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With connected cars, zero trust is the best security advice

The road to fully autonomous vehicles has many obstacles but perhaps none more insidious than hacking. Cybersecurity experts say improvements have been made but there’s much work to be done to secure vehicles before and during production as well as years later once they’re on the road. McAfee recently made headlines by hacking a Tesla […]

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Public-safety communications fare better than commercial networks after Superstorm Sandy

Roughly 25% of cellular towers were rendered inoperable by Superstorm Sandy, but initial reports indicate that public-safety LMR systems largely remained operational.

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FCC acts to allow TETRA in the U.S. permanently

U.S. critical-communications licensees will be able to use Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) technology on a permanent basis, but the technology remains prohibited on public-safety spectrum, according to an FCC order released this week.

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San Francisco ire

Transit officials are under fire for shutting off wireless service to patrons in the name of public safety. But opponents claim that the action unnecessarily put citizens at risk.

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The bigger picture (with related video)

The transportation sector believes it plays a vital role in public safety and should be allowed to use the fledgling nationwide broadband network for first responders. Just as important, the sector has much in the way of embedded assets that can be leveraged to bring this network to reality and fund its operation.

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Transportation departments take a look at social networking

According to Bill Brownlow, some state transportation departments are using social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to get the word out when something goes awry.

INFOGRAPHIC: Incident Scale/Public Preparedness

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All for one, one for all

A tabletop exercise demonstrates the importance of pre-planning and better communications between agencies — before and after a disaster strikes.

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IWCE reporter’s notebook (Part 2)

IWCE product and service announcements from c4i, PCTEL, AASHTO, Laird, Alcatel-Lucent and Etherstack.

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FCC drafts, public safety worries

FCC commissioners unanimously adopted new draft rules for the reauction of the 10 MHz D Block in the 700 MHz band.

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FCC expands public-safety licensee board

FCC commissioners this week approved an order expanding the board of the national licensee for public safety’s 700 MHz spectrum, an action that is expected to let the likely designee to hire an agent/advisor as early as next week.

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With connected cars, zero trust is the best security advice

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Public-safety communications fare better than commercial networks after Superstorm Sandy

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FCC acts to allow TETRA in the U.S. permanently

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San Francisco ire

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The bigger picture (with related video)

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Transportation departments take a look at social networking

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All for one, one for all

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IWCE reporter’s notebook (Part 2)

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FCC drafts, public safety worries

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FCC expands public-safety licensee board

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As communities grapple with budget shortfalls, how will online and digital taxation change?

U.S. sets up new open RAN group amid telecom slugfest with China

COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented challenges for ECCs, 911 centers

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