Radio module built for Wi-Fi announced

Roughly five years after introducing the service, Google said it will “deprecate” its 3.5GHz CBRS network planning tool by the end of this year. Google officials didn’t immediately respond to Light Reading’s questions about its decision. On its website, Google offers tips on how users can export their data from their Network Planner projects. “It’s really […]

FirstNet Authority’s board today was overhauled with the appointment of seven new members—including former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms being named as chair—and the reappointment of four existing members by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “I am pleased to appoint these experienced and highly qualified members to the FirstNet Authority Board to ensure this […]

Members of a signals-intelligence unit of the Chinese military accessed Motorola Solutions’ computer network and downloaded more than 1,000 documents—including competitive intelligence about LMR manufacturer Hytera Communications—in 2017, according to a U.S. government indictment and other legal briefings. In 2017, Jia Wei was a member of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)—the military of the People’s […]

AT&T this week announced that FirstNet supports more than 6.4 million connections for more than 29,000 public-safety agencies, while CEO John Stankey applauded the recent FCC vote granting the FirstNet Authority control over usage of 4.9 GHz spectrum via a sharing agreement with a nationwide band manager. Stankey made the comments during AT&T quarterly conference […]