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2G, not 5G, best bet to accelerate driverless tech

Making our existing cars more ‘clever’ could be a better way of getting autonomous cars safely on our streets rather than relying on 5G connectivity. That’s the view of Dr Ramsey Faragher founder and CEO of FocalPoint and a Fellow of Queens’ College, Cambridge, who argues a 2G connection is ample when the car’s sensor […]

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AT&T announces MCPTT-based FirstNet PTT, certifications for HPUE products from Assured Wireless

AT&T today announced FirstNet Push-to-Talk (FirstNet PTT), a solution based on the 3GPP’s mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard that is available to public safety nationwide for $10 per month and that two high-power user equipment (HPUE) products from Assured Wireless have been certified for FirstNet use. “FirstNet PTT is designed to enable public safety to use their […]

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AT&T introduces ‘free smartphone for life’ program with some agency-paid FirstNet subscriptions

Public-safety agencies subscribing to FirstNet on certain two-year contracts will be able to provide their users with FirstNet Ready smartphones for free and upgrade them at no cost “for life,” as long as the agency-paid FirstNet subscription is maintained, AT&T announced today. “First responders deserve a dedicated communications partner that can provide the tools they […]

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Podcast: Ryan Poltermann outlines considerations, resources for disinfecting communications devices

Ryan Poltermann, innovation acrchitect at Commdex Consulting and vice chair of NPSTC’s LMR/LTE Integration and Interoperability Working Group, discusses measures that public safety can take to disinfect LMR radios and smart devices to reduce the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus, particularly through equipment that may be shared within an agency. Poltermann has compiled […]

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COVID-19 crisis challenging public-safety communications on many levels, speakers say

In addition to a multitude of well-chronicled policy, staffing and supply challenges facing the health-care sector amid the COVID-19 crisis, the outbreak is forcing agencies to consider atypical measures to ensure the health of public-safety communications systems and the people who support them. “Business as usual … kind of ceases to exist,” Greg Rubin, communications […]

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Behind the numbers: How COVID-19 could change the US telecom industry

As much of the US settles into a “new normal” that includes spending a lot of time on the Internet to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus, the nation’s telecom operators are recording new traffic records almost every day. Importantly, all that traffic may have significant implications – including financial implications – for a wide range […]

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Coronavirus is a wake-up call. Are you listening?

The ancient philosopher Heraclitus once opined that the only constant in life is change. But there is another one that impacts every city and county organization and the officials who manage them—sooner or later a natural or man-made event is going to wreak havoc with your organization’s operations. In some cases those operations will come […]

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OneWeb reportedly heads into bankruptcy and SpaceX might be next

OneWeb – one of several companies hoping to sell Internet connections from space – could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as soon as Friday, according to a report in the Financial Times. The report follows a similar one from Bloomberg on March 19 warning that OneWeb executives were contemplating bankruptcy. OneWeb itself confirmed last week it had conducted […]

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$30B in new federal education funding could help US wireless industry

The $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Recovery and Economic Security (CARES) Act could offset some of the economic pain the pandemic is causing for the nation’s telecom and wireless carriers. After all, analysts are predicting significant reductions in sales of wireless services due to the spread of the virus. In response, lobbyists for AT&T and Verizon have reportedly asked Congress […]

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NTT, Toyota in $1.8B smart-city tie-up

NTT and auto giant Toyota have struck a deal to develop smart-city technologies and to also jointly invest in each other. They two companies will invest a total of 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in each other, with Toyota to take a 2.07% stake in the telco and NTT to acquire 0.9% of the automaker. […]

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2G, not 5G, best bet to accelerate driverless tech

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AT&T announces MCPTT-based FirstNet PTT, certifications for HPUE products from Assured Wireless

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AT&T introduces ‘free smartphone for life’ program with some agency-paid FirstNet subscriptions

Audio

Podcast: Ryan Poltermann outlines considerations, resources for disinfecting communications devices

News

COVID-19 crisis challenging public-safety communications on many levels, speakers say

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Behind the numbers: How COVID-19 could change the US telecom industry

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Coronavirus is a wake-up call. Are you listening?

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OneWeb reportedly heads into bankruptcy and SpaceX might be next

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$30B in new federal education funding could help US wireless industry

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NTT, Toyota in $1.8B smart-city tie-up

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