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IoT satellite-connectivity platform enables early wildfire detection

Wildfire detection technology company Dryad Networks has introduced the next generation of its Silvanet solution which features industry-first direct-to-satellite connectivity.  Silvanet provides ultra-early detection of wildfires, as well as health and growth monitoring of forests, using solar-powered gas sensors deployed in a large-scale IoT sensor network. Dryad showcased its smart sensor technology earlier this year at […]

AT&T official updates satellite-direct-to-device progress, challenges

Satellite-direct-to-device technology can work and potentially will be “revolutionary” for public-safety communications, but several questions still need to be answered through testing that will be conducted next year and into the future, according to a member of AT&T’s FirstNet team. Mohammad Baig, AT&T’s lead market development manager for FirstNet, said the satellite-direct-to-device technology could solve […]

Fighting fires with emerging technologies

For many years, spotting wildfires relied almost exclusively on humans on top of towers. Wildfire detection systems employing Artificial Intelligence (AI) represent a significant advancement in disaster management technology, offering the potential to save lives, protect property and preserve natural ecosystems through timely and accurate detection and response. AI-based wildfire detection systems leverage advanced technologies, […]

AT&T, Verizon challenge SpaceX, T-Mobile’s direct-to-cell service

AT&T and Verizon have a bone to pick with SpaceX and T-Mobile’s direct-to-cellular service. Verizon and AT&T have expressed concern that the direct-to-cell service could negatively impact their own mobile broadband networks, reported The Verge. SpaceX plans to launch a direct-to-cell service with T-Mobile commercially in the US this fall, reported Light Reading’s Mike Dano in May. The […]

Nokia, Swisscom to deploy 300-unit drone network for safety, industrial use

Nokia and Swisscom Broadcast have teamed to deploy the largest drones-as-a-service network with 300 drone-in-a-box units in Switzerland.  The project will support Switzerland’s public safety and Industry 4.0 efforts while highlighting Nokia’s expertise in modernizing digital infrastructure. It will leverage mission-critical industrial edge computing with 3GPP technologies to enable beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) autonomous operations, according to […]

France readies public-safety broadband use during Olympics, prepares for nationwide transition in 2027

Public-safety broadband communications in France will be utilized—on a limited basis—later this month when the country hosts the Summer Olympics, with nationwide coverage scheduled to be operational by the end of the year and migration from an LMR system expected in 2027, according to a French official. Guillaume Lambert, deputy secretary general for France’s Ministry […]

FirstNet Authority CEO sets ‘ubiquitous coverage’ goal, highlights other focus areas for NPSBN

FirstNet Executive Director and CEO Joe Wassel this week said that establishing ‘ubiquitous coverage’ for the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) is the organization’s new goal—and one that is “possible,” in part because of technological advances and recent financial commitments. Wassel made the proclamation during his keynote address to open 5×5: The Public Safety Innovation […]
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