Partner content 5G spectrum auction imperiled by satellite operators’ hunger for money 20th February 2020 The C-Band Alliance (CBA) appears to be falling apart. And that could spell trouble for companies like T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T, which are hoping to get their hands on spectrum currently used by CBA members. At the heart of the issue is 5G technology in the US. American cellular operators have loudly complained that they don’t […]
News Federated Wireless teams with AWS, Microsoft on cloud-based CBRS offerings 20th February 2020 Federated Wireless this week announced a new Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) private-network offering focused on Internet of Things (IoT) applications that will be delivered via marketplace platforms run by cloud giants Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Federated Wireless CEO Iyad Tarazi stressed the importance of simplicity in the connectivity-as-a-service (CaaS) offerings that […]
Video TEEX: Warren ‘Country’ Weidler notes challenges integrating new technologies, dangers of autocorrect 20th February 2020 Warren “Country” Weidler, the search-and-rescue coordinator for Texas Task Force One and part of the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), describes the recent cybersecurity-related response exercise conducted at the Winter Institute, where he led the incident-command post. With LMR radio unavailable under the scenario, chat messaging, pictures/video from drones and other communications methods were […]
Partner content Verizon: We have more unused network capacity today than five years ago 18th February 2020 Verizon this week sought to counter ongoing worries that its wireless network won’t be able to support any more customers or traffic. Specifically, the company released a chart showing the growth of traffic on its network and its efforts to keep pace with that traffic through the application of more spectrum and new wireless technologies […]
Video PSCR: Maxwell Maurice highlights work on deployable broadband platform 17th February 2020 Maxwell Maurice, electronics support technician for the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) group within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), showcases the rapidly deployable research platform, which is designed to make first responders “completely independent and completely self-contained” in terms of communicating while in areas without normal network connectivity. Maurice spoke with IWCE’s […]
Partner content Mobile World Congress 2020: The show won’t go on 14th February 2020 Following dozens of cancellations from the largest companies in the telecom industry, the GSM Association announced today it has canceled this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. “With due regard to the safe and healthy environment in Barcelona and the host country today, the GSMA has canceled MWC Barcelona 2020 because the global concern regarding […]
News Softil tech selected to develop MCPTT devices for South Korean rail line 14th February 2020 Softil this week announced that its BEEHD technology has been selected to build communication devices that will leverage mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) and other mission-critical-communications (MCC or MCX) standards set by 3GPP for use by KORAIL, South Korea’s national railroad network. BEEHD is a software development kit (SDK) that provides device manufacturers, application developers and service providers […]
Partner content Sprint/T-Mobile merger: The six big things that should happen next 13th February 2020 Although the companies have overcome several substantial obstacles facing their proposed merger, Sprint and T-Mobile are not done yet. There are still a few significant roadblocks the companies must address before their merger can close. Here’s what’s probably going to happen next, in the order it will probably occur: 1. An appeal The first thing […]
Video Texas Military Department: Lt. Jared Reinhardt showcases deployable communications capabilities 12th February 2020 Lt. Jared Reinhardt of the Texas Military Department provides a tour of the organization’s deployable command vehicles, which support multiband LMR, cellular broadband, satellite backhaul and bridging technologies that are designed to enable interoperability between disparate systems. Reinhardt spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during a field exercise conducted at the RELLIS campus […]
Partner content Inseego working on CommScope partnership for private LTE networks 12th February 2020 Inseego is in the midst of testing how its products can work with products from CommScope, with an eye toward putting the two together in order to sell them to enterprises that want to build their own private wireless LTE networks. “Inseego is a cellular radio equipment (modem/gateway/router) provider, and is seeking to partner with […]
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