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Verizon official outlines potential 5G benefits for critical-communications users

Public safety and other critical-communications users should benefit significant from Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband, the millimeter-wave offering that promises to deliver unprecedented data speeds, low latencies, quality of service and security, according to an official for the nationwide carrier. John Harris, Verizon’s federal director of mobility solutions, said during his keynote address at IWCE Virtual […]

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CBRS spectrum auction maps: Who won what, and where

The FCC’s first big midband spectrum auction, Auction 105 for 3.5GHz CBRS licenses, ended last week – and now it’s time to sift through the results. The auction raised a total of $4.6 billion in bids, mainly from the likes of Verizon, Dish Network, Comcast and Charter Communications. Here is the list of the 20 biggest […]

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Using IoT for COVID-19 safety is a priority for many industrial firms

Safety has been a long-standing priority for industrial companies. With COVID-19, though, protecting workers has taken on new dimensions. In recent months, industrial organizations have enacted measures to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. In addition to requiring workers to wear masks and maintain at least six feet of distance when possible, they have […]

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FCC plans to vote on state-based 4.9 GHz proposal on Sept. 30, Chairman Pai says

FCC commissioners are scheduled to vote Sept. 30 on rules that would let states lease 4.9 GHz spectrum—50 MHz of which currently is designated for public-safety use—to “commercial entities, electric utilities and others,” according to a blog released yesterday by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. Pai outlined the proposal in his monthly blog previewing items on […]

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Verizon, Dish, Charter, Comcast: Here are the 20 biggest CBRS auction winners

As expected, Verizon spent the most money in the FCC’s recently concluded 3.5GHz midband spectrum auction. The action is no surprise: Light Reading reported more than a year ago that Verizon has been deploying antennas into its network that can support transmissions in the 3.5GHz CBRS band to add additional capacity to its 4G and 5G networks. Other big […]

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LTE ProSe direct-mode communications works with limited range, Samsung official says

Proximity Services (ProSe)—an LTE standard for direct-mode communications when network connectivity is not available—works today, but its range is limited to “maybe half a mile” because of the low power levels of LTE devices, according to a Samsung official. “ProSe is already available today,” Timothy Paul, senior sales manager for Samsung Electronics America, said during […]

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Rise Broadband vaults anti-China ‘rip and replace’ program’s Catch-22

Rise Broadband, the nation’s largest independent provider of fixed wireless Internet services in rural areas, said it plans to rip out ZTE’s equipment from its network – and will do so with its own cash. “By making this decision, Rise Broadband is taking the initiative,” the company explained in a recent FCC filing, noting that its […]

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Heath-care edge architecture poised to enhance digital-patient experience

Increasingly, health care organizations have recognized that edge architecture may fill gaps left by traditional data centers and cloud computing architecture. While cloud computing offers compute resources and flexibility for large data volumes, multitenant, centralized clouds bring data latency and data privacy problems. For industries such as health care, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) […]

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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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What the Trump?! President calls for a ‘national’ 5G network

One of the 51 items on President Trump’s re-election platform is to “win the race to 5G and establish a national high-speed wireless Internet network.” That goal is one of a handful of Trump’s “innovate for the future” agenda items. It sits next to going to Mars, cleaning international oceans and domestic air and drinking water, and […]

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