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2.5 GHz spectrum auction ends with just $428 million in bids

The FCC’s latest auction of midband spectrum ended after more than 70 rounds of bidding. However, the event generated winning bids of $428 million, an amount far below most analysts’ expectations. T-Mobile is expected to walk away with the bulk of the licenses up for grabs in the auction. However, the FCC has not yet […]

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Did Elon Musk just upstage Tim Cook’s big iPhone 14 surprise?

The world’s richest human being – Elon Musk, worth an estimated $265 billion – yesterday said he plans to start launching new satellites next year that can connect directly to existing mobile phones on Earth. Separately, the world’s most valuable company – Apple, with a market cap of $2.7 trillion – is widely expected to introduce a new iPhone next month that can […]

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Thousands of organizations remain at risk from zero-click IP camera bug

Some 2,300 organizations worldwide — many of them in the United States — remain at risk of major compromise via a known critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Hikvision IP video cameras that was disclosed last year. The bug (CVE-2021-36260) is a command injection vulnerability that is present in the Web server of several Hikvision […]

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Europe working on cross-border 5G for driverless vehicles

There are an increasing number of European Union projects working on making 5G feasible to operate connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) across international and national borders. However, standardized connectivity and roaming charges remain as being among the greatest potential challenges in some markets. These issues could present themselves as being obstacles to the proper, efficient […]

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T-Mobile, SpaceX unveil plans to ‘end dead zones’ and ‘save lives’ with satellite-direct-to-phone tech

T-Mobile yesterday announced plans to leverage SpaceX low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites deliver a lower-bandwidth service to existing cellular devices that is designed to eliminate most outdoor coverage gaps and provide a redundant path to deliver calls when terrestrial networks are incapacitated by a natural disaster. “This partnership has a vision that is the end of mobile […]

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From Ligado to Verizon to Dish, spectrum conflicts continue brewing

The FCC and other US government agencies are working feverishly to coordinate their spectrum agendas in the wake of a very public battle between the wireless industry and the airline industry over 5G. But it’s clear the efforts haven’t stopped spectrum disagreements. The latest dustup involves ongoing concerns that Ligado Networks’ planned wireless network will […]

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Newscan: Senators make last-minute attempt to quash FCC’s Ligado spectrum ruling

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Senators make last-minute attempt to quash FCC’s Ligado spectrum ruling Senators again push FCC to reverse its Ligado spectrum decision Dish sets sights on high-power CBRS tests Electric utilities around the U.S. are running out of transformers Omnispace aims to connect 5G mobile phones to satellite network A […]

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Funding fiber broadband: The path to growing communities

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) presents communities with the ability to build broadband infrastructure that has been shown to deliver substantial and long-lasting economic benefits by creating jobs and attracting businesses as well as improving the quality of life for the people who live there. Local leaders need to be proactive and engaged […]

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FirstNet Authority board approves FY 2023 budget of $358 million

FirstNet Authority board members yesterday approved a $358 million budget for fiscal year 2023, with more than half of the money being allocated to investments that would be designed to enhance the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) being built by AT&T. As in past years, the FirstNet Authority budget for fiscal year 2023—beginning on Oct. […]

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Intelsat, OneWeb team on in-flight connectivity

UK-government backed OneWeb and US-based Intelsat are joining forces to offer in-flight connectivity services to airlines, combining the former’s low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite service with the latter’s geostationary (GEO) satellites to “harness the power of multi-orbit capabilities.” The companies said they expect the multi-orbit solution to be in service by 2024. Inflight connectivity is certainly an […]

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2.5 GHz spectrum auction ends with just $428 million in bids

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Did Elon Musk just upstage Tim Cook’s big iPhone 14 surprise?

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Thousands of organizations remain at risk from zero-click IP camera bug

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Europe working on cross-border 5G for driverless vehicles

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T-Mobile, SpaceX unveil plans to ‘end dead zones’ and ‘save lives’ with satellite-direct-to-phone tech

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From Ligado to Verizon to Dish, spectrum conflicts continue brewing

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Newscan: Senators make last-minute attempt to quash FCC’s Ligado spectrum ruling

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Funding fiber broadband: The path to growing communities

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FirstNet Authority board approves FY 2023 budget of $358 million

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Intelsat, OneWeb team on in-flight connectivity

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

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UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up