network

The Dominican Ministry of the Interior has announced it has achieved nationwide radio coverage for its Public Safety TETRA network.

The completed TETRA network comprises more than 200 base stations and is used by all police and rescue forces in the country as well as ...

South Pacific gets Smart Islands upgrade

Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider ICTnexus has announced plans to deploy a LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) on the Cook Islands as part of its ‘Smart Islands’ project.

The network on the islands, which sit some 2,000 miles north of New Zealand in the ...

Nokia makes 450connect to enhance German critical infrastructure network

Telecoms giant Nokia has teamed up with German energy and water supply joint venture 450connect to build an LTE450 radio network for the country’s critical infrastructure.

The deal will reportedly cover the supply of radio system technology for the 450 MHz network, ...

All systems go for BAPCO 2022

Registration has opened for the 2022 BAPCO Conference & Exhibition, taking place in March of this year.

Discussing the event in a statement, organisers said: “BAPCO 2022 will follow on from the success of last year’s show, which took place in October. As ever, it ...

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Powering through

Philip Mason talks to Sepura chief technology officer Peter Hudson about the struggles of the past two years, as well as the future of TETRA in an increasingly broadband-centric era.

Towards the middle of last year, Land Mobile ran an article exploring the impact of ...

Lone worker solutions

Simon Creasey speaks to solution developers about the ongoing evolution of ‘lone worker’ technology to help protect those working in the local government space.

Over the past 18 months, huge swathes of the UK population have in essence become what might be referred to ...

Jason Johur Big Interview

Philip Mason talks to Ericsson strategy and market development director Jason Johur about the opportunities created by mission-critical organisations’ increasing use of broadband

The Big Interview section across the past couple of issues of Land Mobile has ...

Next Generation 999 evolution

As the ‘Next Generation 999’ concept is becoming increasingly important to the public safety call-handling conversation Philip Mason speaks to some of the major players facilitating the use of broadband data to contact the emergency services.

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BAPCO 2021 speaker interview

Ahead of his presentation at the annual BAPCO Conference & Exhibition next week, Openreach industry engagement manager, John Livermore, discusses the imminent move from analogue to digital telephony.

Can you describe what you’ll be talking about during your ...