News Senate American Rescue Plan calls for more than $60 million in direct aid for counties 5th March 2021 The U.S. Senate’s version of the 2021 American Rescue Plan maintains the $350 billion in state and local aid that was in the House bill, including $60.1 billion in direct aid to counties. The U.S. Senate begin debating its version March 4. The House of Representatives passed its version of the $1.9 trillion bill Feb. […]
Partner content Smart-building projects target energy efficiency as launchpad to health and safety 4th March 2021 While enterprises take on smart building projects to reduce energy costs, COVID-19 has brought new priorities to the fore. With the continuing spread of the virus, many building operators have looked toward smart building systems to aid with tracking and tracing the virus among workers, physical distancing, contactless entry, temperature reading and other efforts to […]
News ESN official hints at potentially costly new timeline for UK public-safety broadband project 3rd March 2021 A plan submitted seven months ago that called for UK public safety to transition mission-critical voice communications from the Airwave TETRA system to the LTE-based Emergency Services Network (ESN) in 2024 or 2025 was “overambitious” and is being revamped, according to the UK director heading the project. ESN Programme Director John Black did not specify […]
Partner content Ericsson, Huawei, AT&T attending Mobile World Congress in June, others not so sure 3rd March 2021 A few high-profile companies, including Ericsson, Huawei, Telefonica, Parallel Wireless and AT&T, confirmed to Light Reading that they intend to send executives to Barcelona, Spain, in June to attend the MWC trade show in person. But a large number of other companies, including Mavenir, Cisco, Intel, Rakuten, KPN, Deutsche Telekom, BT and Orange, said they […]
News Newscan: Klobuchar calls on Congress to get serious on tech reform 2nd March 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Klobuchar calls on Congress to get serious on tech reform After stimulus, Biden to tackle another politically tricky issue: infrastructure UK fire chiefs facing expensive bills for botched ESN project Verizon support says you should turn off 5G to save your phone’s battery Here’s where Americans are using […]
Partner content The era of converged network infrastructure has officially begun 2nd March 2021 After a year of shopping itself, Boingo has finally found a buyer. However, the important element here is not that Boingo finally managed to sell itself, but that Marc Ganzi found another telecom company to purchase. Boingo announced Monday that Digital Colony – a $23 billion infrastructure investment company linked to Ganzi’s Colony Capital investment firm – will take […]
Partner content Biden to follow through on Trump-era China tech ban 2nd March 2021 Then it was, then it wasn’t. Whether the Biden administration will radically change the Trump era’s truculent China policy has been the million yuan question since it took over in January. But it now looks as if the course of Washington’s China policy may be more straight tracks ahead than all change. On January 14, […]
News California PD: ‘Game-changing’ Live911 streaming of emergency calls accelerates responses 24th February 2021 Police officers in the city of Clovis, Calif., are able to respond more quickly to incidents—saving lives and property—because they use the Live911 application developed by HigherGround to listen to the audio from 911 calls near their location, according to a Clovis police official. Jim Munro, a lieutenant in the Clovis Police Department, said the […]
Partner content Why Tucson is building its own 4G network 24th February 2021 The city of Tucson, Arizona, is weeks away from finishing the first phase of its 4G LTE network buildout. The city will initially use the network to connect around 1,000 kids in poor households to the Internet but eventually hopes to use the network for a variety of services ranging from smart city IoT operations […]
Partner content Digital transformation, connectivity create platform for sustainable mobility 24th February 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic is causing tectonic plates to slide in the automotive industry, and in indeed in many others. However, it’s not the only factor that is causing a shift. Consumer purchasing behavior, electric vehicle adoption is increasing, connect and autonomous vehicle technology is important, and there is a push to, as Markus Winkler is […]
Unlocking the power of ESInets: Different NG911 provisioning approaches exist; level of control is key differentiator 7th April 2021
