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Newscan: Hurricane Ida takes out over half of all cell towers in its path in Louisiana

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Hurricane Ida takes out over half of all cell towers in its path in Louisiana Flock Safety gives police expanded vehicle-location abilities FTC bans spyware maker SpyFone and orders it to notify hacked victims Federal agencies to increase facial-recognition use, GAO finds AT&T: Delay in 3G sunset would […]

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SpaceX has shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals

Starlink, SpaceX’s low Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite broadband service, has reached a deployment milestone with word this week that the company has shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced the milestone Monday on Twitter, adding that Starlink now serves parts of 14 countries. “Our license applications are pending in many more countries. Hoping to […]

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Polaris Wireless claims first end-to-end 911 solution with vertical location through collaboration with Qualcomm

Polaris Wireless announced that its vertical-location (Z-axis) information can be delivered to carriers for 911 purposes by users of non-iOS and non-Android phones through a collaboration with Qualcomm—a deal that is expected to make the first end-to-end 911 solution with Z-axis location commercially available early next year. Polaris Wireless CEO and founder Manlio Allegra noted […]

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NextNav optimistic about Z-axis location technology deployment in coming months

Vertical-location, or Z-axis, technology is beginning to gain momentum for both first-responder and 911 applications, as well as attracting increasing attention from the commercial marketplace, according to an official from NextNav, a provider of Z-axis solutions. In January, FirstNet announced the availability of Z-axis information via technology from NextNav and its partner Intrepid that is […]

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Lynk begins operation of next-gen LEO satellite, plans to offer service in 2022

Lynk Global today announced that its newly designed low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite is beginning operation in a key step toward the company beginning direct satellite-to-mobile-phone service next year—and broadband services by 2025—that could bolster first-response communications in the future. Lynk co-founder and CEO Charles Miller reiterated company plans to launch at least two more satellites this […]

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T-Mobile’s 5G to connect drivers with remote-controlled cars in Vegas

T-Mobile said its speedy 5G network will underpin a new commercial service launching later this year that will feature motorists remotely piloting driverless cars around Las Vegas. The offering may help to shed light on two critical elements still mostly missing in the global telecom industry’s ongoing shift to 5G: How the technology might support […]

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FCC releases order addressing diversion of 911 fees

State and local entities that use revenues from 911 fees for purposes that do not directly support 911 will be identified and risk losing access to federal 911 funding, according to the FCC’s report and order addressing the issue of 911 fee diversion that was required by Congress. Released yesterday, the order fulfills an FCC […]

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Satellites may be the secret ingredient to Charlie Ergen’s 5G recipe

Billionaire Charlie Ergen owns a majority of the voting shares of both EchoStar and Dish Network. One company is working to deliver 5G in the US via a network of cell towers on the ground. The other is working to deliver 5G globally via a network of satellites in space. Together, the two companies own […]

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Nokia, Motorola Solutions announce utility-centric agreements with Anterix

Nokia and Motorola Solutions recently announced agreements with Anterix that are designed to help provide private LTE networks to utilities and other critical-communications customers leveraging the 900 MHz broadband spectrum primarily licensed to Anterix. Anterix COO Ryan Gerbrandt said the announcements are a reflection of the growing ecosystem that Anterix is developing that is designed […]

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NENA does not oppose $15 billion NG911 proposal, but wants language ‘corrected,’ CEO says

National Emergency Number Association (NENA) CEO Brian Fontes said it is “false” that his organization would oppose legislation that would provide $15 billion in federal funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments, but he reiterated NENA’s stance that some language in the existing proposal should be changed. NENA’s position on the NG911 funding language in the […]

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Newscan: Hurricane Ida takes out over half of all cell towers in its path in Louisiana

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SpaceX has shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals

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Polaris Wireless claims first end-to-end 911 solution with vertical location through collaboration with Qualcomm

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NextNav optimistic about Z-axis location technology deployment in coming months

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Lynk begins operation of next-gen LEO satellite, plans to offer service in 2022

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T-Mobile’s 5G to connect drivers with remote-controlled cars in Vegas

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FCC releases order addressing diversion of 911 fees

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Satellites may be the secret ingredient to Charlie Ergen’s 5G recipe

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Nokia, Motorola Solutions announce utility-centric agreements with Anterix

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NENA does not oppose $15 billion NG911 proposal, but wants language ‘corrected,’ CEO says

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