News Newscan: Ukraine hit by cyberattack as U.S. questions Russian troop pullback 16th February 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Ukraine hit by cyberattack as U.S. questions Russian troop pullback Body-worn sensors could keep responders out of heat danger Software supply-chain attacks hit three out of five companies in 2021 NASA raises concerns about SpaceX satellite deployment plan Vodafone works with AST SpaceMobile to close digital divide Senators […]
News Vodafone exec expresses confidence in AST SpaceMobile’s satellite-to-phone tech 16th February 2022 Mobile service provider Vodafone this week reiterated its faith in the satellite-to-phone technology of AST SpaceMobile, a Midland, Texas-based startup that has partnered with Vodafone and received investment money from the international carrier. In a video posted by AST SpaceMobile, Vodafone CTO Johan Wibergh said his company—an international wireless carrier giant with 300 million subscribers […]
Partner content Microsoft’s AI model identifies when medical treatments harm more than help 15th February 2022 Microsoft researchers have built an AI model that can identify when medical treatments meant to help patients actually ended up harming them. The model, Dead-end Discovery, uses the reinforcement learning ML framework – where an agent learns from trial and error – because it is well-suited to health care. Health care is characterized by sequential decision-making: […]
Partner content Could a solar storm bring down the Internet? 14th February 2022 The star at the center of our planetary system delivered a reminder of its power last week when it took out as many as 40 Starlink satellites. The launch of 49 LEOsats last Thursday hit a geomagnetic storm that caused atmospheric drag to increase up to 50% higher than during previous launches, SpaceX said. The satellites […]
Partner content BlackBerry seeks to restore its past glory with services push 14th February 2022 BlackBerry was once king of the smartphone world, reaching more than 40% market share in the US in 2010. But those days are long past. At the beginning of this year, the Canadian company finally pulled the plug on its device business, ending support for its smartphone and tablet operating systems. CEO John Chen argued […]
Audio NWCC: David Smith, Mark Crosby explain reasons behind organization’s name change 14th February 2022 David Smith and Mark Crosby discuss the considerations that were weighed as Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) leadership decided to change the organization’s name to the National Wireless Communications Council (NWCC). Smith is president of the NWCC, and Crosby serves as the NWCC secretary/treasurer.
Partner content FirstNet’s CEO on 5G, priorities in 2022 and what’s next 12th February 2022 Edward Parkinson this year is celebrating a full decade of work on what is today FirstNet. Roughly ten years ago he was a staffer for former Rep. Peter King of New York, working on the legislation that would eventually create FirstNet. He then joined the nascent agency in 2013 as its chief of government affairs […]
News Newscan: FBI: Ransomware attackers have code to halt critical infrastructure 11th February 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations FBI: Ransomware attackers have code to halt critical infrastructure Fiber cut in space? Starlink loses a batch of satellites to geomagnetic storm AI could match ‘fingerprints’ of texts to their authors under new intelligence program T-Mobile isn’t only one rankled about C-band giving 5G a bad name Gigi […]
Audio FirstNet, built by AT&T: Fred Scalera talks public-safety-communications efforts for Super Bowl 11th February 2022 Fred Scalera, AT&T’s director of government program management for FirstNet, highlights the permanent infrastructure and deployable assets that AT&T has put in place to support both first-responder and audience communications during this weekend’s Super Bowl in Los Angeles. During its two-year preparation for the event, AT&T has invested $2.7 billion to improve coverage and […]
News Updated: Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown questions Hytera’s future in U.S. after DoJ indictment unveiled 10th February 2022 [Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect a statement from Hytera that was provided to IWCE’s Urgent Communications on Sunday, Feb. 13.] Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO Greg Brown yesterday said DMR rival Hytera has “effectively shut down” in three countries and questioned whether Hytera will be “able to continue to operate” in […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
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