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Evergy becomes third utility to sign long-term spectrum lease with Anterix

Evergy agreed to a long-term lease of 900 MHz spectrum licensed to Anterix, yesterday announcing a $30.2 million deal that will give the utility access to the broadband airwaves to support the deployment of a private LTE system that is expected to enable critical smart-grid applications. Under the agreement, Evergy will pay $30.2 million upfront […]

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ISPs suffer losses and make plans in face of climate crisis

Just as COVID-19 ushered in an acceptance that broadband is essential, the concurrent era of a worsening climate crisis is also making clear just how vulnerable that critical infrastructure is. From wildfires and extreme heat, to flash floods and hurricanes, the increasing effects of climate change are taking their toll on cables, fiber lines and […]

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IoT cyberattacks escalate in 2021, according to Kaspersky

IoT cyberattacks more than doubled year-on-year during the first half of 2021, according to anti-virus and computer security service provider Kaspersky. From January to June this year, some 1.51 billion breaches of Internet of Things (IoT) devices took place, Kaspersky reported, an increase from 639 million in 2020. Most attackers brokered access to IoT networks […]

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Mark43 partners with what3words, integrates unique location approach into CAD system

Agencies using Mark43’s cloud-based computer-aided-dispatch (CAD) system will be able to leverage location information from what3words, a technology that uses three-word groupings to describe every 10-foot-by-10-foot square area on Earth. Matt Polega, Mark43’s co-founder and head of a communications and public policy, said that XY coordinates from satellite GPS technology is accurate in most outdoor […]

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Klobuchar, Cortez-Masto co-sponsor NG911 funding bill in the Senate

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) have introduced a standalone Senate bill to provide federal funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) technology in 911 centers, supposedly at the same $10 billion level proposed in the massive $3.5 trillion spending package being proposed in the House. Introduced as S.2754, “a bill to provide […]

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Omdia: Paul Bremner discusses control-room/PSAP trends, new industry report

Paul Bremner, Omdia’s lead analyst for the Command and Control Rooms Intelligence Service (providing market data and insights into the future of control rooms/PSAPs), talks about the technological evolution of control rooms/911 emergency communications centers (ECCs) and its impact on the market in this conversation with with IWCE’s Urgent Communications editor Donny Jackson. Bremner […]

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Newscan: Virgin Media O2 flies a kite for 5G-based emergency services

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Virgin Media O2 flies a kite for 5G-based emergency services Biden’s baffling FCC delay could give Republicans a 2-1 FCC majority Revisiting FirstNet, the public-safety network born from 9/11 Bitcoin uses more electricity than many countries. How is that possible? Yolo County DA announces launch of race-blind program […]

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OMIGOD: Azure users warned of critical OMI vulnerabilities

Microsoft this week patched four vulnerabilities in Open Management Infrastructure (OMI), a widely used but little-known software agent embedded in many commonly used Azure services. The Wiz Research Team discovered these flaws, which include remote code execution bug CVE-2021-38647 and privilege escalation vulnerabilities CVE-2021-38648, CVE-2021-38645, and CVE-2021-38649. Most large organizations using Azure are affected by the flaws, which the team […]

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AT&T: 2.7% of customers will be affected by 3G shutdown

AT&T has been warning customers for years that it plans to shut down its 3G network in February 2022. And in a recent regulatory filing, the company disclosed exactly how many customers could be affected by the move. “Approximately 2.7% of AT&T’s postpaid and prepaid consumer subscribers still rely on 3G-dependent devices,” the operator told the FCC. In […]

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Exploring IoT connectivity options

All IoT deployments require hardware, software and wired or wireless connectivity and most require some level of services to implement. Wired networks have a long-standing tradition of meeting the demands of Internet of Things (IoT). Ethernet and fieldbuses have been the default technology options for exchanging factories’ time-critical data since the 1980s, said Jeroen Hoebeke, […]

Incident Command/Situational Awareness

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Evergy becomes third utility to sign long-term spectrum lease with Anterix

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ISPs suffer losses and make plans in face of climate crisis

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IoT cyberattacks escalate in 2021, according to Kaspersky

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Mark43 partners with what3words, integrates unique location approach into CAD system

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Klobuchar, Cortez-Masto co-sponsor NG911 funding bill in the Senate

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Omdia: Paul Bremner discusses control-room/PSAP trends, new industry report

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Newscan: Virgin Media O2 flies a kite for 5G-based emergency services

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OMIGOD: Azure users warned of critical OMI vulnerabilities

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AT&T: 2.7% of customers will be affected by 3G shutdown

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Exploring IoT connectivity options

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Collaborative PS-IOT could supply missing pieces in public safety’s common operating picture

New technologies drive code advancements for in-building public-safety communications

Unfinished Business: Why NFPA and IBC fire codes need to kill the fire phone

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