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China leading the pack in uncrackable quantum communications

After 5G, AI and space exploration, China has elbowed its way to the front of the pack in another key technology – quantum communications. It achieved a major breakthrough early this year with the world’s first satellite-to-earth quantum communication network. A University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) team carried out multi-user quantum key distribution, […]

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Federated Wireless hopes spectrum leasing catches on

Federated Wireless on Wednesday announced the availability of its new Spectrum Exchange, a product the company hopes might create a standardized approach to spectrum license leasing. Importantly, Frontier Communications has agreed to use the new exchange to potentially purchase 3.5GHz CBRS spectrum leases. The company was not among the dozens of entities that purchased CBRS spectrum […]

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IoT’s role in wildfire detection

In 2020, wildfires in California burned more than 4 million acres, killing 33 people. Already this year, wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres and claimed the lives of three people, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Across the United States, 58,950 wildfires burned 10 million acres in 2020, according […]

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Where e-SIMs meet cloud-based platforms

Connected and autonomous vehicles need a way to connect to a mobile network. Ericsson predicts that all the manufactured vehicles will be cellular-enabled by 2025, “leading to an enhanced driving experience made possible by innovative connected services, like assisted driving and better infotainment”. Being cellular-enabled will require the vehicles to have e-SIMS to connect them […]

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LA-RICS, Motorola Solutions agree to target acceptance of P25 system for October 2023

Officials for the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) and Motorola Solutions have agreed to set October 2023 as the target date for acceptance of the regional P25 system that initially was scheduled for completion in 2018. During a meeting of the LA-RICS Joint Powers Authority board conducted last week, LA-RICS Executive Director Scott […]

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Wi-Fiber: Adair Grover outlines uses of private wireless broadband for communities

Wi-Fiber CEO Adair Grover discusses the various use cases that municipalities and other entities can realize by implementing private wireless broadband within their jurisdictions. Not only can these private networks be deployed relatively quickly, but the ability to leverage LTE over CBRS spectrum means that the systems can support prioritization and quality-of-service functionalities that […]

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How the FCC’s ‘rip and replace’ program may help kill some small carriers

ORLANDO – Chris Townson is a NASCAR fan. He understands the strategies drivers use to get ahead. And he also knows the pitfalls that drivers may encounter as they race around the track. As Townson tells it, one big difficulty drivers face is deciding when to head to the pit stop. If they pit at […]

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Lynk Global: Margot Deckard explains company’s LEO satellite-to-phone tech, rollout plans

Lynk Mobile COO Margot Deckard describes how the company’s LEO satellite constellation is able to communicate directly with unmodified smartphones to fill outdoor coverage gaps for both first responders and the people they serve. Deckard also outlines the Lynk’s service roadmap, beginning with text-only services that are scheduled to launch next year to full […]

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O’Brien proposes clearing 50 MHz of LMR spectrum to support private-broadband services

Wireless entrepreneur Morgan O’Brien proposed that private-radio licensees should consider voluntarily pooling LMR airwaves below 1 GHz to create 50 MHz of spectrum dedicated to private broadband services, or they risk losing longtime enterprise customers to commercial carriers offering low-latency 5G services. During his keynote address delivered last week at the IWCE 2021 event in […]

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FirstNet buildout more than 95% complete, AT&T exec says

AT&T has completed more than 95% of its contracted buildout of the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) system on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum, according to an AT&T executive. Scott Agnew, AT&T’s assistant vice president for FirstNet products, provided the update during his keynote address last Thursday during the IWCE 2021 event in Las […]

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China leading the pack in uncrackable quantum communications

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Federated Wireless hopes spectrum leasing catches on

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IoT’s role in wildfire detection

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Where e-SIMs meet cloud-based platforms

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LA-RICS, Motorola Solutions agree to target acceptance of P25 system for October 2023

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Wi-Fiber: Adair Grover outlines uses of private wireless broadband for communities

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How the FCC’s ‘rip and replace’ program may help kill some small carriers

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Lynk Global: Margot Deckard explains company’s LEO satellite-to-phone tech, rollout plans

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O’Brien proposes clearing 50 MHz of LMR spectrum to support private-broadband services

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FirstNet buildout more than 95% complete, AT&T exec says

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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UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up