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PSCR-FirstNet Authority: Officials highlight key features of new 5×5 event in San Diego

Brianna Huettel, strategy and operations lead for Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR), and Jeremy Zollo, chief market engagement officer for the FirstNet Authority, talk about 5×5: The Public Safety Innovation Summit that will be conducted June 28-30 in San Diego. The event marks an evolution of the longtime PSCR Broadband Stakeholder conferences, incorporating discussions […]

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Self-driving taxi kills dog in San Francisco

A report filed with the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles detailing the circumstances surrounding the collision suggested that it could not be avoided. But the negative headlines the story has generated will do little to silence mounting criticism of the continued expansion of autonomous vehicle (AV) operations in the city. The report states: “On May 21, 2023 […]

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Mercedes’ ‘hands-off, eyes-off’ tech OK’d in California

California has become the second American state to allow Mercedes’ Level 3 “hands-off, eyes off’ autonomous tech Drive Pilot. The Golden State’s decision follows approval from Nevada earlier this year, which marked the first time such advanced self-driving tech had been made available on production cars that the general public can lease or buy in the United […]

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Big telcos cut another 85K jobs in 2022 as generative AI loomed

Generative AI’s founding fathers have gone all J. Robert Oppenheimer. The man widely credited with developing the atom bomb worked furiously on the science and then panicked that he had given mankind the tools of its own destruction. Having unleashed destructive forces of a different nature, today’s software masters are suddenly calling for a moratorium […]

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NTT Docomo sees smart surfaces as key to 6G

Could smart surface tech be one of the keys to 6G radio? The 6G network will have to do a lot of heavy lifting in very high frequency bands, requiring dense clusters of very low cost transmitters and receivers. NTT Docomo is advancing the idea of metasurface reflectors that dynamically redirect signals to mobile devices […]

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What Amazon’s privacy breaches say about smart-device cybersecurity

Amazon was recently fined more than $30 million for customer privacy breaches, demonstrating the rising need for cybersecurity and data protection at a time where smart devices are becoming increasingly common. While there is some legislation in place accommodating smart devices, the sheer volume of devices coming online is still proving an industry bottleneck, and a […]

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Panel at SBC event examines significant economic, policy challenges facing in-building communications

Ensuring that public safety can communicate while responding to emergencies inside buildings is a clear need, but identifying the proper solutions and making them affordable to building owners is a significant challenge, according to panelists exploring the topic during a recent Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) event. Mike Baltrotsky, assistant chief and technology manager for Montgomery […]

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Indoor 5G and how to solve it

We all know the problem: mobile phone service is working fine … until you move indoors. Then, sometimes it works (you don’t notice), sometimes it sort of works (meh) and sometimes it clings on by one tiny bar or drops out entirely (argh). Diagnosing the problem is relatively simple. The loss of mobile service indoors […]

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Honeywell releases cybersecurity, smart-building tools

Honeywell has released a series of new tools aimed at improving operational efficiency and sustainability, including an operational technology (OT) cybersecurity tool and a smart building management system. The new cybersecurity tool, Cyber Insights, collects information from multiple OT data sources to identify vulnerabilities and threats. “Organizations should leverage technology to address worker shortages, while […]

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Small-cell focus still largely on densification, but private-network opportunity growing

Some big ambitions for small cells were on display during the annual Small Cell World Summit in London this week. But it’s worth remembering that on the ground, their deployment is still at a relatively early stage. Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis, who chaired a panel addressing the issues of value creation and monetization, summarized […]

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