mobile broadband & lte for critical communications
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Panel discussion This session will feature a panel discussion on the requirements and applications for mobile broadband in the public safety and critical communications spheres. Discussions will cover International applications with input from panel members from the Americas and also Europe, plus local agencies to give the Australian perspective. The discussions will cover areas such as: - The specialised needs of public safety agencies. - The benefits to the public and the agencies that mobile broadband can offer. - The relationship wit the commercial telecommunications carriers and the role their networks will play. - The increasingly important role that social media plays in emergency management. - Achieving interoperability between agencies and across state borders and the role that wireless broadband will play in this area. Chaired by: Kit Wignall - National Practice Lead, Communications Consulting, UXC Consulting Panel members: Inspector (Ret.) Lance Valcour O.O.M - Chair, Law Enforcement Information Management Section, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Garry Kerr - A/Executive Manager Emergency Response Systems, Public Safety Business Agency, Ian Vaskess - Communications Consultant and Geoff Spring - Director International Business Development & Strategy, APCO AustralasiaTRANSCRIPT
The Public Safety Business Agency (PSBA) was established to provide services to the Queensland Police Service, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Queensland Ambulance Service and newly formed Inspector-General Emergency Mgmt.
• Improved Comms
• Centralised media coordination
• Mobile Broadband devices
• Public Safety Mobile Broadband
Qld Flood Commission of Inquiry 2012
• Parliamentary Joint Committee
• Spectrum discussions 700MHz, 800MHz, 4.9GHz
• Bandwidth allocation (10, 20, 30MHz)
• Future PSMB in Qld
• Qld G20