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Biden’s big infrastructure plan targets broadband access, puts subsidy programs on notice

President Biden’s massive, $2 trillion infrastructure-focused “American Jobs Plan” includes an outlay of $100 billion to bring affordable, reliable broadband to all areas while also putting high-speed Internet subsidy programs on notice. There’s not a lot of meat on the bones yet, but the broadband-facing piece of the eight-year spending plan shoots for “100 percent […]

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AT&T to Biden: Don’t leave 5G out of infrastructure spending frenzy

The Biden administration is reportedly preparing an infrastructure spending plan that could top $3 trillion. An unspecified portion of that is expected to be directed toward crossing the digital divide. Not surprisingly, telecommunications providers and vendors of all sizes and types are jostling for a chance to grab a portion of that spending for themselves. After all, how can […]

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Policy experts debate the role of wireless in universal broadband on Capitol Hill

Should wireless technologies such as 5G be used to help cross the digital divide and deliver universal broadband? That’s the question up for debate among lawmakers and others. The answer is definitely consequential considering there could be more than $100 billion up for grabs to companies on the winning side of the issue. As the Biden administration […]

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U.S. telcos and cablecos could start getting stimulus checks, too

Millions of Americans around the country are now seeing $1,400 coronavirus stimulus checks show up in their bank accounts. And there’s a good chance that at least some of that money could find its way into the bottom line of telecom providers, considering the ongoing value of Internet connections amid a pandemic forcing homebound working and schooling. […]

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Starlink seeks to link planes, trucks and other moving vehicles

Even as Starlink pushes toward a commercial launch of its fixed broadband satellite service, its parent company, SpaceX, is also pursuing a plan to connect Starlink’s network to trucks, planes, ships and other types of relatively large moving vehicles. Starlink’s mobile-facing interests were outlined in an application for blanket-licensed Earth Stations in Motion, or ESIMs, filed on […]

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Senate American Rescue Plan calls for more than $60 million in direct aid for counties

The U.S. Senate’s version of the 2021 American Rescue Plan maintains the $350 billion in state and local aid that was in the House bill, including $60.1 billion in direct aid to counties. The U.S. Senate begin debating its version March 4. The House of Representatives passed its version of the $1.9 trillion bill Feb. […]

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The era of converged network infrastructure has officially begun

After a year of shopping itself, Boingo has finally found a buyer. However, the important element here is not that Boingo finally managed to sell itself, but that Marc Ganzi found another telecom company to purchase. Boingo announced Monday that Digital Colony – a $23 billion infrastructure investment company linked to Ganzi’s Colony Capital investment firm – will take […]

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Tests show FirstNet MegaRange effective for 20-plus miles in maritime scenario, AT&T says

FirstNet MegaRange—the new FirstNet offering that leverages high-power-user-equipment (HPUE) technology to extend the effective range of a cell site—delivered throughput speeds that could support multiple video streams during maritime tests conducted as far as 28 miles from the California coast, according to an AT&T official. Andy Salvador, lead product marketing manager for the FirstNet program […]

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AT&T unveils FirstNet innovations, including HPUE, vertical location, deployable offerings

FirstNet subscribers now can access new technological capabilities that are designed to improve terrestrial LTE coverage, locate first responders, let agencies address coverage gaps quicker during incidents and enable interoperability between FirstNet PTT and LMR users, FirstNet contractor AT&T announced. Key FirstNet innovations unveiled yesterday as being available for public-safety use are: MegaRange, the FirstNet […]

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Rescue 42: Tim O’Connell outlines benefits of Compact Rapid Deployable (CRD) units with FirstNet

Rescue 42 CEO Tim O’Connell describes how agency-owned Compact Rapid Deployable (CRD) units can provide an easy-to-deploy FirstNet cell tower that can be transported to an incident site with first responders, typically sooner than deployable can arrive from FirstNet, built by AT&T. AT&T cited the CRD program as part of its innovation announcement today. […]

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Biden’s big infrastructure plan targets broadband access, puts subsidy programs on notice

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AT&T to Biden: Don’t leave 5G out of infrastructure spending frenzy

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Policy experts debate the role of wireless in universal broadband on Capitol Hill

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U.S. telcos and cablecos could start getting stimulus checks, too

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Starlink seeks to link planes, trucks and other moving vehicles

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Senate American Rescue Plan calls for more than $60 million in direct aid for counties

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The era of converged network infrastructure has officially begun

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Tests show FirstNet MegaRange effective for 20-plus miles in maritime scenario, AT&T says

News

AT&T unveils FirstNet innovations, including HPUE, vertical location, deployable offerings

Audio

Rescue 42: Tim O’Connell outlines benefits of Compact Rapid Deployable (CRD) units with FirstNet

Commentary

Unfinished Business: Why NFPA and IBC fire codes need to kill the fire phone

Unlocking the power of ESInets: Different NG911 provisioning approaches exist; level of control is key differentiator

Ransomware? Let’s call it what it really is: extortionware

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Cars, Medicine, Electric Grids: Future hackers will hit much more than networks in an IT/OT integrated world dlvr.it/S24KtV

Securing an open-source OS for IoT dlvr.it/S24Dwg

Newscan: Once, superpower summits were about nukes. Now, it’s cyberweapons. dlvr.it/S1zxGF

Unfinished Business: Why NFPA and IBC fire codes need to kill the fire phone dlvr.it/S1wQmW

Driverless-tech liability is all in the wording dlvr.it/S1vykc

Is an attacker living off your land? dlvr.it/S1tXVd

New ThroughTek IoT supply-chain vulnerability announced dlvr.it/S1tRWW

What “smart city” means for 2021: How digital twins, AI and other innovations drive smart transformation dlvr.it/S1tQTV