Device-to-device 5G communications system targets first responders in new NR Sidelink collaboration (opens in new tab)

HMD Secure, Qualcomm Technologies and STREAMWIDE have unveiled a new device-to-device communications system based on 3GPP NR Sidelink technology, designed to keep first responders and critical infrastructure teams connected when conventional mobile networks are unavailable. The collaboration, which will be demonstrated publicly at Critical Communications World in Helsinki, combines hardened mobile hardware, a mission-critical application…