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Axon launches Respond platform with cloud-based CAD, integration support

Axon yesterday launched Respond, a cloud-based, real-time operations platform that marks the company’s entry into the computer-aided-dispatch (CAD) arena and is designed to help agencies leverage information from a various connected devices to enhance response efforts, according to a company official. “We stepped back and said, ‘We want to do this right.’ We don’t want […]

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Electric-grid stability assailed by growing challenges

The stakes are high for electric utilities. The U.S. Department of Energy has warned that Russia and China have advanced cyber-programs that pose a risk to the bulk power systems that provide electricity to most of the nation. Ukraine has already suffered two wide-scale power outages — in 2015 and 2017 — believed to be […]

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Vuzix, Verizon look to pair 5G smart glasses with first responders

Picture this: A patient at home is struggling to breathe and calls 911. The emergency medical technicians arrive and determine they need help from a doctor. One EMT slips on a pair of 5G-enabled smart glasses and is able to receive guidance from a doctor at the local hospital who can see the patient through […]

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IWCE speaker: ‘LTE is the future’ of public-safety PTT, when first responders trust it

Public safety will replace land mobile radio (LMR) with LTE for its primary mission-critical voice communications when first responders trust the technology—a process that is beginning to happen now, according to Jeff Johnson, CEO of the Western Fire Chiefs Association and former vice chair of the FirstNet Authority. “As we think about our future, people […]

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Newscan: Cyberattack shuts down Canadian government accounts

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Cyberattack shuts down Canadian government accounts California’s wildfire and COVID-19 disasters just collided Maryland residents, visitors can text 911 for emergencies Verizon council talks interoperability, 5G in first Town Hall How a ‘NULL’ license plate landed one hacker in ticket hell Telehealth is here to stay. West Virginia […]

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Florida continues work toward new statewide procurement, extension of current system

Early progress is being made to procure a new Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) in Florida, while state officials continue to talk with current SLERS vendor L3Harris about extending the existing SLERS contract that is scheduled to expire in a little more than nine months. Patrick Gillespie, deputy secretary of business operations for Florida […]

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Energy-grid security gets more challenging with IoT

Today, IoT networks in the power utilities sector are besieged by myriad security threats. These assaults come from an assortment of malicious sources and target virtually every element of grid-based operations. And by their nature, the complex and wide-reaching networks that deliver power to billions of endpoints are perhaps among the most vulnerable. If that […]

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Five questions that we need to answer about the edge

What I enjoyed most about being an analyst was that it let me indulge my natural instinct to ask questions. The most important part of my job was to ask questions about everything, of everyone, myself included. While I (unknowingly) asked the standard 5W and H questions rookie journalists do, the one I was always […]

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Kymeta buys satellite service provider Lepton Global Solutions

Satellite-antenna manufacturer Kymeta today announced its purchase of satellite service provider Lepton Global Solutions, which will let Kymeta provide a “one-stop-shop” offering to critical users seeking mobile terrestrial broadband in even remote locations, a company official said. Bill Marks, chief strategy officer for Kymeta, said the deal has been closed, making Lepton Global Solutions a […]

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Challenges carmakers face with the ‘everything connected’ vehicle

The increasing breadth of connectivity in vehicles can bring valuable features to automakers and consumers alike. Chief among these are the enabling of proactive and predictive performance and maintenance diagnostics. This same connectivity will also allow over-the-air (OTA) software updates, as well as real-time local and cloud-based status monitoring such as tire pressure, fuel level, […]

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Axon launches Respond platform with cloud-based CAD, integration support

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Electric-grid stability assailed by growing challenges

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Vuzix, Verizon look to pair 5G smart glasses with first responders

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IWCE speaker: ‘LTE is the future’ of public-safety PTT, when first responders trust it

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Newscan: Cyberattack shuts down Canadian government accounts

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Florida continues work toward new statewide procurement, extension of current system

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Energy-grid security gets more challenging with IoT

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Five questions that we need to answer about the edge

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Kymeta buys satellite service provider Lepton Global Solutions

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Challenges carmakers face with the ‘everything connected’ vehicle

Commentary

September 3GPP Plenary: 6G officially begins, Release 19 on track

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

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Video: Opening of the Expo Hall on day three of IWCE 2023

Lynk CEO Charles Miller: The sky’s the limit

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