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Apple geolocation API exposes Wi-Fi access points worldwide

Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) can be used to map and track Wi-Fi access points (APs) around the globe. But in a presentation at Black Hat 2024, University of Maryland researcher Erik Rye will demonstrate how he mapped hundreds of millions of APs in a matter of days, without even needing an Apple device or any […]

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Apple could eclipse wireless operators’ satellite plans

Apple later this year will shift its satellite messaging strategy from emergency services to just regular services. The iPhone supplier will do so with the release of its iOS 18 software platform, scheduled to be available this fall. That update will immediately give casual, non-emergency satellite messaging services to a good chunk of the estimated 375 million […]

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Are utilities eyeing T-Mobile’s 800MHz spectrum?

Bluewater Wireless is selling its 600MHz spectrum to US utility companies. But so far the company isn’t finding much interest. That’s because the utilities are waiting to see what happens with T-Mobile’s 800MHz spectrum auction before they decide how to move forward with their plans for private wireless networking, according to a representative from Bluewater Wireless […]

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Anterix inks 900 MHz spectrum deal worth more than $102 million with Texas utility Oncor

Anterix recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Oncor Electric Delivery Company to sell the Texas utility 900 MHz spectrum licenses for total payments of $102.5 million, including $44 million that will be paid within the next 12 months. Chris Guttman-McCabe, the chief regulatory and communications officer for Anterix, said the Oncor deal […]

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FCC’s Rosenworcel hopes 4.9 GHz proceeding will be finished within ‘several months’

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel this week told members of the House subcommittee on communications and technology that she would like FCC commissioners to establish new rules for the 4.9 GHz spectrum band “within the next several months” but noted the flurry of recent filings in the proceeding. Rosenworcel (pictured above, from a previous hearing) provided […]

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FirstNet, AT&T face fire from federal inspector general

A series of new reports from the US Department of Commerce Office of the Inspector General (OIG) raises questions about FirstNet’s network for public safety users, which is managed by AT&T. FirstNet and AT&T have rejected many of the criticisms leveled in the reports, arguing that FirstNet users are receiving extensive and reliable wireless services. […]

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Mission accelerated: AST SpaceMobile’s CEO paints the big picture

The satellite industry is all about talking up the future. It can sound like bragging, but the executives in that business are always tasked with building a reputation for what they’re about to do tomorrow. To raise the kind of coin, cooperation and consideration necessary to put birds in space, you must deftly paint “the […]

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France readies public-safety broadband use during Olympics, prepares for nationwide transition in 2027

Public-safety broadband communications in France will be utilized—on a limited basis—later this month when the country hosts the Summer Olympics, with nationwide coverage scheduled to be operational by the end of the year and migration from an LMR system expected in 2027, according to a French official. Guillaume Lambert, deputy secretary general for France’s Ministry […]

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AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile point finger at ‘third-party’ for roaming outage

In the midst of peak summer travel, US mobile phone customers of AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon are struggling to connect due to an international roaming outage. The three service providers explained that a third-party roaming vendor is the common denominator for outages. Some travelers “reported being unable to make phone calls, send texts or use […]

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FirstNet Authority CEO sets ‘ubiquitous coverage’ goal, highlights other focus areas for NPSBN

FirstNet Executive Director and CEO Joe Wassel this week said that establishing ‘ubiquitous coverage’ for the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) is the organization’s new goal—and one that is “possible,” in part because of technological advances and recent financial commitments. Wassel made the proclamation during his keynote address to open 5×5: The Public Safety Innovation […]

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Apple geolocation API exposes Wi-Fi access points worldwide

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Apple could eclipse wireless operators’ satellite plans

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Are utilities eyeing T-Mobile’s 800MHz spectrum?

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Anterix inks 900 MHz spectrum deal worth more than $102 million with Texas utility Oncor

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FCC’s Rosenworcel hopes 4.9 GHz proceeding will be finished within ‘several months’

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FirstNet, AT&T face fire from federal inspector general

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Mission accelerated: AST SpaceMobile’s CEO paints the big picture

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France readies public-safety broadband use during Olympics, prepares for nationwide transition in 2027

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AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile point finger at ‘third-party’ for roaming outage

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FirstNet Authority CEO sets ‘ubiquitous coverage’ goal, highlights other focus areas for NPSBN

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?

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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