Partner content State cybersecurity organizations in ‘heightened risk environment,’ according to report 13th October 2022 As state and local cybersecurity organizations across the United States emerge from a few difficult years, one aspect of the future is for certain: It will be shaped by the same digital advancements that, since the pandemic’s outset, have propelled the nation into an unprecedented era of technological innovation in the public sector. “While it […]
News AT&T names Bugel as president of FirstNet unit 12th October 2022 AT&T this week announced that longtime FirstNet advocate Jim Bugel will be the new president of the carrier’s FirstNet program—the unit charged with building and maintaining the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) for the FirstNet Authority—amid several changes in the company’s leadership. Bugel will succeed Jason Porter, who has led AT&T’s FirstNet unit for the […]
Partner content Smart helmet helps firefighters make faster rescues 10th October 2022 Researchers in Scotland have unveiled a new smart helmet for firefighters, using sensor technology, thermal cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) to help wearers locate people faster. The team comes from the newly opened National Robotarium in Edinburgh, which developed the helmet in collaboration with Scottish Fire and Rescue services. The fire service’s training facility in […]
Partner content CISA: Multiple APT groups infiltrate defense organization 10th October 2022 Multiple advance persistent threat (APT) groups gained access to the network of a US-based defense organization in January 2021, extensively compromising the company’s computers, network, and data for nearly a year, three government agencies stated in a joint advisory on Oct. 4. The attackers had access to the organization’s Microsoft Exchange Server and used a […]
Partner content Verizon still faces a 3G problem 10th October 2022 Verizon has been talking publicly about shutting down its 3G network for roughly seven years now. But in the next few months, it looks like the company will finally, officially do it. If Verizon does shutter its 3G network on January 1, 2023, as it has promised, it will be the last big US wireless network operator […]
News Federal judge in Hytera-Motorola case retires with contempt question pending 8th October 2022 U.S. District Court Judge Charles Norgle, who has adjudicated the Motorola Solutions civil case against Hytera Communications for more than four years, announced his retirement this week, apparently leaving a potentially expensive contempt-of-court motion against Hytera to be determined by another judge. Norgle, 85, announced his retirement on Tuesday, which marked the 38th anniversary of […]
News Ubicquia’s UbiHub leverages streetlights to support video, broadband, IoT-based initiatives 8th October 2022 Ubicquia has expanded its family of streetlight-mounted platforms with UbiHub, an easily deployed solution that integrates smart-lighting functionality and wireless broadband access and can support video-based applications with built-in cameras and optional artificial-intelligence (AI) edge processing in an unobtrusive package. Ubicquia CEO Ian Aaron cited UbiHub’s versatility, describing the platform as the “Swiss Army knife […]
News Newscan: Russian-speaking hackers knock U.S. state-government websites offline 7th October 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Russian-speaking hackers knock U.S. state-government websites offline You’ve been breached. How much should you disclose? EU’s new USB-C law means the end for Apple’s Lightning port UK competition authority questions $7.3 billion merger of Viasat and Inmarsat Verizon’s THOR tackles areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ian Operators use […]
Partner content Is network slicing toast? 6th October 2022 Ericsson and pals are still desperately trying to present network slicing as the best thing since another famous sliced innovation that took breadknives out of the toast-making routine and is far easier for the average punter to digest. It’s a $200 billion sales opportunity for telcos, cooed executives from the Swedish equipment maker on a […]
Partner content 7 IoT devices that make security pros cringe 6th October 2022 In cybersecurity, if it isn’t one thing, it’s another 14.4 billion things that’ll get ya. That’s about how many Internet of Things (IoT) devices will proliferate globally by the end of the year, according to some analyst estimates. As a body, this is arguably one of the most rapidly spreading and poorly secured threat surfaces […]
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
