Coverage/Interference

News

Bill to permanently reauthorize the FirstNet Authority reintroduced in the House

A bill that would permanently authorize the FirstNet Authority was reintroduced yesterday in the House of Representatives by Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Tex.) as the entity charged with building and maintaining a nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) awaits its FCC license renewal and a potential sunset in 2027. When Congress passed legislation that established the First […]

Partner content

Eurobites: Belgium’s Citymesh taps Nokia for drone-based emergency network

Belgian operator Citymesh is to use Nokia’s drone networks platform for a 5G-based emergency services system in what the Finnish vendor describes as a first-of-its-kind contract. Nokia will supply 70 of its “drone-in-a-box” units that will be deployed in 35 designated emergency zones across Belgium, gathering information in the critical 15-minute period immediately following an […]

Partner content

Ericsson targets U.S. military as its next big 5G customer

AUSTIN – Big 5G Event – Mike Murphy, Ericsson’s top technology executive in North America, said the 5G networking giant is eyeing a new potential customer: the US military. “There’s a lot of interest in the US government now for adopting 5G,” Murphy said during a keynote presentation here at Light Reading’s Big 5G Event. […]

Partner content

American 6G hopefuls start chasing government partnerships

AUSTIN – Big 5G Event – Officials for the Next G Alliance are suiting up for the next phase of their broad 6G strategy: engaging with US government officials. The association held a party in Washington, DC, last week to kick off the effort with regulators and lawmakers. Next, the alliance is hoping to set […]

News

Big 5G Event speakers outline 6G spectrum, business-case challenges in the wake of lagging 5G profits

AUSTIN—Telecom experts already are working to develop a 6G standard, but little tangible progress has been made as the industry wrestles with myriad challenges, including a lack of easily identifiable spectrum in the U.S. and whether a business model will emerge that is more profitable than 5G has been to date. These were just some […]

News

AT&T claims satellite-direct-to-phone deal with AST SpaceMobile in FCC waiver filing

AT&T told the FCC that it has agreed to have satellite-direct-to-phone company AST SpaceMobile provide supplemental-coverage-from-space (SCS) services to its subscribers and asked the FCC to approve waivers that allow AST to operate on leased spectrum from AT&T in the 700 MHz and 850 MHz bands. In a filing to the FCC made public today, […]

Partner content

Dallas restores core emergency-dispatch systems

Dallas officials on Monday said critical services have been restored following a widespread outage caused by last week’s ransomware attack. The Dallas Police Department and city’s websites are back online as of Sunday, Bill Zielinski, CIO for the City of Dallas, said during a city council public safety committee meeting. The city continues to recover and restore […]

Partner content

Globalstar hints at life after the iPhone

Globalstar’s top executive said the company is in “deal mode” now, and is working to drum up more business beyond its landmark agreement with Apple for the iPhone. “So stay tuned,” said Globalstar’s top executive Jay Monroe during his company’s recent quarterly conference call, according to a Seeking Alpha transcript. Globalstar has already made progress in […]

Partner content

Airbus-backed radar satellite planned for launch

Two companies are planning to launch a radar satellite into space, intended for security and observation applications. Called Carbsar, the mission is being developed by Surrey Satellite Technology and Oxford Space Systems. The project responds to the effective use of radar tech in the ongoing Ukraine conflict, currently used to monitor Russian movements, and is […]

News

Rogers Communications announces satellite-direct-to-phone deal with Lynk Global

Canada-based cellular carrier Rogers Communications recently announced a deal with Lynk Global to provide satellite-direct-to-phone service beginning next year that is designed to ensure that Rogers subscribers maintain communications throughout the country, even when they are outside terrestrial-network coverage. Lynk Global CEO Charles Miller said that his company has similar agreements with other carriers around […]

News

Bill to permanently reauthorize the FirstNet Authority reintroduced in the House

Partner content

Eurobites: Belgium’s Citymesh taps Nokia for drone-based emergency network

Partner content

Ericsson targets U.S. military as its next big 5G customer

Partner content

American 6G hopefuls start chasing government partnerships

News

Big 5G Event speakers outline 6G spectrum, business-case challenges in the wake of lagging 5G profits

News

AT&T claims satellite-direct-to-phone deal with AST SpaceMobile in FCC waiver filing

Partner content

Dallas restores core emergency-dispatch systems

Partner content

Globalstar hints at life after the iPhone

Partner content

Airbus-backed radar satellite planned for launch

News

Rogers Communications announces satellite-direct-to-phone deal with Lynk Global

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?

Video

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

Events

UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up