Police Vehicle Networking

Public Safety Vehicle Networks

Jesse HallDigi International, FirstNet, MCA News

Law enforcements agencies of all sizes deploy field vehicles and personnel across the United States in order to protect and serve our communities. The departments that deploy them, and the officers they deploy, need to get and stay connected to ensure safe, fast, and efficient operations. Large departments need solutions that are… Read more…

American Lighthouse Foundation | USAT Case Study

American Lighthouse Foundation

MCA CNS TeamCradlepoint, MCA News, Poynting, T-Mobile

America is full of wide-open prairies, mountain valleys, and remote coastal areas where internet connectivity is often difficult obtain. While the average business resides in urban areas where connectivity options are plentiful, there are those operating our at the fringe. For them, it’s not as simple as calling the local cable company to get their organizations online… Read more…

Sierra Wireless 5G Router Portfolio

Advanced 5G Router Portfolio Released

Jesse HallMCA News, Sierra Wireless

Sierra Wireless, today launched the next evolution in market leading routers with its new XR Series of multi-network 5G routers. In addition to the previously launched world’s first multi-network MG90 5G vehicle router, the first two routers in the XR Series, the XR90 and the XR80, enable customers to leverage the higher data speeds and lower latency of 5G… Read more…

Private Networks for Mining Applications

Smart Mining With 5G Networks

Jesse HallMCA News, Mobile Mark, Sierra Wireless

Marcus is the technology manager for a large mining corporation. The corporation is continually looking for ways to improve mining safety, increase efficiency and raise productivity. Recently he’s been investigating the benefits of using private networks and 5G hardware to ensure the continued success and expansion of their… Read more…

BUS TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS

Public Transit Networking

Jesse HallDigi International, MCA News, Mobile Mark

Public and private transit agencies manage hundreds of vehicles deployed across wide geographic regions. The success of managing these fleets is dependent upon reliable mobile communications solutions. Management teams need visibility regarding what’s going on in the field. Buses need to collect fares, access CAD/AVL data, upload camera logs, provide rider Wi-Fi, and… Read more…

Cellular Failover for Retail Operations

Cellular Failover for Retail Operations

Jesse HallCradlepoint, MCA News, Poynting, T-Mobile

Retail operations need solutions that enable near 100% uptime at every location to ensure client transactions happen without delay. While most hard-line internet service providers boast over 99% uptime, that remaining 1% can cost a business hundreds to thousands of dollars. After one grocery store chain valued loses at an average of… Read more…

AirLink® XR90 for Emergency Medical Services

5G Emergency Medical Service Solutions

Jesse HallMCA News, Mobile Mark, Sierra Wireless, Verizon

Julia is a Senior EMT-Paramedic for a decent-sized city. Elected by her organizations’ IT Director for being one of the most knowledgeable and experienced EMT professionals on staff, she is heading up a team to improve and expedite patient care through better field communications with local hospitals. She was tasked with… Read more…

Enhanced Connectivity for Command Vehicles

Mobile Command Center Connectivity

Jesse HallFirstNet, MCA News, Mobile Mark, Sierra Wireless

Police departments, law enforcement agencies, and rescue organizations strategically deploy mobile command vehicles to areas and events in need of high levels of resource coordination. These vehicles are rarely deployed for routine operations, most commonly utilized when large scale efforts are required. In high stress situations maintaining reliable… Read more…

Sierra Wireless Announces Ransomware Attack

Sierra Wireless Ransomware Attack

Jesse HallMCA News, Sierra Wireless

Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW), the world’s leading IoT solutions provider, today announced that it discovered it was the subject of a ransomware attack on its internal IT systems on March 20, 2021. Once the company learned of the attack, its IT and operations teams immediately implemented measures to counter the attack in accordance with… Read more…