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Broadband priorities for outgoing and incoming Congress

As the year starts drawing to a close, so does the tenure of the 117th Congress. That body, under President Biden, passed $65 billion in broadband funding in the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA), plus billions more for broadband in the American Rescue Plan and Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. With that funding in […]

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Former Hytera director pleads guilty to conspiracy charge to steal Motorola DMR trade secrets, says exec knew

A key former Hytera Communications director has entered a guilty plea to criminal charges of conspiring to steal trade secrets from Motorola Solutions that enabled Hytera to accelerate the development of its profitable DMR product line—allegedly at the behest of a top executive at the China-based LMR manufacturer. Gee Siong (G.S.) Kok—Hytera Communications’ former director […]

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Bosch, Mercedes launch commercial automated-valet parking service

Bosch and Mercedes have received commercial approval to introduce automated valet parking in Germany. The autonomous driving system will operate at Stuttgart Airport’s P6 garage, where it will park – and return – cars without any input from a human driver. The service is the world’s first highly automated driverless Level 4 parking function – as defined by the Society of Automotive […]

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Renault looks to commercial vehicles to lead hydrogen charge

Commercial vehicles are the most likely champions of future hydrogen fueled powertrains where the BEV’s range and charging issues are too challenging. That’s the view of Guido Haak, Renault’s executive vice-president of its Advanced Product and Planning Group. TU-Automotive caught up with Haak at the Paris Motor Show 2022 to hear that Renault is not placing all […]

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NY Power Authority uses AI to enhance drone inspection program

The adoption artificial intelligence (AI) over the last few years in the public sector is changing the way many departments operate. In New York, for example, the state’s power authority is finding success by pairing AI with its in-house drone inspection program, which officials say allows “transmission lines to be more quickly and thoroughly evaluated […]

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After exploring ‘opt-out’ decision in 2017, New Hampshire’s Stevens wins FirstNet Authority award

Last month, the FirstNet Authority named John Stevens as this year’s recipient of the Harlin R. McEwen Public Safety Broadband Communications Award recognizing an individual “who has displayed remarkable leadership or made significant contributions in the field of public-safety broadband communications.” As New Hampshire’s longtime statewide interoperability coordinator, Stevens (pictured above, right, with FirstNet Authority […]

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Falling telco energy use at odds with the victim narrative

Energy consumption should be a decent proxy for telco operating cost trends. Before the war in Ukraine, it accounted for only about 5% of total expenses at an average telco, which spends far more on its staff (representing about a quarter of costs). But even the most economically phrased text message needs electricity to leap […]

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Xcom’s promise to Globalstar: To make ’10 MHz of spectrum look like 50 MHz’

Xcom – a relatively low-profile startup fronted by the son of Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs – has mostly been touting its short-range virtual reality technology in recent months. But the company’s CEO, Paul Jacobs, appeared during Globalstar’s recent investor day to make a compelling prediction: “Paul asserts his company can make 10 MHz of spectrum look like […]

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Is 5G C-V2X really paving the road to autonomy?

At AutoTech Europe, TU-Automotive took a step back to look back at last year’s conference in which it was claimed that 5G C-V2X is paving the way for fully autonomous vehicles. Key to the discussion is whether 5G as well as 5G C-V2X are sufficient for creating a fully autonomous vehicle future. Niels Peter Skov Andersen, chair […]

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Newscan: A peek inside the FBI’s unprecedented January 6 geofence dragnet

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations A peek inside the FBI’s unprecedented January 6 geofence dragnet Will electric-vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure be ready for cyberattacks? Chinese police are searching phones for Instagram, Twitter and Telegram as protests mount Satellite constellations could harm the environment, new watchdog report says FCC bans telecom and video-surveillance gear […]

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Broadband priorities for outgoing and incoming Congress

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Former Hytera director pleads guilty to conspiracy charge to steal Motorola DMR trade secrets, says exec knew

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Bosch, Mercedes launch commercial automated-valet parking service

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Renault looks to commercial vehicles to lead hydrogen charge

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NY Power Authority uses AI to enhance drone inspection program

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After exploring ‘opt-out’ decision in 2017, New Hampshire’s Stevens wins FirstNet Authority award

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Falling telco energy use at odds with the victim narrative

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Xcom’s promise to Globalstar: To make ’10 MHz of spectrum look like 50 MHz’

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Is 5G C-V2X really paving the road to autonomy?

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Newscan: A peek inside the FBI’s unprecedented January 6 geofence dragnet

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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