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APRIL 2019
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4 Editor’s letter
Sam Fenwick discusses the issues around inbuilding
coverage along with the projects leading
the charge on mission-critical broadband roll-out
in the US and the UK
6 Who, what, where
Security conference uses Airbus TETRA;
Motorola Solutions’ pagers for NW Ambulance
trust; German feds roll out Si500 ‘video mic’;
Teltronic installs DMR in Andalusia; Swedish
police plump for Sepura; DAMM provides Bolivian
tram comms
8 News
Motorola Solutions appoints a new CTO; PSCR
launches haptic interface challenge; UK: Sepura
sells 45,000 TETRA terminals
9 TCCA news
IGOF kicks off at BAPCO/CCE 2019; Dutch
MVNO PrioCom joins TCCA; MCOP project
con rms multi-vendor support
10 Country focus: Italy
Philip Mason talks to two major players in the
current roll-out of mission-critical communications
in Italy, and asks what a broadband-enabled
future might look like for the country
14 In-building coverage
Sam Fenwick looks at some of the current
thinking and issues around the provision of
in-building public safety broadband coverage in
both the US and the UK
18 FirstNet’s rst year
Philip Mason talks to acting CEO of FirstNet Ed
Parkinson about how the network has changed
the critical communications market, and how
rst-responders are likely to embrace 5G
20 North America roundtable
This year’s roundtable in Las Vegas focused on
the obstacles facing US public safety agencies
when, or if, they seek to migrate to mobile
broadband for mission-critical voice.
26 BAPCO/Critical
Communications Europe
(CCE) review
Philip Mason and Sam Fenwick cover the
key talking points from the BAPCO/Critical
Communications Europe event, which
addressed a range of topics around public
safety and the migration to broadband
31 Critical Communications
World (CCW) preview
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