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Here are all the winners of the FCC’s $9.2 billion RDOF auction

LTD Broadband, Charter, SpaceX, Windstream, Frontier, Starry and CenturyLink are among the big winners of the FCC’s recent Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Phase I auction. The top 10 RDOF winners are listed below and Light Reading has provided the identity of the company involved and the technology or technologies that those firms said they […]

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Kymeta announces commercial availability of u8 hybrid antenna, Kymeta Connect service

Kymeta this week announced the commercial availability of the company’s u8 satellite-cellular antenna and the Kymeta Connect service that is designed to provide users with always-on broadband connectivity in almost all locations around the globe, according to company officials. Kymeta Chief Product Officer Neville Meijers said the company’s u8 flat-panel hybrid antenna supports broadband connectivity […]

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Newscan: How satellite helped create a state-of-the-art Emergency Services Network in the UK

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations How satellite helped create a state-of-the-art Emergency Services Network in the UK AT&T CFO: Fiber is a three-for-one revenue opportunity China’s surveillance state sucks up data. U.S. tech is key to sorting it. Will Biden’s new FCC end the digital divide? T-Mobile becomes first carrier to enable 988 […]

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Solving the chicken-and-egg equation with driverless cars

KPMG claims that autonomous vehicles are being held back by the need for infrastructure to support them. The consultancy and analyst firm’s Autonomous Vehicle Readiness index (AVRI) ranks the UK as the 9th most advanced connected and autonomous vehicle market in the world. The country is, nevertheless, within the top five countries for cyber-security. The 2020 […]

Jeff Johnson, CEO of Wester Fire Chiefs Association

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Public safety transitioning to LTE-based solutions, but PTT timetable still unclear, speakers say

Public-safety users are benefiting from the data-oriented capabilities enabled by LTE on trusted networks today and also will transition voice communications to the broadband platform, although the timetable for this change remains unclear, according to experts discussing the topic this week. Jeff Johnson, executive director of the Western Fire Chiefs Association and former vice chair […]

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Verizon explains exactly how it will make money from 5G

Verizon hosted a strategy session for investors this week, detailing its 5G network upgrade efforts and – perhaps more importantly – how it plans to make money from the construction of that network. In a response to questions from analysts on the topic, Verizon CFO Matthew Ellis said that the operator expects to recoup its […]

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Pininfarina Battista claims worldwide connectivity

Automobili Pininfarina’s Battista is claiming is claiming to be the world’s first BEV hypercar with worldwide connectivity. The luxury automaker has teamed up with Deutsche Telekom to offer Battista drivers access to online services in more than 50 countries around the globe. Every car will receive an embedded SIM and roaming technology. These components enable […]

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Nextivity: Dean Richmond highlights new offerings, previews IWCE’s In-Building Forum

Dean Richmond, senior director of marketing at Cel-Fi by Nextivity, discusses his company’s new in-building solutions, which include an offering that is designed to support FirstNet communications utilizing Band 14 700 MHz spectrum. Nextivity speakers will be featured during IWCE’s In-Building Forum, a virtual event being presented Nov. 18-19, in partnership with the Safer Buildings […]

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Ranplan Wireless: Jonathan Rowney outlines in-building challenges, opportunities in evolving market

Jonathan Rowney, the head of solutions engineering for the Americas at Ranplan Wireless, discusses some of the challenges and opportunities facing the in-building wireless industry today, particularly as it tries to ensure connectivity for both first responders and the citizens they help during times of emergency. Rowney is one of the expert speakers who […]

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Florida SLERS extension with L3Harris may be delayed until spring, state official says

Florida public-safety entities may not know the terms of a contract extension with L3Harris to continue operation of the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) until next spring, an official with the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) said today. Patrick Gillespie, DMS deputy secretary of business operations told board members of the Florida Joint […]

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Here are all the winners of the FCC’s $9.2 billion RDOF auction

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Kymeta announces commercial availability of u8 hybrid antenna, Kymeta Connect service

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Newscan: How satellite helped create a state-of-the-art Emergency Services Network in the UK

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Solving the chicken-and-egg equation with driverless cars

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Public safety transitioning to LTE-based solutions, but PTT timetable still unclear, speakers say

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Verizon explains exactly how it will make money from 5G

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Pininfarina Battista claims worldwide connectivity

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Nextivity: Dean Richmond highlights new offerings, previews IWCE’s In-Building Forum

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Ranplan Wireless: Jonathan Rowney outlines in-building challenges, opportunities in evolving market

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Florida SLERS extension with L3Harris may be delayed until spring, state official says

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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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Check out key takeaways from Disaster Management Symposium webinars, register to view archives

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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IWCE 2019 Wrap Up