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Artemis returns with private pCell strategy

Startup Artemis Networks is back. The company is still pushing its pCell technology with CEO Steve Perlman at the helm. It is also touting a distribution partnership with Federated Wireless, a real-world deployment at the SAP Center sports stadium in San Jose and high-profile support from former Apple CEO John Sculley and financial analyst Craig […]

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AT&T teams with Intrado to provide location-based routing of 911 calls

Wireless emergency calls from AT&T customers will be routed to 911 centers based the caller’s location—not the location of the cell tower used to make the call—throughout the nation by the end of June, AT&T announced yesterday. AT&T claims it is the first carrier to launch location-based routing, thanks to a new “Locate Before Route” […]

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Verizon buries Skyward, its drone company

Verizon is shutting down Skyward, the drone startup it purchased in 2017. According to her LinkedIn profile, Skyward President Mariah Scott moved into Verizon’s new Robotics Business Technology division, which will focus on robots on the ground. It’s not clear how many total employees were affected by the shutdown. “Skyward, a Verizon company, announced that it was exiting its […]

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FirstNet Authority board commits to first in-building investment

FirstNet Authority board members this week voted to make a multimillion-dollar investment that is designed to extend the coverage of FirstNet—the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) being built by AT&T—inside public-safety buildings and other structures. FirstNet Authority Chair Stephen Benjamin described the in-building resolution as an “exciting investment,” and the measure was approved unanimously during […]

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LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command

The grief following a firefighter line-of-duty death (LODD) is beyond words. Fellow firefighters are devastated. Families are shattered. In the aftermath, questions arise about the circumstances: Was the loss preventable? What was the chain of actions leading to the catastrophe? Central to these questions is the role of incident command (IC), the command’s situational awareness, […]

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AST SpaceMobile to test satellite-based services on AT&T’s spectrum

The FCC will allow AST SpaceMobile to test transmissions from regular smartphones directly to its new satellite, the company announced. It appears AST SpaceMobile’s testing in the US will use spectrum licenses owned by AT&T. “We appreciate the diligent support of the FCC in providing the experimental license for our upcoming satellite launch,” AST SpaceMobile […]

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Former Dem senator launches campaign to squash Gigi Sohn’s FCC confirmation

President Biden’s effort to get a Democratic majority at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is about to be further derailed, this time by members of his party. One Country Project – a Democratic political action committee led by former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp, that lobbies federal lawmakers on rural issues – announced that it is […]

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PSCR: Dereck Orr highlights features of June event in San Diego

Dereck Orr, chief of the Public Safety Communication Research (PSCR) division within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), discusses the various offerings at the PSCR Annual Stakeholder Meeting, which will be conducted June 7-9 in San Diego at the Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter. For the first time in three years, the […]

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CEO Parkinson to leave FirstNet Authority in two weeks

FirstNet Authority CEO Ed Parkinson will leave his position in two weeks to “pursue an opportunity in the private sector,” necessitating a search for his successor, according to a FirstNet Authority announcement released today. Parkinson will continue to fulfill his duties at the helm of the FirstNet Authority for the next two weeks, including the […]

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FirstNet adoption tops 3.3 million connections and 20,500 agencies

FirstNet gained 300,000 subscribers during the first quarter, meaning the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) boasts more than 3.3 million connections provided across more than 20,500 agencies, according to NPSBN contractor AT&T. AT&T CEO John Stankey said during the company’s quarterly conference call that the carrier giant will be able to concentrate fully on its […]

Long Term Evolution (LTE)

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Artemis returns with private pCell strategy

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AT&T teams with Intrado to provide location-based routing of 911 calls

Partner content

Verizon buries Skyward, its drone company

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FirstNet Authority board commits to first in-building investment

Commentary

LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command

Partner content

AST SpaceMobile to test satellite-based services on AT&T’s spectrum

Partner content

Former Dem senator launches campaign to squash Gigi Sohn’s FCC confirmation

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PSCR: Dereck Orr highlights features of June event in San Diego

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CEO Parkinson to leave FirstNet Authority in two weeks

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FirstNet adoption tops 3.3 million connections and 20,500 agencies

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LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command

Partnership and collaboration must be the foundation for emergency communications

FirstNet success means no hypothetical ‘shots’ need to be fired, Swenson says

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