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Is network slicing toast?

Ericsson and pals are still desperately trying to present network slicing as the best thing since another famous sliced innovation that took breadknives out of the toast-making routine and is far easier for the average punter to digest. It’s a $200 billion sales opportunity for telcos, cooed executives from the Swedish equipment maker on a […]

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7 IoT devices that make security pros cringe

In cybersecurity, if it isn’t one thing, it’s another 14.4 billion things that’ll get ya. That’s about how many Internet of Things (IoT) devices will proliferate globally by the end of the year, according to some analyst estimates. As a body, this is arguably one of the most rapidly spreading and poorly secured threat surfaces […]

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T-Mobile: AT&T’s FirstNet ‘has not fulfilled all of its promises’

T-Mobile is looking to land some punches on AT&T’s burgeoning public-safety business by calling in the ref. The company told the FCC that it should require FirstNet to disclose details about its ongoing relationship with AT&T. T-Mobile also told the commission that it should make clear that “FirstNet must provide interoperability that ensures all public […]

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FCC auction authority extended to Dec. 16, NG911 funding fate unknown

As expected, President Joe Biden on Friday signed the continuing resolution bill passed by Congress that averted a federal-government shutdown and extended the FCC’s authority to conduct spectrum auction until Dec. 16, potentially leaving an opportunity for next-generation 911 (NG911) funding to be attached to a lengthier extension. House members voted 230-201 on Friday to […]

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LMR licensing activity shows slight increase in third quarter

LMR licensing activity continued to increase slightly in both the public-safety and business/industrial arenas during the third quarter, setting the stage for 2022 to be the first year in which both sectors register LMR licensing increases in a decade—albeit at much lower levels than 10 years ago. Figures in the FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS) […]

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Newscan: What cell-service, Internet providers are doing to reconnect people after Hurricane Ian

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations What cell-service and Internet providers are doing to reconnect people after Hurricane Ian Verizon’s Response Team launches tethered drone to restore communications to Sanibel Island Hackers leak 500 GB trove of data stolen in Los Angeles school district ransomware attack FCC union backs Gigi Sohn for FCC seat […]

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Microsoft aims to dislodge AWS as ‘preferred provider’ to telcos

Two years ago, Microsoft did something that left executives at Ericsson and Nokia sweating like soldiers before battle. Within the space of a few weeks, Seattle’s biggest export besides coffee had bought two small but irksome rivals to the Nordic vendors in the market for core network software. The takeovers of Affirmed Networks and Metaswitch […]

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Cars unlikely to become more computer than transport

The automobile industry wouldn’t be as sprawling and as massive as it is today without effective marketing hype. Recently, advances in ADAS technology have some individuals in, and adjacent to, the industry saying that vehicle “brains” will approach, or even match, the status of supercomputers. Let’s take a quick glance at this myth before delving […]

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Reshaping the threat landscape: Deepfake cyberattacks are here

Malicious campaigns involving the use of deepfake technologies are a lot closer than many might assume. Furthermore, mitigation and detection of them are hard. A new study of the use and abuse of deepfakes by cybercriminals shows that all the needed elements for widespread use of the technology are in place and readily available in […]

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Cities need to look at total picture when buying technology

Procurement teams need to take a holistic approach when acquiring technology, says Bill Campbell, senior vice president of North America at Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial Division. Hexagon offers a variety of digital reality solutions. Its products combine sensor, software and autonomous technologies. The firm puts data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety […]

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Is network slicing toast?

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7 IoT devices that make security pros cringe

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T-Mobile: AT&T’s FirstNet ‘has not fulfilled all of its promises’

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FCC auction authority extended to Dec. 16, NG911 funding fate unknown

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LMR licensing activity shows slight increase in third quarter

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Newscan: What cell-service, Internet providers are doing to reconnect people after Hurricane Ian

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Microsoft aims to dislodge AWS as ‘preferred provider’ to telcos

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Cars unlikely to become more computer than transport

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Reshaping the threat landscape: Deepfake cyberattacks are here

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Cities need to look at total picture when buying technology

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