Partner content ESN sees ‘good progress’ but challenges remain in the UK, director says 19th March 2022 Most of the network infrastructure for the Emergency Services Network (ESN)—the public-safety LTE system being built throughout the United Kingdom (UK)—is complete, but it is unclear when UK first responders will use the new system in their day-to-day operations, according to ESN Programme Director John Black. Speaking at the British APCO (BAPCO) event earlier this […]
Partner content Dubai Police unveil driverless patrol cars 18th March 2022 Dubai Police have revealed what are being billed as the world’s most hi-tech police vehicles – and they don’t need a driver. The self-driving patrol cars attracted huge interest when they were unveiled at the World Police Summit at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo 2020 earlier this week. The machines – the M01 and M02 – are […]
Partner content Vital cybersecurity areas automakers must focus on 18th March 2022 In January, a teenager in Germany found a vulnerability in third-party software that let him remotely start 25 Teslas in 13 countries, find their locations and determine whether anyone was in the car. He then was able to access owners’ emails. Hacking an iconic Tesla is way cooler than cracking into some corporate database, right? […]
Partner content Stopping Russian cyberattacks at their source 18th March 2022 In 2016, Lazarus, a notorious hacking group, aimed to steal a billion dollars through the SWIFT interbank communication system. How did the group do it? Social engineering. Using an innocuous email purporting to be from a job applicant, the hackers gained entry into Bangladesh’s central bank system almost a year earlier. Once in, they learned how […]
News New tower company vows to take public-safety-centric approach to commercial wireless 18th March 2022 Some familiar faces to the first-responder industry this week announced the Public Safety Towers Company (PSTC), which enters the competitive wireless-infrastructure space while promising to take a public-safety-centric approach in an effort to find synergies between government-owned assets and commercial-carrier needs. Launched last month, PSTC has received an initial $50 million investment from InfraRed Capital […]
Audio ADRF: Dennis Burns talks about company’s new in-building offerings 17th March 2022 Dennis Burns, director of public safety for Advanced RF (ADRF) Technologies outlines the company’s new in-building products that will be showcased during the IWCE 2022 event in Las Vegas. Attendees can get more information about these offerings by visiting ADRF at Booth 1525.
News Newscan: Senators ask DHS for strategy to protect U.S. critical infrastructure from Russia 16th March 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Senators ask DHS for strategy to protect U.S. critical infrastructure from Russia Here’s how AT&T, Verizon, Consolidate are prepping their networks for climate change Drivers face hefty fines as more school buses get traffic cameras Where next for government in the cyber insurance market? Blue, yellow and gray […]
News JPS enters cybersecurity space with IronGate solution to secure critical infrastructure 16th March 2022 Historically known for its interoperability solutions, JPS today announced IronGate, the company’s first cybersecurity offering that is designed to prevent hackers from launching cyberattacks against the industrial-control systems that are crucial to the operations of critical infrastructure such as utilities and military facilities. JPS President Todd Dixon said his company developed IronGate by addressing the […]
Partner content 6G will not be a new radio standard, say BT and Vodafone 15th March 2022 Nobody really knows what 6G will be, or even if the generational approach will still be in use eight years from now, when it would be expected to arrive. The most far-fetched ideas involve brain-computer interfaces, allowing people to control machines by thought. The most humdrum envisage more energy-efficient basestations and open interfaces. But two […]
News Cyber insurance and business risk: How the relationship is changing reinsurance and policy guidance 14th March 2022 Just when we were getting ready for the holiday season, along came the security issues in Log4j. Security professionals across the world jumped into action to understand their risk levels, implement patches on any internal software, and deploy product versions from their suppliers that had been updated. This will continue this year, based on conversations with […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
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