News Sepura: We’re not impacted by injunction to freeze Hytera assets in the UK 30th April 2020 United Kingdom-based LMR manufacturer Sepura says it is continuing normal business operations and is not subject to having its assets frozen, even though it is a subsidiary of Hytera Communications, which has been ordered by the High Court to freeze up to $345.7 million in assets located in England and Wales. Sepura was listed as […]
Partner content Connectivity to prevent highway pileups 29th April 2020 Cranfield University researchers in the UK are participating in a Multi-Car Collision Avoidance (MuCCA) research and development project. This project which aims to reduce the number of motorway pile-ups involving a number of vehicles. The university says the project is examining how to prevent or reduce multi-vehicle collisions with artificial intelligence (AI) and V2V communication […]
News Newscan: Would you sacrifice your privacy to get out of quarantine? 29th April 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Would you sacrifice your privacy to get out of quarantine? In Jackson, Mississippi, AI-powered cough bots and COVID-19 maps fuel response Social-distancing-detecting ‘pandemic drones’ dumped over privacy concerns Wi-Fi is getting its biggest upgrade in 20 years AT&T slams FCC’s plans for 6 GHz band Elon Musk says […]
Partner content A changing of the guard in commercial wireless 28th April 2020 With news over the weekend that John Legere is leaving T-Mobile immediately to pursue other, unspecified career “options,” a new generation of leadership in the US wireless industry is now officially taking over. Meaning, each of the big American wireless network operators – Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile – now has a relatively fresh CEO. And just in […]
News FirstNet tops 1.3 million connections, 12,000 agencies, AT&T says 28th April 2020 FirstNet supports more than 1.3 million connections across more than 12,000 agencies, according to figures supplied last week by AT&T, the FirstNet Authority’s nationwide contractor responsible for building the nationwide public-safety broadband network. AT&T provided the updated FirstNet numbers as part of the company’s report of earnings for the first quarter—the first reporting period impacted […]
Partner content Why industrial-automation security should be a renewed focus 28th April 2020 As industrial organizations grapple with COVID-19 fallout, automation has become an even hotter topic. Experts fear, however, that the acceleration of automation could drive unforeseen consequences for organizations that don’t focus on security. “When it comes to automation and industrial control systems (ICS), there is no doubt haste makes more than waste,” said Dan Miklovic, […]
Audio ESChat: Josh Lober discusses COVID-19 impact on PTT business 27th April 2020 ESChat Josh Lober explains the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) company, in terms of internal operations and subscribing customers.
Partner content With connected cars, zero trust is the best security advice 26th April 2020 The road to fully autonomous vehicles has many obstacles but perhaps none more insidious than hacking. Cybersecurity experts say improvements have been made but there’s much work to be done to secure vehicles before and during production as well as years later once they’re on the road. McAfee recently made headlines by hacking a Tesla […]
Audio Pryme: Dave George outlines business changes related to COVID-19 24th April 2020 Pryme CEO Dave George explains how the COVID-19 outbreak has impacted his company’s accessory business, in terms of both operations and customer demand.
Partner content AT&T CEO warns of ‘downward proclivity’ in network spending 23rd April 2020 AT&T promised that it would offer lowband 5G nationwide this summer – the operator said it has already expanded the offering to cover 120 million people in 190 markets – but executives warned that the operator’s network spending could slow due to the pandemic. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said Wednesday during his company’s quarterly conference […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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