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Newscan: Democratic senators reintroduce legislation to protect T-band first-responder spectrum

Newscan: Democratic senators reintroduce legislation to protect T-band first-responder spectrum

  • Written by Donny Jackson
  • 1st November 2019

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FCC moves to improve location accuracy of 911 callers in multi-story buildings

‘Life or Death’: Cell-service outage could mean fire alerts don’t go through

Cell-phone outages caused by California county power blackout spark safety concerns

California unveils first statewide earthquake-warning system

Dell, Samsung and Zebra launch rugged devices as FirstNet spurs upgrade cycle

Aerial EMT? Drones may become first responders

T-Mobile adds new discounted Magenta plan for first responders and their families

AT&T lays out the next three years

Dogs with wearable devices could one day trigger alarms and emergency alerts

Uber allegedly paid $100,000 and had hackers sign NDAs after massive data breach

Students with autism get virtual-reality lessons in how to interact with police

AT&T, Verizon join C-Band Alliance in backing C-band auction principles

Toronto’s City of Tomorrow is scaled back amid privacy concerns

Think differently about 5G coverage, Verizon exec says

SBA says Sprint is only carrier it sees deploying massive MIMO

As China switches on 5G ‘revolution,’ the U.S. is struggling to catch up

 

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Democratic senators reintroduce legislation to protect T-band first-responder spectrum

FCC’s California power-shutoff communications status report for Oct. 31, 2019

Sonim Technologies reports financial results, appoints industry veteran Tom Wilkinson as CEO

Verizon and Defense Media Activity partner to deliver digital content to service members

Gunshot detection that actually works, from BodyWorn by Utility

Utility makes Smart Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) available for purchase at IACP 2019

BodyWorn by Utility introduces Ultimate Witness portal to let law enforcement share digital evidence with courts

Enterprise Wireless Alliance elects new board members and officers

 

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