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IWCE 2020 officially is rescheduled for Aug. 24-28

We are excited to announce that IWCE 2020 will take place on August 24-28, 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center (South Halls 1-2) in Las Vegas, Nevada. ETA’s Education Forum will also be rescheduled to take place at this time. The health and safety of the IWCE community has always been paramount, so we […]

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2019 LMR licensing activity hits all-time low for public safety, with slight gain for enterprises

Public-safety land-mobile-radio (LMR) licensing activity hit a new all-time low level for the third consecutive year in 2019, while LMR licensing in the business-industrial sector saw a slight increase while hovering near all-time low levels, according to data in the FCC’s online Universal Licensing System (ULS) database. A total of 3,042 public-safety LMR license applications […]

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Stop the presses! 5G is safe, experts say

It’s fair to say that there have been concerns about the possible health effects of increased exposure to electromagnetic radiation in the 5G era, but the international body in charge of setting limits on exposure to radiation has issued updated guidelines that, if adhered to, would make 5G services perfectly safe. The International Commission on […]

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Florida agencies seek clarity on LMR system amid tightening timelines

Florida state officials indicate that they are talking with L3Harris about extending the statewide LMR contract, while at least one state agency has expressed concerns that the aging network deal is due to expire in 17 months, with no publicly stated long-term replacement plan and state legislators scheduled to end their annual session tomorrow. Almost […]

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Shocker! Verizon was the big spender in FCC’s millmeter-wave auction

Verizon spent the most money of any participant in the FCC’s biggest-ever millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum auction. The operator spent roughly $1.6 billion for a total of 4,940 spectrum licenses across the country. AT&T was a close second, however, spending a total of around $1.2 billion on 3,267 spectrum licenses. T-Mobile – which was widely expected […]

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5G will see C-V2X explosion … maybe

An automotive research body is predicting an explosion in C-V2X capability with the roll-out of 5G. However, the statement announcing a study by ABI Research based on industry opinions, does make the sweeping assumption that 5G, which requires many times more aerials than the existing 4G networks, will have a far superior coverage. That’s somewhat […]

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IoT World 2020 posponed until Aug. 10-13

IoT World, which was scheduled to take place April 6–9, 2020, has been postponed until August 10–13, 2020. On March 9, the county of Santa Clara issued an order to cancel gatherings of 1,000 attendees or more up until April 01, 2020. On March 10, the local state of emergency was extended to April 9, but […]

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Ed Parkinson named as FirstNet Authority CEO

Ed Parkinson today was named by the FirstNet Authority Board as executive director—operationally, the chief executive officer (CEO)—for the FirstNet Authority, becoming the organization’s third full-time staff leader and its first in more than 17 months. FirstNet Authority Board Chair Ed Horowitz said that Parkinson was selected at the conclusion of a “comprehensive and thorough […]

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RapidSOS: Tom Guthrie outlines ability to share gunfire-detection data with 911 centers

Tom Guthrie, senior vice president and general manager for the RapidSOS public-safety unit, highlights the information available to 911 personnel through his company’s newly announced partnership with SafeZone, a provider of indoor gunfire-detection technology, as well the eventual potential to share smart-building information with public safety automatically in the future.

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FirstNet buildout 80% complete, serves 1.2 million subscribers, AT&T exec says

AT&T’s contracted FirstNet deployment of LTE equipment operating on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum is 80% complete—a year ahead of schedule—and the overall public-safety broadband system serves 1.2 million subscribers and more than 10,000 public-safety entities, an AT&T executive said this week. AT&T Chief Financial Officer (CFO) John Stephens made the statements during the Deutsche […]

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IWCE 2020 officially is rescheduled for Aug. 24-28

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2019 LMR licensing activity hits all-time low for public safety, with slight gain for enterprises

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Stop the presses! 5G is safe, experts say

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Florida agencies seek clarity on LMR system amid tightening timelines

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Shocker! Verizon was the big spender in FCC’s millmeter-wave auction

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5G will see C-V2X explosion … maybe

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IoT World 2020 posponed until Aug. 10-13

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Ed Parkinson named as FirstNet Authority CEO

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RapidSOS: Tom Guthrie outlines ability to share gunfire-detection data with 911 centers

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FirstNet buildout 80% complete, serves 1.2 million subscribers, AT&T exec says

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Coronavirus is a wake-up call. Are you listening?

Verizon, AT&T withdraw from smart-city efforts

3 tips for mitigating the ransomware threat to government offices

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IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

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The #COVID19 outbreak is forcing agencies to consider atypical measures to ensure the health of #publicsafety commu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

High-power user equipment (HPUE) that promises to almost double the coverage range for @FirstNet subscribers using… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Are locals prepared to battle #COVID19? @AmerCityCounty surveyed its readership to find out. Here are some highligh… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

James Sim, CEO at @Drakontas, explains how his company's DragonForce command-and-control collaboration platform is… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

.@MotoSolutions agrees to acquire @IndigoVisionLtd for $37.2 million. IndigoVision is a Scotland-based provider of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

AT&T announced @FirstNet PTT, a solution based on the 3GPP’s #MCPTT standard available for $10/month & that 2 high-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Tom Guthrie, Senior VP & General Manager for @RapidSOS public safety unit, highlights the information available at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Successful tests of communications between @LynkTheWorld's LEO nanosatellites—acting as a “cell tower in space”—and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…