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AT&T: What outage?

AT&T reported first quarter results that showed better-than-expected performance in its wireless business, with net customer additions and churn surpassing most analyst expectations. That’s noteworthy considering AT&T generated nationwide headlines in February when its wireless network collapsed for hours. “Nationwide AT&T cell phone outage prevents emergency calls,” reported The Washington Post. “AT&T Says It’s ‘Working Urgently’ to […]

AT&T says FirstNet provides about 28,000 agencies with about 5.9 million connections

About 28,000 public-safety agencies subscribing to the FirstNet utilized approximately 5.9 million connections on nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) through the end of March, FirstNet contractor AT&T reported today during the company’s quarterly earnings call. AT&T CEO John Stankey highlighted FirstNet as he explained why he believes the carrier’s connectivity solutions appeal to the business […]

Hytera back in business, as appeals court halts sanctions blocking company’s two-way-radio sales

Hytera Communications returned to its full business on Tuesday afternoon, when a U.S. appeals court granted the LMR manufacturer’s request to stay federal district-court sanctions that prevented Hytera from selling two-way-radio products worldwide for more than a week. Under the order, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals granted Hytera Communications’ renewed emergency motion for a […]

Hytera asks appeals court to halt injunction blocking sales of two-way-radio products

Hytera Communications has asked a U.S. appeals court to halt a federal district court’s injunction that has prevented the land-mobile-radio (LMR) manufacturer from selling two-way-radio products worldwide for more than a week—sanctions that Hytera attorneys described as “crushing” in a legal brief. Meanwhile, U.S. District Court Judge Martha Pacold on Monday again extended the injunction […]

Viasat direct-to-device plans have lift-off after Inmarsat merger

Viasat’s president, Guru Gowrappan, pointed to direct-to-device (D2D), space-to-space and multi-orbit communications as examples of prominent emerging technologies in the satellite industry during the opening of the company’s new international headquarters in London. While this wave of innovation in the satellite communications sector represents a host of new opportunities, there are also challenges, not least […]

The future of AI will require an energy breakthrough. The answer is a fusion moonshot.

The Biden administration recently announced plans to work with tech firms on power usage. Technological revolutions have always come with novel challenges: building infrastructure, navigating dual-purpose applications and preparing our workforce. For the growing industry surrounding AI, this challenge is energy. Progress in AI will soon face the limits of the power available on the grid. As the administration […]
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