Newscan: Amazon employees protest sale of facial-recognition technology to law enforcement

One year ago, Huawei was the pestilent squatter US authorities simply could not evict from Europe’s networks. The region’s operators rejected Trump’s characterization of the Chinese vendor as a dirty thief, listing its many virtues. An eviction would be too costly, they also complained. Attentive governments, worried about losing the 5G race, were firmly on […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a national risk advisor that forms part of the US Department of Homeland Security, pulled no punches in an “alert” about China published on its website. “[CISA],” it said, “has consistently observed Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS)-affiliated cyber threat actors using publicly available information sources and common, well-known tactics, techniques and […]

Motorola Solutions this week announced CirrusCentral Core, a P25 secondary-core offering that is hosted in the cloud and will be offered as a service to provide ASTRO 25 network operators with greater resiliency in the event that the primary core for an ASTRO 25 system is unavailable. Scott Mottonen, senior vice president of product for […]

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 […]