Newscan: Alcatel-Lucent exhibits priority, pre-emption technology in public-safety LTE demonstration

It is hard to find a European telecom executive who gushes about 5G. Most people on the commercial side talk about the mobile technology as if it were a disagreeable relative with a couple of redeeming qualities. “It’s been hugely expensive but at least it’s brought extra capacity” replaces “he’s got appalling manners but at […]

Security operations center (SOC) practitioners are struggling, thanks to an overwhelming volume of false alarms from their security tools. A Vectra survey of hundreds of cybersecurity professionals revealed a serious gripe that SOC teams have with their software vendors. The overwhelming volume of false positives their tools yield is causing burnout, they say, and allowing real threats […]

American Water Works said it is in the process of securely reconnecting its systems following a cyberattack discovered on Oct. 3, according to a Thursday regulatory filing. The largest regulated water utility in the U.S. said there is no evidence the incident impacted its water or wastewater facilities. American Water Works serves more than 14 million […]

Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) this week asked the FCC to consider measures to help private land-mobile-radio (PLMR) operators with T-Band spectrum (470-512 MHz) systems subject to “harmful interference” from television broadcasters that were repacked in the band seven years ago. EWA President and CEO Robin Cohen requested the FCC established a task force to consider […]