Partner content Coronavirus forcing some technicians off U.S. cell towers 12th April 2020 Some tower companies have been forced to pull their work crews off the job due to the ongoing pandemic. Further, some tower technicians are asking for personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks and face shields to avoid further spreading the COVID-19 virus. They’re also arguing that they should receive hazard pay as they travel to […]
Partner content 5G is looking like a casualty of COVID-19 10th April 2020 For the majority of people, COVID-19 is like a bad dose of the flu, according to the world’s health experts. Less fortunate individuals have tragically succumbed to the virus or been left seriously incapacitated by it. In the world of economics, the situation is perhaps reversed. Most businesses will suffer a nasty contraction as a […]
News L3Harris offers free BeOn service to healthcare entities, others during COVID-19 crisis 9th April 2020 Healthcare systems and other entities wanting P25 push-to-talk functionality using cellular devices as part of their response efforts to the COVID-19 crisis can utilize the L3Harris BeOn solution at no cost for at least a 90-day period, according to officials for the company. Danielle Marcella, vice president of strategy for the L3Harris public safety and […]
Partner content Edge computing, 5G and AI — the perfect storm for government systems 9th April 2020 On today’s government networks, the real action is at the edge. This includes establishing edge-based processing power, with onboard analytics, via systems that often are augmented by artificial intelligence (AI). In many cases, these systems are housed in modular containers that serve as their own datacenters. Some are about the size of a typical minivan, […]
News Benefits of telehealth step into the breach wrought by COVID-19 8th April 2020 As the globe reels from COVID-19, patients and practitioners have turned to digital methods to fill the gap wrought by the virus. As of early April, more than 1 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, whose flulike symptoms can vary from mild to severe and which has caused more than 87,000 deaths at the time of this writing. Without […]
News Samsung announces first mission-critical video call leveraging AWS cloud 8th April 2020 Samsung announced a demonstration of the first 3GPP-compliant mission-critical video—MCVideo, part of the MCPTX standard for LTE Release 14—video call on a cloud platform provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), indicating a potential alternative to network-based architecture for MCPTX servers. Conducted at the Samsung lab in Suwon, South Korea, the demonstration utilized a Galaxy XCover […]
Partner content Rakuten to deploy drone inspectors at cell sites 6th April 2020 Rakuten Mobile, Japan’s disruptive mobile network operator (MNO), said it will use drones – developed within Rakuten Group, an e-commerce and online retailing company – to inspect basestations nationwide. Cell site inspections can be a dangerous task for engineers, apparently, especially when climbing up antenna towers to get a good look at the basestation. Rakuten […]
Partner content Preventing and responding to ransomware 6th April 2020 Ransomware attacks on public institutions are on the rise. In fact, in 2019, many state and local governments, as well as hospitals, were the targets of cybercrime. The result can be a lack of productivity, financial issues and other operational deficiencies and crises for these organizations. The fact that these dangerous cyberattacks, and their consequences […]
Partner content Researchers say smartphone-location tracking can fight COVID-19 4th April 2020 Researchers at MIT have developed a smartphone location-tracking app that they say could help stop the spread of COVID-19. The Private Kit app allows coronavirus patients to rely on their phones instead of their memories when doctors ask them where they have been and who they might have exposed. People who download the Private Kit app can […]
News House Dems include NG911 funding in future infrastructure proposal 3rd April 2020 House Democrats this week revealed that federal funding to support the nationwide deployment of IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technology is included in their proposal for a future coronavirus rescue legislation that places an emphasis on infrastructure projects, but such a package may be delayed longer than anticipated. A cost study released in the fall of […]
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