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AT&T customers explore use cases for edge computing

“Our entire edge strategy is based around what our customers actually need,” AT&T proclaimed in a recent blog post. The post was penned by Mo Katibeh, CMO of AT&T Business and champion of the company’s edge computing initiative. Katibeh told Light Reading recently that AT&T’s business customers have diverse needs, and that 5G edge compute is not […]

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Nokia: Fabricio Velez updates development on IMS-based NG911 approach

Fabricio Velez, global solutions architect for Nokia, explains how public-safety answering points (PSAPs) could leverage valuable data from the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) that is part of wireless carriers’ core networks to deliver rich multimedia information—such as more accurate location of emergency callers—into the 911 system. Velez notes that this IMS approach should be viewed […]

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Sonim CEO reiterates public-safety focus, says company ‘is not for sale’

Sonim Technologies is “not for sale” and intends to continue developing rugged public-safety broadband products, including high-powered user equipment (HPUE) that take advantage of 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum to extend the effective range of devices, according to new Sonim CEO Tom Wilkinson. “We are absolutely committed to public safety,” Wilkinson said during an interview […]

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Texas DPS: Jared VandenHeuvel highlights Winter Institute scenarios, emerging comm tools

Jared VandenHeuvel, program coordinator at the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), outlines the emergency scenarios that Winter Institute participants responded to during exercises conducted last week at Texas A&M University and the surrounding area. VandenHeuvel also discusses new communications tools and the need for different skill sets within response units to take advantage of […]

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Spanish carmaker promises V2X for new Leon model

Seat has promised to include the first mass-market application of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology in its new mid-segment Leon model. To be sold in hatchback and station wagon versions in the European market, the Spanish sub-brand of the Volkswagen Group hopes to draw on its on-street V2X experiments near its base in Barcelona carried out with domestic […]

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Wi-Fiber: Adair Grover highlights versatility of smart-streetlight solution

Adair Grover, CEO and president of Wi-Fiber, outlines the capabilities of his company’s Intelli-Platform, a smart-streetlight device that supports 30-mile point-to-point links and a variety of broadband communications, as well as housing a host of sensors that can detect gunshots, air quality and temperature. Grover spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the Winter […]

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Edge-computing benefits for AI crystallizing

Interest in edge computing continues to build, as does confusion surrounding the architecture. The situation is similar when it comes to artificial intelligence. The prospect of moving AI to the edge might sound like a recipe for even more confusion. Performing artificial intelligence at the edge is often “just theory quoted in articles,” said Martin […]

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Inside Samsung’s 5G factory for AT&T

Among the businesses with the most to gain from 5G are manufacturing industries that require very high levels of precision in both their processes and their final products. This perfectly describes the semiconductor industry, where changes that are imperceptible to the human eye can have a huge impact on quality. “Semiconductor facilities are inherently complex […]

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Harris County: Greg Jurrens explains how FirstNet can address LMR backhaul challenges

Greg Jurrens, senior manager of radio services and public–safety technology for Harris County (Texas) Universal Services, describes how the county has used prioritized FirstNet broadband to provide backhaul links to deployable LMR units in challenging rural environments where commercial networks can get saturated, such as along the route to the funeral of former President George […]

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AT&T to finish 80% of FirstNet buildout in coming months, exec says

AT&T expects to complete 80% of the contracted buildout of the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) “in the coming months,” an AT&T executive said yesterday. AT&T Chief Operating Officer (COO) John Stankey made the statement during the company’s quarterly earning call with financial analysts while discussing company officials’ belief that AT&T will add more […]

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AT&T customers explore use cases for edge computing

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Nokia: Fabricio Velez updates development on IMS-based NG911 approach

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Sonim CEO reiterates public-safety focus, says company ‘is not for sale’

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Texas DPS: Jared VandenHeuvel highlights Winter Institute scenarios, emerging comm tools

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Spanish carmaker promises V2X for new Leon model

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Wi-Fiber: Adair Grover highlights versatility of smart-streetlight solution

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Edge-computing benefits for AI crystallizing

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Inside Samsung’s 5G factory for AT&T

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Harris County: Greg Jurrens explains how FirstNet can address LMR backhaul challenges

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AT&T to finish 80% of FirstNet buildout in coming months, exec says

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