Partner content AI at the edge for enterprises 18th October 2021 Enterprises are eager to use intelligent artificial intelligence (AI) chips to bring data analytics workloads down to the edge of IoT networks. In four years, the size of the market for edge AI chips is set to surpass the equivalent for cloud architectures, reaching $12.2 billion against $11.1 billion for the cloud, according to ABI […]
Partner content Russia ramps up biometrics in transportation 18th October 2021 By the decade’s end, 80% of Russian travelers will have to use biometry in public transport. That’s according to the draft national transportation strategy 2030, currently in development at the federal ministry of transport. However, potential consumers are far from sharing that vision. Soon after the news went on air, government-related national technological initiative Autonet […]
News Newscan: Captured, killed or compromised: CIA admits to losing dozens of informants as comms breached 15th October 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Captured, killed or compromised: CIA admits to losing dozens of informants as comms breached Digital-divide fix at risk as $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill stalls Motorola Solutions, Harris County build private LTE network A year after ‘Defund,’ police departments get their money back DHS wants wearables to track employee […]
News UK plans to start public-safety ‘mass transition’ from Airwave to ESN in first half of 2024 15th October 2021 United Kingdom (UK) public-safety agencies are scheduled to begin switching mission-critical voice communications from the Airwave TETRA radio system to the LTE-based Emergency Services Network (ESN) during the first half of 2024, with complete ESN migration expected in 2026, according to a Home Office official. ESN Programme Director John Black shared the timetable while updating […]
Partner content China leading the pack in uncrackable quantum communications 14th October 2021 After 5G, AI and space exploration, China has elbowed its way to the front of the pack in another key technology – quantum communications. It achieved a major breakthrough early this year with the world’s first satellite-to-earth quantum communication network. A University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) team carried out multi-user quantum key distribution, […]
Partner content Federated Wireless hopes spectrum leasing catches on 13th October 2021 Federated Wireless on Wednesday announced the availability of its new Spectrum Exchange, a product the company hopes might create a standardized approach to spectrum license leasing. Importantly, Frontier Communications has agreed to use the new exchange to potentially purchase 3.5GHz CBRS spectrum leases. The company was not among the dozens of entities that purchased CBRS spectrum […]
Partner content Worried over antitrust debate, Apple talks sideloading dangers 13th October 2021 Apple released a position paper on Oct. 13, arguing that forcing the company to open its App Store software-distribution platform to allow third-party software sellers to install software — a process often called “sideloading” — would undermine the security of iOS devices. The arguments come as Apple faces extensive discussions aimed at forcing the company […]
Partner content IoT’s role in wildfire detection 13th October 2021 In 2020, wildfires in California burned more than 4 million acres, killing 33 people. Already this year, wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres and claimed the lives of three people, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Across the United States, 58,950 wildfires burned 10 million acres in 2020, according […]
Partner content Where e-SIMs meet cloud-based platforms 13th October 2021 Connected and autonomous vehicles need a way to connect to a mobile network. Ericsson predicts that all the manufactured vehicles will be cellular-enabled by 2025, “leading to an enhanced driving experience made possible by innovative connected services, like assisted driving and better infotainment”. Being cellular-enabled will require the vehicles to have e-SIMS to connect them […]
News LA-RICS, Motorola Solutions agree to target acceptance of P25 system for October 2023 13th October 2021 Officials for the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) and Motorola Solutions have agreed to set October 2023 as the target date for acceptance of the regional P25 system that initially was scheduled for completion in 2018. During a meeting of the LA-RICS Joint Powers Authority board conducted last week, LA-RICS Executive Director Scott […]
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