Partner content Samsung unveils ultra-slim chips for faster AI on mobile devices 13th August 2024 Samsung has kicked off mass production of its LPDDR5X DRAM semiconductors, tiny chips as thin as a fingernail to improve how mobile devices run AI workloads. They are the industry’s thinnest 12 nanometer (nm)-class memory chips and come in two sizes: 12GB and 16GB. The chips are designed to process memory workloads directly on the […]
News Georgia State Patrol turns to Southern Linc LTE system for mission-critical voice comms 9th August 2024 Georgia State Patrol is using a mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) service from Southern Linc for its primary voice communications, supplanting the state-owned VHF system during the past 18 months, according to an official with the agency. Captain Brian Screws (pictured above, in center), chief information officer for the Georgia State Patrol, said the statewide public-safety agency has […]
Partner content Crisis-hit European telecom sector needs a reboot 8th August 2024 During the summer months, when Europeans work on their global reputation for laziness and unproductivity, the bosses of the continent’s big telecom companies retreat to the Amalfi coast or the south of France or perhaps to some opulent, solar-powered log cabin in Scandinavia, where they keep a lidded eye on emails between energetic bouts of […]
News Motorola Solutions application pushes CAD information to first responders in field 6th August 2024 Motorola Solutions yesterday announced SmartIncident, a new application that leverages broadband connectivity in an APX NEXT or APX N70 portable radio to receive multimedia incident information from computer-aided dispatch (CAD) to inform efficient responses by personnel in the field. Michael Labowicz, director of product management for Motorola Solutions, said SmartIncident was developed to address an […]
Audio Hughes: James Clevenger discusses company’s expanded LEO, MEO, integration capabilities 4th August 2024 James Clevenger, Hughes Network Systems’ director of government sales, explains how business relationships established in recent years is allowing the company to augment its traditional Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) satellite capabilities with Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) connectivity, as well as help end users integrate these different connectivity types to meet […]
News UK Court of Appeal to hear Airwave case in November, Motorola Solutions CEO says 2nd August 2024 Motorola Solutions today announced that the United Kingdom (UK) Court of Appeal will hear the company’s case to alter the terms of a charge-control ruling regarding the Airwave TETRA network that could result in more than $1 billion in additional revenue for the LMR giant by the end of the decade. Motorola Solutions Chairman and […]
Partner content USF ruling hands Congress ‘enormously important opportunity’ – USTelecom CEO 1st August 2024 With last week’s court ruling declaring the Universal Service Fund (USF) unconstitutional, some in the industry are ramping up pressure on Congress to take action on USF reform. In an open letter published on Friday, Jonathan Spalter, CEO of USTelecom, called the fifth circuit court’s decision “fundamentally flawed,” and said it “hands Congress an enormously important opportunity to […]
Partner content First batch of AST SpaceMobile ‘Bluebird’ satellites ready to take flight 26th July 2024 AST SpaceMobile’s plan to deploy a global constellation of satellites that can connect to cellular phones on the ground is nearing liftoff. The company announced Thursday that five of its “Bluebird” low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites have reached completion and are ready to be shipped to Cape Canaveral in Florida during the first week of August. […]
Partner content FCC study pins all blame on AT&T for massive mobile outage 24th July 2024 The errors and foibles that led to AT&T’s massive mobile network outage in February that impaired millions of devices and blocked millions of voice calls were “all attributed” to the carrier, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau concluded in its damning assessment of the outage. The FCC’s 29-page report (PDF) found that the size and scope of […]
News FCC report outlines cause of AT&T’s February outage, impact on FirstNet 23rd July 2024 AT&T’s nationwide outage on Feb. 22 was caused by a misconfigured “network element” placed on the AT&T Mobility network without being properly reviewed, resulting in hours-long service disruption for both FirstNet users and AT&T commercial customers, according to FCC report about the outage. “When you sign up for wireless service, you expect it will be […]
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