Newscan: New Orleans city shutdown by hackers is a sign of things to come

FirstNet One, recently completed its first real deployment providing public-safety communications, as the tethered the aerostat that acts as an LTE tower in the sky supported the response effort in Louisiana during the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, according to AT&T officials. “This was our first field deployment in a real incident,” Tom Steele, AT&T’s director […]

Federal legislation that would reclassify 911 telecommunicators as members of a protective-service occupation—the job category that includes first responders like firefighters and police officers—continues to gain support but is still awaiting even committee-level consideration, according to the bill’s primary sponsor. Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.), a former 911 dispatcher and sponsor of the 911 SAVES Act, […]

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations First fatality from ransomware? Cyberattacks suspected in German woman’s death Pentagon considers operating independent 5G networks under new dynamic-spectrum-sharing effort Utah police release footage after officers shoot 13-year-old boy Farms of the future hinge on high-speed Internet House passes spending bill to avoid government shutdown, sends it to […]

Xcel Energy – a massive gas and electricity provider across Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin – said it plans to test a private wireless LTE network in the 900MHz spectrum band using equipment from Motorola Solutions. The news serves to yet again underscore utilities’ interest in building their […]