Critical Infrastructure

Logica, CMG merger completed

LogicaCMG plc announced Monday that the merger between Logica plc and CMG plc is now complete. Logica plc has been re-named LogicaCMG plc. Based in London,

Wireless aiding chip sales

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said Monday that Global semiconductor sales reached $12.68 billion in November 2002, a 1.3 percent sequential

Somera Communications adds E9-1-1 implementation capability with acquisition of Compass Telecom

Somera Communications, Santa Barbara, Calif., has acquired Compass Telecom in a transaction worth $20 million. Atlanta-based Compass provides outsourced

American Tower reaffirms financial projections; denies bankruptcy rumors

American Tower, whose shares have been on a slide since hitting their 52-week high of $16.30 a year ago, took steps to reassure investors by reaffirming

FCC voids AT&T Wireless’ $2 million fine but gets the money anyway; carrier commits to deployment schedule

Maybe it’s a subtle difference, but apparently it’s worth something when a company issued a fine by the FCC makes a voluntary contribution to the U.S.

Crown Castle to lay off 250, restructure management

Crown Castle International, Houston, is restructuring its U.S. business to “flatten its organizational structure to better align with customer demand,”

Sprint claims lead in E911 implementation

Sprint, an Overland Park, Kan.-based long-distance and wireless telephone carrier with what it says is the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS

Small Business in Telecommunications picks St. Louis for national fall conference

Small Business in Telecommunications, a Washington-based membership organization, will conduct its national fall conference Oct. 23–25 at the Millennium

News

FCC opens some highway frequencies for general public safety use

The FCC has deleted a regulation previously attached to some public safety radio communications frequencies that reserved their use only by highway maintenance.

Logica, CMG merger completed

Wireless aiding chip sales

Somera Communications adds E9-1-1 implementation capability with acquisition of Compass Telecom

American Tower reaffirms financial projections; denies bankruptcy rumors

FCC voids AT&T Wireless’ $2 million fine but gets the money anyway; carrier commits to deployment schedule

Crown Castle to lay off 250, restructure management

Sprint claims lead in E911 implementation

Small Business in Telecommunications picks St. Louis for national fall conference

News

FCC opens some highway frequencies for general public safety use

Commentary

LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command

Partnership and collaboration must be the foundation for emergency communications

FirstNet success means no hypothetical ‘shots’ need to be fired, Swenson says

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Research claims driverless tech still too easy to trick dlvr.it/SWMDts

Coalition expresses urgent need to NG911 funding, wants more than proposed $10 billion dlvr.it/SWL5VW

APCO releases NG911 guide, quickly clarifies stance on NENA’s i3 standard dlvr.it/SWKcCY

10 malicious code packages slither into PyPI registry dlvr.it/SWKHxl

Verizon Frontline deploys 1,000 connectivity services for nationwide wildfire response efforts dlvr.it/SWKGpW

Newscan: Verizon counts 5.1 million first-responder subs; AT&T has 3.7 million dlvr.it/SW84Gv

Taiwan crisis another blow to the supply chain dlvr.it/SW7GSs

Motorola Solutions seeks contempt finding, global injunction against Hytera for not paying royalty dlvr.it/SW6Ldm