Federal Government/Military

Partner content

Energy-grid security gets more challenging with IoT

Today, IoT networks in the power utilities sector are besieged by myriad security threats. These assaults come from an assortment of malicious sources and target virtually every element of grid-based operations. And by their nature, the complex and wide-reaching networks that deliver power to billions of endpoints are perhaps among the most vulnerable. If that […]

Partner content

Five questions that we need to answer about the edge

What I enjoyed most about being an analyst was that it let me indulge my natural instinct to ask questions. The most important part of my job was to ask questions about everything, of everyone, myself included. While I (unknowingly) asked the standard 5W and H questions rookie journalists do, the one I was always […]

News

Kymeta buys satellite service provider Lepton Global Solutions

Satellite-antenna manufacturer Kymeta today announced its purchase of satellite service provider Lepton Global Solutions, which will let Kymeta provide a “one-stop-shop” offering to critical users seeking mobile terrestrial broadband in even remote locations, a company official said. Bill Marks, chief strategy officer for Kymeta, said the deal has been closed, making Lepton Global Solutions a […]

Partner content

Challenges carmakers face with the ‘everything connected’ vehicle

The increasing breadth of connectivity in vehicles can bring valuable features to automakers and consumers alike. Chief among these are the enabling of proactive and predictive performance and maintenance diagnostics. This same connectivity will also allow over-the-air (OTA) software updates, as well as real-time local and cloud-based status monitoring such as tire pressure, fuel level, […]

News

Osterthaler named as new FirstNet Authority board chair

Robert “Tip” Osterthaler will be the new chair for the FirstNet Authority board, which oversees the deployment and operation of FirstNet, the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) being built by AT&T, according to an announcement today by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “Tip Osterthaler has been an instrumental FirstNet Board member who will bring […]

News

Michigan, Indiana test Motorola Solutions’ cloud-based Critical Connect as LMR-LTE interoperability platform

Results of initial testing in Michigan and Indiana indicate that Motorola Solutions’ Critical Connect cloud-based interoperability platform could be a “very powerful tool” that helps first responders share voice, data and video communications in the future, according to an official leading the Michigan statewide P25 system. Brad Stoddard, director of the Michigan Public Safety Communications […]

Partner content

Starlink speed tests surface

Although Starlink hasn’t revealed pricing and packaging for Elon Musk’s ambitious low-Earth orbit satellite broadband service, purported speed tests from a group of beta users posted to Reddit indicate that Starlink will be more than capable of delivering a true “broadband” experience, at least as it is defined by the FCC. The posted, “confirmed” Starlink speed tests […]

News

Newscan: FCC won’t stay 6 GHz Wi-Fi order

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations FCC won’t stay 6 GHz Wi-Fi order Mayor Lightfoot says all Chicago police officers dealing with public need to have body cameras Body-camera footage shows struggle leading to George Floyd’s fatal police encounter Want to fix policing? Start with a better 911 system NJ Supreme Court: No 5th […]

Partner content

U.S. opens up 100 MHz of mid-band spectrum for 5G

The Department of Defense (DoD) said 100MHz of contiguous mid-band spectrum in the 3450MHz-3550MHz band will be available for 5G by the end of the summer. According to Dana Deasy, chief information officer at the DoD, the spectrum was cleared for 5G following a 15-week review. It will be provided under a new spectrum-sharing framework that will also allow defense radar […]

Partner content

Researchers trick facial-recognition systems

Neural networks powered by recent advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies increasingly have become adept at generating photo-realistic images of human faces completely from scratch. The systems typically use a dataset comprised of millions of images of real people to “learn” over a period of time how to autonomously generate original images of […]

Partner content

Energy-grid security gets more challenging with IoT

Partner content

Five questions that we need to answer about the edge

News

Kymeta buys satellite service provider Lepton Global Solutions

Partner content

Challenges carmakers face with the ‘everything connected’ vehicle

News

Osterthaler named as new FirstNet Authority board chair

News

Michigan, Indiana test Motorola Solutions’ cloud-based Critical Connect as LMR-LTE interoperability platform

Partner content

Starlink speed tests surface

News

Newscan: FCC won’t stay 6 GHz Wi-Fi order

Partner content

U.S. opens up 100 MHz of mid-band spectrum for 5G

Partner content

Researchers trick facial-recognition systems

Commentary

Swatting has serious implications and shouldn’t be ignored

Reflections on recent LTE outages

Necessity indeed is the mother of invention

Events

UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

Twitter

Newscan: Mass power outage in North Carolina caused by gunfire, repairs could take days dlvr.it/Sf640T

One year after Log4Shell, most firms are still exposed to attack dlvr.it/Sf61Bz

Motorola Solutions to ‘exhaust’ legal options in UK over Airwave, if needed, CEO Brown says dlvr.it/Sf4zhZ

When to launch 5G network slicing dlvr.it/Sf3KpR

What will it take to secure critical infrastructure? dlvr.it/Sf2slf

Ericsson untethers from IoT software with asset sale to Aeris dlvr.it/Sf2pzB

AI-enabled eye scans predict heart attacks in less than a minute dlvr.it/Sf2kvH

Newscan: First reported use of Emergency SOS via satellite saves snowmobiler in Alaska dlvr.it/Sf06xf