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While LTE still lacks many of the mission-critical features present in technologies like TETRA, many organisations increasingly rely on it. 5G is also on the horizon, and while it promises much some question what it will deliver

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New public safety software and services shown at Motorola Solutions’ London Innovation Centre

To celebrate Motorola Solutions’ 50th year in the UK, the company opened its London Innovation Centre on September 20 and demonstrated several concepts that embody its vision of “smart public safety for a digital society”.

Phil Jefferson, vice president for Western ...

Ericsson and BT highlight network slicing’s economic benefits for MNOs

A study performed by Ericsson and BT claims that mobile networks using 5G’s network slicing capabilities are likely to generate more revenue and lower operating costs compared to traditional multi-service networks or the use of multiple networks with dedicated resources.

UCaaS expert achieves 'visionary' status

Specialist in cloud business software BroadSoft has been named as a 'visionary' in the field of Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS). The accolade was handed out by IT consulting firm Gartner in its September 'Magic Quadrant' report.

According to the company, ...

EE refarming 10MHz of 2G spectrum to unlock new smartphones’ potential

EE is giving more than 600 of its sites across cities including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and Cardiff a boost over the next six months by allowing them to use additional spectrum for 4G services.

This extra spectrum comes from refarming 10MHz of ...

Ericsson makes Heuveldop’s position permanent

Ericsson has officially appointed Niklas Heuveldop as its head of business in North America, a role which he has held on an interim basis since May of this year.

Heuveldop was formerly chief strategy officer, and head of technology and emerging business. According to ...

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The power must flow

Philip Mason discusses the use of comms in the utilities sector with Adrian Grilli and Peter Couch of the Joint Radio Company

There are few more mission-critical activities than power generation. It plays an ever-more crucial role in our increasingly connected ...

PTT over Cellular Insight

Push-to-talk over Cellular (PoC) solutions have been in the market for years but are starting to come into their own thanks to 4G networks and new hardware designed for PTT users, especially for those on the move. Sam Fenwick looks at the current state of play

5G and cybersecurity

Paul Bradley, Gemalto’s 5G strategy and partnerships director, discusses 5G’s security implications and the current cybersecurity landscape with Sam Fenwick

Paul Bradley has an incredibly wide-ranging role – he has to keep up to date with the latest thinking around ...

Convergence creates value

(Advertisement feature) Aiwu Peng, vice president of ZTE Trunking Technology Corporation speaks to Sam Fenwick about narrowband-broadband convergence, a trend recognised by the top vendors in the critical communications industry at CCW 2017, and what his company is doing to make ...

Vehicle telematics procurement

While vehicle telematics systems are increasingly commonplace, procuring them can be frustrating. Wise Procurement’s Phil Murphy speaks to Sam Fenwick about how it can be made far less stressful

The benefits of telematics systems working in concert with managers who ...