Newscan: FBI says security researcher admitted to hacking plane in-flight, causing it to ‘climb’
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FBI says security researcher admitted to hacking plane in-flight, causing it to ‘climb’
FBI claims security researcher took control of plane
Texas governor signs direct-dial 911 bill
Why are we still coordinating disaster relief over voice radios?
President Obama to nominate FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel for a second term
Seven FCC-reform bills pass House subcommittee in contentious markup
Walden won’t give up on reforming the FCC—exclusive interview
Swatting: Not a new phenomenon, but the cost is rising
LTE smartphones are becoming faster and cheaper
North Carolina sues FCC over the ability to limit municipal broadband growth
Zebra Technologies unveils refurbished channel program, fleshing out Motorola Solutions acquisition
Motorola Solutions shifts to data-analytics and services focus
FBI clarifies rules on secretive cell-phone tracking with StingRay
The Internet of Things is quickly moving from the realm of science fiction to science fact
Obama to limit military-style equipment for local police departments
Review of the Motorola Solutions LEX L10 public-safety LTE device
Some people do more than text while driving
Deal talks for Here mapping service expose reliance on location data
Rigging of foreign-exchange market makes felons of top banks
Congress wants companies facing cyberattacks to share data, and it’s not a moment too soon
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President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing releases final report
EWA and LMCC file 800 MHz interstitial comments
LightSquared makes ex parte filing with the FCC
FirstNet early-builders’ blog: Texas sheriff’s department uses Harris County network
Sepura unveils the next-generation smart device, the SC2020
Sepura announces new controller speaker microphone
ZTE unveils ‘2+4’ platform for mission-critical communications
Airbus Defence and Space launches Tactilon Suite, a broadband solution for hybrid networks
Airbus Defence and Space launches DXTA TETRA server with higher capacity and new capabilities
QLogic and Huawei demonstrate end-to-end 25 GB Ethernet networks
Bandwidth manages 911 services nationwide for top-5 VoIP provider