Critical Infrastructure

Here’s the 5G glossary apparently every American is apparently going to need

T-Mobile on Thursday introduced the market’s newest 5G moniker: “Ultra Capacity.” The label will stew alongside “5G Ultra Wideband,” “Extended Range 5G,” “5G+,” “5Ge,” “5GTF,” “5G Nationwide” and plain-old “5G” in the US wireless industry, ensuring that if American mobile customers aren’t confused yet, it’s only a matter of time before they’re hopelessly bewildered by […]

FirstNet Authority board approves additional investments into 5G network core

FirstNet board members this week unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the FirstNet Authority staff to obligate reinvestment funds from AT&T to pay operations and maintenance costs associated with upgrading the FirstNet core to 5G during 2021 and in future years. FirstNet Authority CEO Ed Parkinson said the measure—Resolution 108—will help the organization ensure that FirstNet […]

Initiative envisions blockchain’s role in electric-vehicle charging infrastructure

The Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) has launched a global standard for blockchain-based electric vehicle grid integration. This standard that lays out a range of new technical design specifications relating to vehicle-t- grid Integration (V2G), tokenized carbon credits (TCC) and peer-to-peer (P2P) applications. It was created by its working group made up of Honda and […]

Retired fire chief highlights Florida city’s current use of FirstNet, future possibilities

Reliable broadband service from FirstNet already is impacting operations for public-safety agencies and other departments in Gainesville, Fla., but the technological evolution is still in the early stages, according to Jeff Lane, this year’s recipient of the FirstNet Authority’s Harlin McEwen Award. Lane, who recently retired as Gainesville’s fire chief after a 38-year career, said […]
Verizon

Verizon turns to Motorola Solutions for second MCPTT offering with video, interoperability option

Verizon this week announced Group First Response, the carrier’s second mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) offering and the first one that leverages Motorola Solutions’ Kodiak MCPTT platform that includes 3GPP-compliant MCVideo and the ability to interoperate with LMR systems via the Critical Connect solution. Nick Nilan, Verizon’s director of public-safety product development, said that public-safety customers have expressed […]
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