Partner content Biden’s telecom platform hardens around net neutrality, universal broadband, 5G funding 17th July 2020 Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has been slowly firming up his positions on hot-button telecom issues, a noteworthy development in light of polls showing him gaining significant ground on President Trump. While much can happen between now and November, when the US will hold its presidential election, it’s worth taking a look […]
News Verizon selects MCPTT vendor, expects to launch MCPTT service this year 16th July 2020 Verizon has chosen a vendor to deliver mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) service based on the 3GPP standard and expects to launch the offering by the end of this year, according to a Verizon official. “We have selected a mission-critical-push-to-talk vendor,” Nick Nilan, Verizon’s director of public-sector product development, said yesterday during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications. […]
News L3Harris, Tait alter sales relationship 15th July 2020 L3Harris Technologies and Tait Communications have altered their sales arrangement in North America, resulting in co-branded radio products being sold only through L3Harris direct channels as of the beginning of this month, according to sources for both companies. For the past four years, Tait Communications and L3Harris have allowed their respective dealer channels to sell […]
Partner content TIA promises to end the Huawei security debate, once and for all 13th July 2020 Is Huawei’s equipment secure or not? Right now, the answer to that question depends largely on who you ask. But the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) trade group hopes to provide a definitive, unbiased answer, one backed up with details and specifics – and one that everyone can agree on. To do so, the association is […]
News Newscan: FBI chief slams Chinese cyberattacks on U.S. 10th July 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations FBI chief slams Chinese cyberattacks on U.S. COVID-19 could accelerate government adoption of AR, VR tech FCC rejects second petition to stay C-Band order Interactive ESN workshops launched in the UK D.C. Mayor Bowser expresses concern about proposed $15 million cut to police budget Fort Lauderdale police chief […]
Partner content Can privacy-preserving machine learning overcome data-sharing worries? 10th July 2020 Privacy-preserving AI techniques could allow researchers to extract insights from sensitive data if cost and complexity barriers can be overcome. But as the concept of privacy-preserving artificial intelligence matures, so do data volumes and complexity. This year, the size of the digital universe could hit 44 zettabytes, according to the World Economic Forum. That sum is 40 times […]
Commentary How satellite communications create a critical connectivity link for first responders 8th July 2020 During the 2019 California wildland fires, at least 874 cellphone towers were unavailable because of power outages or tech issues and damage from fire and wind. Up to 57% of cell sites in impacted areas were not working. The situation created what the director of the state’s Office of Emergency Services, described as a “worst-case […]
News Newscan: FCC releases proposed rules for reallocating T-Band spectrum 8th July 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Body cameras see adoption beyond just police departments This Oregon town of 1700,000 replaced some cops with medics and mental-health workers Texas county sheriff’s office suffers ransomware attack California city bans predictive policing in U.S. first Ethics in the balance: AI’s implications for government LAPD responds to a […]
News Huawei alert system raised from amber to red in UK 6th July 2020 What’s riskier than “high-risk”? Huawei already carried that unwelcome designation in the UK, but authorities believed they could mitigate any threat by restricting the Chinese vendor’s role. With the latest US sanctions, even these limits may be insufficient. If Huawei were a virus, the UK’s color-coded alert system would just have switched from amber to […]
News House approves $12 billion for NG911 funding in infrastructure package, but bill unlikely to pass Senate 3rd July 2020 U.S. House members this week approved a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that includes $12 billion in funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments, but the spending proposal is not expected to be considered seriously by the Senate, according to numerous Beltway sources and media reports. On Wednesday, House members approved the massive infrastructure package—knowns as H.R. […]
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