News UK public safety’s transition from TETRA to LTE-based ESN targeted for 2024 or 2025, Home Office officials say 15th September 2020 Emergency-services agencies in the United Kingdom (UK) are expected to stop using the Airwave TETRA LMR system in 2024 or 2025, when the transition to an LTE push-to-talk solution on the much-delayed Emergency Services Network (ESN) is scheduled for completion, officials for the UK Home Office said last week. Home Office Permanent Secretary Matthew Rycroft, […]
News Verizon official outlines potential 5G benefits for critical-communications users 12th September 2020 Public safety and other critical-communications users should benefit significant from Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband, the millimeter-wave offering that promises to deliver unprecedented data speeds, low latencies, quality of service and security, according to an official for the nationwide carrier. John Harris, Verizon’s federal director of mobility solutions, said during his keynote address at IWCE Virtual […]
News Newscan: Portland passes the toughest ban on facial recognition in the U.S. 11th September 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Portland passes the toughest ban on facial recognition in the U.S. Portland becomes the first city to ban the use of facial-recognition tech in public spaces by government, private entities Cyberattacks threaten unprepared virtual schools Alderman proposes dramatic expansion of Chicago’s camera surveillance network ‘Or I will stab […]
Partner content Europe is showing Huawei the exit 11th September 2020 One year ago, Huawei was the pestilent squatter US authorities simply could not evict from Europe’s networks. The region’s operators rejected Trump’s characterization of the Chinese vendor as a dirty thief, listing its many virtues. An eviction would be too costly, they also complained. Attentive governments, worried about losing the 5G race, were firmly on […]
Partner content CBRS spectrum auction maps: Who won what, and where 11th September 2020 The FCC’s first big midband spectrum auction, Auction 105 for 3.5GHz CBRS licenses, ended last week – and now it’s time to sift through the results. The auction raised a total of $4.6 billion in bids, mainly from the likes of Verizon, Dish Network, Comcast and Charter Communications. Here is the list of the 20 biggest […]
Partner content 7 cybersecurity priorities for government agencies and political campaigns 11th September 2020 As we approach November, the digital election infrastructure finds itself in the crosshairs of a new peril. Authoritarian forces and other adversaries have weaponized the fifth domain of warfare — cyberspace — against the very fabric of democracy. As the election process ramps up, organizations engaged in the political process must strengthen cybersecurity to prevent […]
News FCC plans to vote on state-based 4.9 GHz proposal on Sept. 30, Chairman Pai says 9th September 2020 FCC commissioners are scheduled to vote Sept. 30 on rules that would let states lease 4.9 GHz spectrum—50 MHz of which currently is designated for public-safety use—to “commercial entities, electric utilities and others,” according to a blog released yesterday by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. Pai outlined the proposal in his monthly blog previewing items on […]
Partner content Samsung’s $6.6B 5G deal with Verizon bodes ill for Nokia 8th September 2020 A 5G deal with Verizon valued at $6.6 billion will establish Samsung as one of the main suppliers of radio equipment to the operator that is still North America’s largest. Following recent speculation Verizon was courting Samsung as a replacement for Nokia, it also bodes ill for the struggling Finnish vendor. Other than the contract […]
Partner content UK drivers could be hands-free by next year 6th September 2020 In what many traditionalists will see as a seismic change, UK drivers could be in charge of vehicles without holding the steering wheel by as soon as next spring. The nation’s government has announced consultations on the legal hands-free use of Automated Lane Keeping System (ALKS) in what could pave the way to rapid acceptance […]
Partner content Verizon, CenturyLink, Windstream still using Huawei, ZTE equipment 6th September 2020 Verizon, CenturyLink, Cincinnati Bell, América Móvil and Windstream are among the companies that told the FCC they still have equipment from Huawei or ZTE in their networks. As part of its “rip and replace” program, the FCC has been collecting information from US telecom companies that have equipment from Chinese vendors Huawei or ZTE in their […]
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