General Dynamics C4 Systems provides peer-to-peer solution for LTE

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Ericsson today announced an agreement to pay $1.1 billion cash to acquire Cradlepoint—known in the U.S. public-safety market for providing broadband connectivity solutions in vehicles—in a deal that is expected to close by the end of the year. Ericsson President and CEO Börje Ekholm described Cradlepoint as a leading provider of wireless-edge WAN enterprise solutions […]

Driverless vehicles will, ultimately, be able to download new ‘brains’ from the cloud and 5G connectivity will hold to key to that capability. That’s the view of Hemant Sikaria, co-founder and CEO of software specialist in remote vehicle data handling, Sibros. He sees this as being a vital capability if AVs are ever to match […]

As the FCC’s “rip and replace” deliberations drag on, at least one small US wireless operator said the situation has affected its ability to provide critical 911 services in rural areas. “3G services are being turned off due to inability to support the networks with [equipment] spares or with funding that is tied to a […]