News FirstNet Authority vows to ‘continue to hold AT&T accountable’ in aftermath of outage 13th March 2024 FirstNet Authority officials provided some additional insight into the circumstances surrounding the Feb. 22 outage suffered by contractor AT&T—although no new information about the cause—and proclaimed that the carrier giant would be held “accountable.” Renee Gordon, vice chair of the FirstNet Authority board, outlined the FirstNet Authority’s response to the AT&T outage and noted that […]
Things to know about IWCE 2024: PSAP of the Future exhibit 13th March 2024 What am I most excited about for IWCE 2024? I might say the Drinks, Bites & Insights special event open to ALL BADGE TYPES on Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. where we’ll be talking satellite-direct-to-device service from the perspectives of a satellite provider, a telecom carrier, a device manufacturer and a public-safety expert. Or, I might […]
LMR remains most reliable technology for public-safety communications 13th March 2024 From the early beginnings of the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) concept, the network was considered supplemental to existing land-mobile-radio (LMR) communications systems. Certainly, it could be an important supplement to existing mission-critical systems by providing a variety of additional information to first responders, e.g. blueprints of a building for firefighters. The network was also […]
Partner content Broke cyber pros flock to cybercrime side hustles 11th March 2024 Cybersecurity professionals are finding it more attractive to take their talents to the Dark Web and earn money working on the offensive side of cybercrime. This puts enterprises in a tough spot: cut into profit growth to keep cybersecurity skills from flowing to the highest bidder, or figure out how to defend their networks against […]
Partner content Verizon, T-Mobile, Nokia get noisy on network slicing and net neutrality 10th March 2024 Network slicing arose as a major topic at this year’s big MWC Barcelona confab. Companies ranging from Ericsson to Telefonica to Nokia promised to create slices of their network that sport “enhanced performance characteristics.” However, many of those same companies are warning that a renewed push toward net neutrality in the US could stymie such […]
Partner content Lack of confidence in IoT security plans high among IT leaders, report says 10th March 2024 Businesses are seeing a significant rise in enterprise IoT security risks and vulnerabilities in IoT devices is emerging as a major source of concern. While 95% of IT leaders have an IoT security plan, only 51% feel confident in its efficacy, according to a new report from Viakoo. Half of enterprises surveyed identified IoT as the […]
News UK Home Office hopes to name key ESN vendor in August, official says 8th March 2024 A new user-services vendor to replace Motorola Solutions on the Emergency Services Network (ESN) public-safety broadband initiative could be under contract in August, according to a UK Home Office official who declined to provide a timeline for the broader ESN network, which is supposed to replace the Airwave TETRA system. Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme […]
Partner content EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about ‘ability to continue as a going concern’ 7th March 2024 The financial situation at EchoStar/Dish Network looks dim, as the newly combined entity issued an ominous warning via this SEC filing that raises “substantial doubt” that the company can continue as a going concern. EchoStar and Dish merged last year, combining Dish’s satellite, streaming, retail wireless business and emerging 5G network with EchoStar’s satellite-focused business. The move was […]
Partner content Would utilities have interest in T-Mobile’s 800MHz auction? 7th March 2024 T-Mobile officials said the company will finish auctioning a chunk of nationwide 800MHz spectrum sometime this fall. But there may not be much demand for that kind of spectrum. “I have a hard time seeing who else would necessarily step up,” Brian Goemmer, with spectrum-tracking company Spektrum Metrics, told Light Reading. Other industry executives, who […]
News Motorola Solutions CEO Brown: ‘LMR is here to stay’ 6th March 2024 Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO Greg Brown expressed optimism about the company’s future in the critical-communications space, specifically noting the ongoing strength in its land-mobile-radio (LMR) offerings and growth in the command-center arena, as well as video security and access control. Speaking at the Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference on Tuesday, Brown cited the company’s […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 2 24th March 2024
