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Broadband bills in Congress would address BEAD mapping, taxes and supply chain

The US Congress has introduced several bills in recent months that would impact the rollout and implementation of the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. The most recent example is a bill introduced on Friday (March 31) by Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and John Thune (R-SD) entitled the Accurate Map for Broadband […]

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Verizon officials highlight role of 5G tech for responders during IWCE keynote

LAS VEGAS—As the public-safety sector continues to expand its use of data-intensive applications, developments in 5G can provide the low-latency, high-bandwidth connectivity to meet these needs, Verizon officials said yesterday during a keynote address at IWCE 2023. Bryan Schromsky, managing partner for Verizon’s public-sector unit, noted that the carrier plans to complete its deployment of […]

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Rescue 42 launches miniCRD deployable for FirstNet

Rescue 42 yesterday announced the launch of its miniCRD (mCRD) for FirstNet, which provides much of the functionality of the company’s Compact Rapid Deployable at a much lower cost.and in an even more portable form factor—two ruggedized cases that are about the size of checked luggage. Rescue 42 CEO Tim O’Connell said the mCRD (pictured […]

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UK competition watchdog delays Airwave-Motorola Solutions ruling until April

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK today announced that it plans to issue its final decision in April as part of an investigation of the Airwave TETRA network—a ruling that could investigation that could cost Motorola Solutions more than $1 billion in projected revenue during the next several years. CMA made the […]

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AT&T claims LTE coverage edge, FirstNet build more than 99% done

AT&T claims a 250,000-square-mile coverage advantage and that the planned five-year deployment of the FirstNet public-safety broadband network operating on the 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to the FirstNet Authority is more than 99% complete as a contractual deadline approaches this week. AT&T—the contractor responsible for building and maintaining the FirstNet public-safety broadband system—made […]

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Verizon Frontline supports U.S. Forest Service efforts against wildfires

Verizon Frontline increased its support of entities responding to wildland fires during 2022, particularly the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), which accounted for more than half of this activity by the carrier’s Crisis Response Team, according to the carrier. Cory Davis, Verizon’s assistant vice president for public safety, said that Verizon Frontline provided communications support to […]

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SES: JP Hemingway on satellites’ role in the digital divide, D2D and disasters

WASHINGTON – At last week’s Satellite 2023 show, one of the topics on everyone’s mind was the future of direct-to-device (D2D) communications. But at least one global satellite operator, SES, is taking a wait-and-see approach. “We’re watching that space really carefully. We’re not active in it today,” said SES Chief Strategy Officer JP Hemingway in a […]

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ADRF: Sun Kim discusses company’s new hybrid in-building wireless solution

Sun Kim, ADRF’s director of product engineering, talks about the FiRe-78-8-U, the company’s channelized 700/800 MHz repeater with a built-in and fiber DAS head end in a single unit. Each unit has been certified as meeting the UL 2524, second edition, standard and supports as many as 8 remote units. IWCE attendees can learn […]

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U.S. cell towers and small cells: By the numbers

The Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) recently published perhaps the most definitive look at the wireless infrastructure landscape in the US, showing 142,100 cell towers and 452,200 outdoor small cell nodes across the country at the end of last year. Because WIA’s report segments infrastructure by type, it offers a clearer picture of the 5G marketplace […]

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Verizon, NTT among service providers narrowing private 5G focus

While private 5G network hype hasn’t slowed down, service providers are starting to narrow their focus as some enterprise verticals are easier to enter than others. For example, manufacturing is frequently touted as a use case for private 5G, but Omdia analysts have said manufacturing is historically slower to adopt new technology. “The verticals where companies are […]

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Broadband bills in Congress would address BEAD mapping, taxes and supply chain

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Verizon officials highlight role of 5G tech for responders during IWCE keynote

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Rescue 42 launches miniCRD deployable for FirstNet

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UK competition watchdog delays Airwave-Motorola Solutions ruling until April

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AT&T claims LTE coverage edge, FirstNet build more than 99% done

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Verizon Frontline supports U.S. Forest Service efforts against wildfires

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SES: JP Hemingway on satellites’ role in the digital divide, D2D and disasters

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ADRF: Sun Kim discusses company’s new hybrid in-building wireless solution

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U.S. cell towers and small cells: By the numbers

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Verizon, NTT among service providers narrowing private 5G focus

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

Countdown to IWCE 2024: Your Last-Minute Guide

FirstNet Authority reauthorization needed as public-safety-driven network evolution proceeds

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IWCE 2019 Wrap Up