Newscan: Telecom companies agree to keep America online during COVID-19 crisis

FirstNet subscribers will have access to new secure-messaging and video-streaming functionalities that can be used to support their first-responder missions, according to AT&T, which is building the nationwide public-safety broadband network through a contract with the FirstNet Authority. In conjunction with the unveiling of a collaboration with Motorola Solutions to develop a second mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) […]

Dangerous things, software updates. Push the wrong button and they can be as devastating as any Chinese cyberattack, plunging parts of the Internet into darkness. The lights temporarily went out for some of the world’s most popular websites last month when a customer of Fastly, a content delivery network (CDN), stumbled over a nasty bug […]

Members of the Verizon Response Team (VRT) are using a variety of solutions to deliver broadband communications to public-safety agencies battling wildfires throughout the U.S.—at no additional cost—as part of the carrier’s Verizon Frontline offering, according to a Verizon official. Cory Davis, director of Verizon Response and public-safety operations, said the VRT has been “super […]

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