Partner content U.S. vs. Huawei: Be careful what you wish for 12th June 2020 Huawei could run short of key chips for its networking gear by early next year, as US sanctions take their toll. The Shenzhen-based vendor is uncertain if it can even fulfill its existing contracts to supply 5G kit to operators in China and around the world, Bloomberg is reporting. So, the latest and harshest round of […]
Partner content U.S. telcos asked to rip out Huawei and replace it with a quandary 10th June 2020 The FCC is asking Congress for $2 billion to finance the removal of all Huawei equipment from some rural US wireless networks. But that’s the easy part. The much, much harder question – one that has not yet been answered by the commission – is how to replace Huawei’s equipment with equipment from “trusted” suppliers. What is […]
Audio PSCR: Dereck Orr previews virtual version of annual stakeholder meeting beginning July 27 9th June 2020 Dereck Orr, chief of the Public Safety Communication Research (PSCR) division within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), highlights key features of PSCR 2020: The Digital Experience, a virtual version of PSCR’s Annual Broadband Stakeholder Meeting that will not be conducted as an in-person event amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning July 27, […]
Partner content Will COVID-19 accelerate robotics in the supply chain? 8th June 2020 As the supply chain and manufacturing wade through the COVID-19 crisis, companies have renewed their embrace of robotics — if with circumspection. Prior to the advent of COVID-19, manufacturing suffered from tight labor markets and eyed robotics and automation to bolster efficiency and reduce costs. According to the MHI report on the supply chain in 2020, the adoption […]
News Florida formally notifies L3Harris of intent to extend statewide LMR contract 5th June 2020 A letter from the state of Florida this week formally notified L3Harris of the state’s intent to renew the service agreement for the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) when the existing contract between the parties expires in a little more than a year. “The State of Florida, acting by and through the Department of […]
Partner content AT&T: We moved hundreds of tower sites in 2019 to get better deals 4th June 2020 AT&T said it continues to negotiate with cell tower owners in order to reduce spending on tower space. And the company is boasting about the results its hardball negotiating tactics are generating. Specifically, the company appears to have terminated more than 600 agreements with tower owners during 2019 in pursuit of cheaper tower fees. “We […]
Partner content Can 5G meet the low-latency needs of autonomous vehicles? 29th May 2020 The connected, 5G future has many promises that come with big demands. As the next generation in mobile connectivity it offers the capability to process terabytes of data per hour, enable faster over-the-air updates and some proponents of the technology say they can achieve this with near-zero latency. The question though is: Can they? In […]
News Sonim Technologies launches RDK-3 package with optional interoperability, mesh-networking capabilities 29th May 2020 Sonim Technologies recently announced the formal launch of its latest versions of the Rapid Deployment Kit (RDK-3 and RDK-3i), which is designed to provide portable broadband connectivity in a rugged case to entities in locations where communications coverage does not exist or needs to be enhanced. “This is a rapid-deployment kit to get you up […]
Partner content Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente considering private LTE network 27th May 2020 Kristan Kline is in charge of network strategy for Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest nonprofit health plan with 12 million members, 39 hospitals and $84 billion in revenue. He recently completed Cornell University’s 5G for Business online program, but when he thinks about how wireless technology can solve business problems for Kaiser, 5G isn’t the […]
News Things get tense between Dish and T-Mobile 27th May 2020 Is the relationship between Dish Network and T-Mobile starting to sour? Based on a new filing with the FCC, that certainly appears to be the case. In the filing, Dish complained that T-Mobile inappropriately used Dish’s spectrum as a marketing ploy during COVID-19 lockdowns. “Since T-Mobile gained temporary access to Dish’s 600MHz spectrum on March 15, […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
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