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JULY 2019
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4 Editor’s letter
Sam Fenwick highlights the bene ts of starting
small when it comes to migrating from LMR
to MCPTT, along with the barriers (in terms of
support from the wider telecommunications
sector) that still need to be overcome
6 Who, what, where
Carbyne and Google offer ELS in Mexico;
Louisiana uni selects Everbridge for alerts;
Hytera Mobilfunk wins TETRA contract in Peru;
North Rhine-Westphalia to use Frequentis’s 3020
LifeX; Sweden’s police pick mobile terminal
supplier; Victoria police get mobile with
MotorolaSolutions
8 News
Motorola Solutions acquires WatchGuard; ESN
sees progress but draws re from the Public
Accounts Committee; French rms team up on
airbase threat detection
9 TCCA news
DSB’s Nina Myren joins TCCA board;
updates from the CCBG and Technical Forum
workinggroups
10 Spain and Portugal
While millions ock to Spain and Portugal in
search of the perfect tan, Sam Fenwick takes a
look at both countries’ mission-critical markets
and the networks that help keep citizens and
tourists safe
13 MCX interoperability
The work to ensure that user organisations get
the interoperable mission-critical broadband
ecosystem they require continues to progress,
despite one signi cant stumbling block – the
lack of support from test and measurement
vendors. Sam Fenwick explains
16 P25
In North America, the trend is for larger,
interoperable, regional P25 systems
complemented by broadband data services, as
James Atkinson reports
20 Facial recognition
Sam Fenwick discusses a variety of potential
bene ts and issues if public safety agencies
adopt the use of facial-recognition technology
across the board
23 CCW review
We take a look at the highlights from this year’s
Critical Communications World (CCW), which
took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with
coverage of the masterclasses, conference
andexhibition
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