Coverage/Interference

News

UK regulator opens Motorola Solutions market investigation over roles in Airwave, ESN

Motorola Solutions could be subject to price controls on its highly profitable Airwave TETRA network serving public-safety users in the United Kingdom (UK) or be required to divest Airwave entirely as potential results of a new market investigation, the UK government’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced. CMA unveiled its investigation plans on Monday, when […]

Partner content

Lynk updates on testing, approvals for 5G from space

Startup Lynk said it has been testing its service across hundreds of phones per minute, and that it expects to soon receive regulatory approvals for its plans to offer cellular connections from space. The company also disclosed what will likely be its first commercial offering: ten-cent text messages in locations without cellular coverage. “Lynk is […]

Partner content

Private 5G networks start powering autonomous mining

Autonomous mining using 5G cellular technology and satellite Internet of Things (IoT) services is starting in markets around the world. One of Latin America’s first autonomous mining pilots is taking place in Colombia, enabled by an industrial-grade private 5G network from Nokia. Using cameras and sensors, machines can detonate dynamite in the pit of the […]

Partner content

U.S. military spearheads private 5G for California first responders

The US Department of Defense (DoD) is backing a new offering for first responders in California, including the California National Guard, that will allow them to instantly create a private wireless 5G network wherever and whenever they need it. Broadly, the effort reflects growing interest in the ability for government agencies, enterprises and others to build their […]

Partner content

Netflix shows why telcos should fear AWS

Netflix, jetting along on Squid Game success, now has nearly 214 million customers within its planet-encircling tentacles. Telcos that pipe Netflix content to homes are suddenly jealous, even suggesting Netflix should pay them for transport (net neutrality, here we go again). The Internet firm’s trajectory is certainly enviable – its share price has more than quintupled in five years […]

News

FirstNet tops 2.8 million connections, 18,500 agencies after best quarter ever, AT&T says

Public safety adopted FirstNet at its highest rate ever during the third quarter, resulting in the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) providing more than 2.8 million connections to more than 18,500 agencies at the end of September, FirstNet contractor AT&T announced today. Jeff McElfresh, CEO of AT&T Communications, noted the growth in FirstNet subscriptions as […]

News

Verizon emphasizes need for interoperability, resiliency in first-responder communications

Industry and public safety have worked together to address many of the communications issues that plagued first responders during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, but the introduction of new digital capabilities make the interoperability discussion more important than ever, according to a Verizon official. Nick Nilan, Verizon’s director of federal civilian accounts, reflected briefly […]

Partner content

Stratosphere emerging as the next big Internet battleground

Amid a dramatic rise in air travel as pandemic restrictions recede, a growing number of companies are hoping to sell high-speed Internet connections to all those airborne Web surfers. Concurrently, other companies are hoping to beam Internet connections into hard-to-reach areas on the ground from various aircraft in those same altitudes. The developments are noteworthy considering Internet […]

Partner content

AI at the edge for enterprises

Enterprises are eager to use intelligent artificial intelligence (AI) chips to bring data analytics workloads down to the edge of IoT networks. In four years, the size of the market for edge AI chips is set to surpass the equivalent for cloud architectures, reaching $12.2 billion against $11.1 billion for the cloud, according to ABI […]

News

UK plans to start public-safety ‘mass transition’ from Airwave to ESN in first half of 2024

United Kingdom (UK) public-safety agencies are scheduled to begin switching mission-critical voice communications from the Airwave TETRA radio system to the LTE-based Emergency Services Network (ESN) during the first half of 2024, with complete ESN migration expected in 2026, according to a Home Office official. ESN Programme Director John Black shared the timetable while updating […]

News

UK regulator opens Motorola Solutions market investigation over roles in Airwave, ESN

Partner content

Lynk updates on testing, approvals for 5G from space

Partner content

Private 5G networks start powering autonomous mining

Partner content

U.S. military spearheads private 5G for California first responders

Partner content

Netflix shows why telcos should fear AWS

News

FirstNet tops 2.8 million connections, 18,500 agencies after best quarter ever, AT&T says

News

Verizon emphasizes need for interoperability, resiliency in first-responder communications

Partner content

Stratosphere emerging as the next big Internet battleground

Partner content

AI at the edge for enterprises

News

UK plans to start public-safety ‘mass transition’ from Airwave to ESN in first half of 2024

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