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Newscan: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai calls on Congress to protect public safety and repeal T-Band mandate

Newscan: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai calls on Congress to protect public safety and repeal T-Band mandate

  • Written by Donny Jackson
  • 4th December 2019

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No end in sight for FirstNet interoperability debate

Tech aims to predict problems on power lines for disaster

Recordings show stroke victim in Chicago called 911 but couldn’t get help without address

In coded 911 call, Ohio woman requested the police by ordering a pizza

Virginia boosts funding for Internet-connected public-safety radio

The most remote emergency room: Life and death in rural America

Should police have access to video doorbell footage?

Your smartphone could stop an epidemic

Now even the FBI is warning about your smart TV’s security

Chicago mayor fires city’s top cop over ‘ethical lapses’

Woman ‘hearing voices’ from cell tower fires a pistol at tech crew

AT&T boost network speeds for consumers, FirstNet users in Carefree, Ariz.

This AI-based sensor will help save children and pets left inside vehicles, scientists say

Texas, Nevada drop out of state AG group suing to block Sprint, T-Mobile merger

How Amazon wove itself into the life of an American city

5G phones and your health: What you need to know

How worried should you be about the health risks of 5G?

We need a full public-service Internet—state-owned infrastructure is just the start

Hyper-connectivity: What advancements 5G will bring for autonomous vehicles

PG&E testing technology that could reduce future public-safety power shutoffs

 

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai calls on Congress to protect public safety and repeal T-Band mandate

FCC’s OET Chief Julius Knapp announces retirement

FirstNet Authority announces board meeting on Dec. 5

Justice Department issues business review letter to the GSMA related to innovative eSIMs standard to moble devices

AT&T blog: Reaching new heights in network disaster recovery

AT&T blog: The Internet we didn’t expect

Nokia to transform Finland’s nationwide smart grid for better support of renewable energy

Avtec and Tallysman Wireless expand interoperability options for utility customers

CityScape Consultants teams with Federal Engineering to win Bedford, N.Y., wireless project

 

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