Partner content Rise Broadband vaults anti-China ‘rip and replace’ program’s Catch-22 1st September 2020 Rise Broadband, the nation’s largest independent provider of fixed wireless Internet services in rural areas, said it plans to rip out ZTE’s equipment from its network – and will do so with its own cash. “By making this decision, Rise Broadband is taking the initiative,” the company explained in a recent FCC filing, noting that its […]
Partner content Huawei loses groundbreaking global-patents case in London 27th August 2020 The UK’s highest court has decided English courts have the power to set licensing rates for global standard essential patents (SEPs). The landmark ruling in Unwired Planet v Huawei and Conversant Wireless v Huawei & ZTE defines the licensing of patented technology considered essential to the international standards for previous and future generations of wireless […]
Partner content The rocky road ahead: How will COVID-19 affect America’s already-questionable infrastructure? 27th August 2020 Every four years since 1998, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has examined America’s infrastructure and issued a report card grading America’s infrastructure and detailing its condition. ASCE’s most recent report card, issued in 2017, rated the country’s infrastructure as a D+. It’s not exactly a grade to write home about. “The fact that […]
News Axon launches Respond platform with cloud-based CAD, integration support 26th August 2020 Axon yesterday launched Respond, a cloud-based, real-time operations platform that marks the company’s entry into the computer-aided-dispatch (CAD) arena and is designed to help agencies leverage information from a various connected devices to enhance response efforts, according to a company official. “We stepped back and said, ‘We want to do this right.’ We don’t want […]
Partner content What the Trump?! President calls for a ‘national’ 5G network 26th August 2020 One of the 51 items on President Trump’s re-election platform is to “win the race to 5G and establish a national high-speed wireless Internet network.” That goal is one of a handful of Trump’s “innovate for the future” agenda items. It sits next to going to Mars, cleaning international oceans and domestic air and drinking water, and […]
News Kymeta readies full-service offering, further growth with $85 million Bill Gates-led funding round 25th August 2020 Kymeta plans to expand its satellite-centric products by the end of year with Kymeta Connect, a full-service offering that can integrate cellular connectivity and managed services—developments being supported by today’s announcement of a $85 million funding round led by Bill Gates, according to the company. Kymeta President and COO Walter Berger said Kymeta’s flat-panel satellite […]
Partner content Vuzix, Verizon look to pair 5G smart glasses with first responders 25th August 2020 Picture this: A patient at home is struggling to breathe and calls 911. The emergency medical technicians arrive and determine they need help from a doctor. One EMT slips on a pair of 5G-enabled smart glasses and is able to receive guidance from a doctor at the local hospital who can see the patient through […]
News IWCE speaker: ‘LTE is the future’ of public-safety PTT, when first responders trust it 25th August 2020 Public safety will replace land mobile radio (LMR) with LTE for its primary mission-critical voice communications when first responders trust the technology—a process that is beginning to happen now, according to Jeff Johnson, CEO of the Western Fire Chiefs Association and former vice chair of the FirstNet Authority. “As we think about our future, people […]
Video Welcome to IWCE 2020 Virtual 22nd August 2020 IWCE Show Director Stephanie McCall provides a brief video introduction of IWCE 2020 Virtual, a digital version of the annual IWCE event that will begin Monday, Aug. 24, and continue through Thursday, Aug. 27. Click here to get more information about the event and to register. You can view this video on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ennKuXCzrCI&list=PLtIX4QJCzunfh2o_2oVfo8rzZmYqLFWm1. […]
News FirstNet Authority board approves FY 2021 budget with $46 million for network investment 22nd August 2020 FirstNet Authority board members this week voted unanimously to approval the organization’s $213 million budget for fiscal year 2021 that includes $46 million allocated for making investments into the nationwide public-safety broadband network. Approved during the FirstNet Authority’s board meeting, the fiscal year 2021 budget earmarks $83.5 million for the FirstNet Authority’s operating expenses, as […]
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