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IoT connectivity spending climbs as COVID-19 cases decline

As COVID-19 cases decline, survey data suggests that spending on IoT projects and network connectivity for IoT will increase as enterprises get back to business at full tilt. Despite last year’s tumultuous twists and turns, enterprises have seemingly embraced digitization and Internet of Things (IoT) projects as part of their economic recovery plans. According to […]

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The battle over connected cars drags on

The FCC is facing a new lawsuit over its move last year to rework the spectrum and technology dedicated to connected cars. The action helps crystalize the ongoing debate over how exactly automobiles should communicate with each other and with roadside infrastructure like stoplights and crosswalks. It’s also an important issue for companies in the […]

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AI energizes remote monitoring of patients, fuels bidirectional health care

As with other businesses and professions, technology is changing the way clinicians practice medicine. From the telehealth boom during the pandemic to remote care, new health care models emerge every day. Now, with artificial intelligence and IoT devices being introduced into clinical settings, patients and physicians alike will experience care in a very different way, including taking […]

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PSCR: Dereck Orr highlights features of June 21-24 virtual event

Dereck Orr, chief of the Public Safety Communication Research (PSCR) division within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), highlights key features of this year’s annual stakeholder meeting, PSCR 2021: The Digital Experience. Scheduled for June 21-24, this year’s event again will be conducted online, with 70-plus presentations, more interactive sessions, virtual demonstrations […]

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FirstNet buildout on pace for March 2023 completion, AT&T official says

AT&T expects to finish its contracted five-year FirstNet buildout on Band 14 spectrum by the scheduled March 2023 deadline, but the carrier likely will not complete deployment significantly earlier, because most of the remaining cell sites are in some of the most challenging locations to service, according to an AT&T official. Jason Porter, AT&T’s president […]

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Bell Canada is latest telco to succumb to AWS at the edge

Besides death and taxes, the two greatest certainties in life today are that news headlines will mention a previously unrecognized coronavirus mutation with vaccine-evading potential and that public cloud companies will continue their unstoppable drift into telecomland. Sure enough, in the same week, the UK’s Daily Mail screamed panic about a Nepalese COVID-19 variant and AWS notched […]

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The Colonial Pipeline attack is your boardroom wake-up call

Our approach to national cybersecurity is broken. And this didn’t just happen recently — cybersecurity has been broken for decades. The ransomware attack against the Colonial Pipeline system occurred almost 17 years to the day after I testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security on cyber-risks facing critical infrastructure, particularly the industrial control […]

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Ericsson refines its private-wireless sales pitch

Ericsson on Tuesday announced its new “Private 5G” offering. The company said the service “optimizes and simplifies business operations with cloud-based network management, keeps sensitive data on-premise, has zero downtime upgrades and guarantees high performance through Service-Level Agreements (SLAs).” The company added that the new product will initially be targeted at such industries as manufacturing, mining, utilities, […]

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How blockchain technology can benefit the Internet of Things

Blockchain technology has already gone through a peak of hype, then a “trough of disillusionment,” but it may be on an upward climb again. While the roller-coaster ride of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin have also cast aspersions on blockchain technology –and it has—recent events such as COVID-19 and its impact on the connected economy has created new […]

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Germany takes aim at driverless-tech dominance

Germany is the first country in the world to legalize fully autonomous vehicles on public roads. The landmark legislation passed both the lower and upper chambers of Germany’s parliament last week with a comfortable majority. The legislation will allow Level 4 autonomous vehicles to operate on public roads in Germany without drivers behind the wheel […]

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IoT connectivity spending climbs as COVID-19 cases decline

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The battle over connected cars drags on

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AI energizes remote monitoring of patients, fuels bidirectional health care

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PSCR: Dereck Orr highlights features of June 21-24 virtual event

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FirstNet buildout on pace for March 2023 completion, AT&T official says

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Bell Canada is latest telco to succumb to AWS at the edge

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The Colonial Pipeline attack is your boardroom wake-up call

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Ericsson refines its private-wireless sales pitch

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How blockchain technology can benefit the Internet of Things

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Germany takes aim at driverless-tech dominance

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