News FCC approves Anterix proposal to transition 900 MHz LMR spectrum to LTE use 13th May 2020 FCC commissioners today unanimously voted to approve rules that will let Anterix transition its 900 MHz narrowband LMR spectrum to a contiguous block of airwaves that can be used to deliver private LTE services, primarily to support communications for utilities and other critical-infrastructure entities. Today’s approval of multiple orders addressing the 900 MHz band follows […]
Partner content Optimizing IoT power consumption 12th May 2020 One of the greatest barriers to IoT technology is the implementation of sustainable, functional deployment. The multifunctionality of the Internet of Things (IoT) comes at a cost in terms of power. While traditional battery power is the most obvious solution for remote applications, it’s not always economical. First, battery capacity may be insufficient for emerging […]
Partner content Smart city joins the ranks of the ‘rationalized’ 12th May 2020 Google parent company Alphabet cancelled its ambitious smart city project in Toronto, Ontario, last week. It cited the “unprecedented economic uncertainty” of the Coronavirus pandemic as the root cause. Dubbed ‘Quayside’, the project envisioned a complete transformation of a twelve-acre, former-industrial stretch of Toronto waterfront into a futuristic city. Here the cars would be self-driving, […]
News Motorola Solutions sees COVID-19 dip in enterprise LMR but claims no LTE cannibalization 11th May 2020 Motorola Solutions saw a notable decline in land-mobile-radio (LMR) sales during the first quarter and expects a much bigger drop during the second quarter amid the COVID-19-driven economic collapse, but the company is confident in the future of its mission-critical offerings when the pandemic is over, CEO Greg Brown said last week. Speaking during Motorola […]
Partner content Cost and COVID-19 hit driverless investment, Bosch says 7th May 2020 Automakers had already been backing away from investing in higher levels of autonomous technology citing costs as the main barrier to market adoption. According to automotive supplier giant Bosch, this is now being compounded by growing uncertainty over how the Coronavirus fall-out will affect the ride-sharing, ride-hailing and car-sharing models that many had placed so […]
News Newscan: The miracle of the Internet not breaking during COVID-19 pandemic 7th May 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations The miracle of the Internet not breaking during COVID-19 pandemic Why didn’t COVID-19 break the Internet? The coronavirus pandemic is breaking the Internet Pentagon official: FCC decision on 5G threatens GPS, national security Cell towers in Canada attacked over COVID-19 conspiracy theories So far, 77 cell-phone towers have […]
Audio CBRS: Bob Plaschke outlines promising options to leverage 3.5 GHz spectrum 6th May 2020 Bob Plaschke, a longtime advocate of wireless broadband technologies and former CEO of Sonim Technologies, describes potential use cases and capabilities for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum at 3.5 GHz to support enterprises’ private LTE systems delivering connectivity for a host of applications, from general Internet access to Internet of Things (IoT) […]
Partner content Facing up the driverless-car barriers 5th May 2020 Over the next decade connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) are expected to generate millions of dollars for the global economy. At least, that’s what’s currently predicted by many people in the industry. Yet the expectation that they will be on our roads next year in 2021 is considered to be too optimistic with human drivers […]
Partner content How mobile sensing empowered West Des Moines with critical road network data 5th May 2020 Navigating roads during the winter weather months can be quite hazardous for drivers on our roadways. In fact, 17 percent of all vehicle crashes happen during winter conditions. to solve this problem, communities need to improve road weather data accuracy to increase safety and efficiency. From limited budgets and increasingly severe weather events to meeting the […]
News FirstNet Band 14 coverage serves about half of U.S. rural population, FirstNet Authority reports 4th May 2020 About half the rural population within the U.S. is within the FirstNet coverage footprint for operations using 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to the FirstNet Authority, according to the FirstNet Authority’s annual report to Congress that was released last week. Although the information in the report is about seven months old—reflecting the FirstNet Authority’s […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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