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Mutualink Selects PMC Associates as New Jersey Distribution Partner
Wallingford, CT – With a shared goal of providing advanced communications solutions to first responders, Mutualink and New Jersey value-added reseller PMC Associates focus on interoperability and multimedia collaboration for the public safety community. Mutualink enables the sharing of telephone, radio, video and file over one secure interoperable platform. Emergency managers and first responders use the technology to collaborate in real time. The Mutualink multimedia platform can be accessed via desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones, providing interoperability wherever its...
FirstNet Public Safety LTE Gains Momentum
Broomfield, CO - Even a year ago, FirstNet still seemed largely theoretical as it went through the planning process. But, with the agency having released its request for proposal in January, and expecting to make an award of its $6.5 billion for the design and construction of the network in early November, the focus of vendors has sharpened considerably even if they don't plan to bid for the overall contract. That new level of interest and expectation, and new energy around the practicalities of a separate wireless broadband network for public safety, was evident at last week's International Wireless Communications Expo in Las Vegas.
IWCE – Connecting and Educating the Communications Technology Industry
As Mutualink executives go to the air on their way to our industry’s annual conference, those of us in the office are filled with anticipation. What will they learn? What will they see? What new opportunity is waiting?
Parallel Wireless and Ecosystem Partners Announce General Availability of FirstNet-Ready Band 14-in-a-Box
Nashua, NH – Parallel Wireless, Inc., the pioneer in making cellular network deployments as easy and as cost-effective as Wi-Fi, today announces general availability of an easy-to-deploy Band 14 Public Safety LTE network kit at a fraction of the cost of currently available solutions. U.S. Public Safety agencies can win a week’s rental of this DIY Band 14-in-a-Box kit by submitting their interest here or at Parallel Wireless booth 227 at IWCE which will allow them to gain a firsthand experience in the summer of 2016 on how easy it is to deploy this kit.
NY Responds Initiative Advances to Phase Two
Wallingford, CT – In the six months since New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the “NY Responds” disaster response and recovery initiative, Mutualink has worked closely with the New York Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) to deploy the company’s interoperable communications platform statewide. With Mutualink’s advanced technology, emergency officials across New York are able to securely share information – including voice, video, text and data files – with local governments and state agencies in real time with one easy-to-use platform.
Chilcott Mobile Emergency Response Communications
Big news for international security and interoperable communications: Chilcott Inc’s MERC makes sharing audio, video and text over disparate systems easy, with technology from Mutualink and IP Access. With equipment donated by the United States Southern Command’s Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) Program, this Peruvian Engineer Company shares video from their base camp in the Central African Republic.
Super Bowl Security Uses Mutualink Real-Time Comms
Santa Clara, CA – With fan safety emerging as the day's big winner, Mutualink is celebrating a victory off the football field as part of the highly-successful security operation for Super Bowl 50. Mutualink's communications platform enabled secure, real-time collaboration and information sharing among local, state and federal agencies, as well as private entities such as utilities and mass transit. The technology provided unprecedented situational awareness to law enforcement – from Super Bowl City in San Francisco, to media day in San Jose, to the big game in Santa Clara – protecting nearly 2 million football enthusiasts who converged on the Bay Area last week.
Internet of Public Safety Things Project
Wallingford, CT – The IJIS Institute awarded its 2016 Innovation Award to Intel, Mutualink and the San Mateo County Sheriff’s for “The Internet of Public Safety Things: Urban Shield Results”. This exciting area of emerging public safety technology is transforming the ways that first responder teams interoperate to accomplish their missions. “On behalf of Sheriff Munks and our partners at Intel, we are extremely honored to receive the 2016 Innovation Award from the IJIS Institute,” said Mark Hatten, CEO, Mutualink. “We collaborated with the goal of equipping the next generation of first responders with interconnected technology that can ultimately save lives in emergency scenarios. Sheriff Munks and his team demonstrated that the Wearable Smart Gateway, our first entry in the Internet of Public Safety Things category, is indeed a game-changer for the public safety community.”
The rollout and integration of Mutualink into NY Responds will begin in 2016
Wallingford, CT – The IJIS Institute awarded its 2016 Innovation Award to Intel, Mutualink and the San Mateo County Sheriff’s for “The Internet of Public Safety Things: Urban Shield Results”. This exciting area of emerging public safety technology is transforming the ways that first responder teams interoperate to accomplish their missions. “On behalf of Sheriff Munks and our partners at Intel, we are extremely honored to receive the 2016 Innovation Award from the IJIS Institute,” said Mark Hatten, CEO, Mutualink. “We collaborated with the goal of equipping the next generation of first responders with interconnected technology that can ultimately save lives in emergency scenarios. Sheriff Munks and his team demonstrated that the Wearable Smart Gateway, our first entry in the Internet of Public Safety Things category, is indeed a game-changer for the public safety community.”
The rollout and integration of Mutualink into the NY Responds common operating picture will begin in 2016
Albany, NY – Governor Cuomo announced the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services’ Office of Emergency Management has completed the Phase One rollout of NY Responds, the State’s new approach to disaster response and recovery. With the completion of Phase One, county emergency management agencies can now connect with the New York State Emergency Operations Center in Albany to improve coordination and cooperation during a disaster or emergency. “NY Responds is transforming and strengthening the way this state responds to disasters and other emergency situations,” Governor Cuomo said. “This new approach is key in executing a coordinated response which helps communities stay better informed when an emergency situation occurs and recover more quickly.”
2014 National Emergency Communications Plan
The 2014 National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP) provides information and guidance to those that plan for, coordinate, invest in, and use operable and interoperable communications for response and recovery operations. The Office of Emergency Communications worked closely with more than 350 federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions, private sector representatives, and other stakeholders to update the NECP with the goal of bringing public safety communications into the 21st century. http://www.dhs.gov/necp
First Responders Get Instant Link to School Communications
Governor Cuomo announced the launch of a new school safety pilot program, Mutualink K-12, which will roll out in 20 public schools in Oneida and Rockland counties later this month. Mutualink K-12 is a new technology designed to improve communications and the sharing of information between participating schools and local first responders during an emergency. It will be implemented by the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services’ Office of Interoperable and...
