News CISA official Natarajan notes expanding list of cyberthreat sources, victims 4th April 2024 Cyberattacks are being initiated by a growing number of entities and are being directed at an ever-expanding list of targets in both the public and private sectors, according to Nitin Natarajan, deputy director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Natarajan made the statements during his March 28 keynote address at the IWCE 2024 […]
Partner content FCC’s net-neutrality rules won’t specifically address 5G network slicing 4th April 2024 FCC officials confirmed that the agency’s new net-neutrality guidelines won’t specifically address new 5G technologies like network slicing. Instead, officials explained that network slicing will be handled under the same policy regime that the agency used in 2015, when it imposed net-neutrality guidelines during the Obama administration. However, during a media briefing, FCC officials also […]
News Tait, Frequentis partner to offer LifeX software solution in North America 2nd April 2024 Tait Communications and Frequentis recently announced a strategic partnership that gives Tait Communications exclusive access in North America to the Frequentis LifeX software solution that is designed to integrate digital and analog radio systems, as well as provide a migration path to a host of future technologies. Tait Communications CEO and Managing Director Yoram Benit […]
Partner content Sat-to-phone ambitions may need course corrections 1st April 2024 Much of the opening banter about satellite-to-phone services at the recent Satellite 2024 trade show in Washington, DC, bubbled with optimism that connectivity from space would soon lift off from being a slide in a PowerPoint deck to become a routine notification icon on a smartphone’s screen. “The total addressable market is almost as big as the entire satellite […]
Partner content Boston Dynamics robot dog shot in police standoff 1st April 2024 Massachusetts State Police robot dog Roscoe was shot multiple times during a police standoff earlier this month. It marks the first time one of the robot dogs has been shot and it happened as it was protecting its human partners during an incident on Cape Cod. The incident occurred on March 6 when Massachusetts State […]
News Plum Laboratories showcases Starlink-ready case 28th March 2024 Plum Laboratories recently announced the Plum Venture SR, a Starlink-ready Plum case that integrates a Starlink standard or GEN3 antenna with Plum’s antenna-array and power-bank capabilities. Plum Laboratories Owner and Lead Director Asha Moran said the Plum Venture SR enhances the company’s Plum Venture product by leveraging connectivity from the Starlink low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, […]
News Leaders outline struggles, benefits associated with ‘journey’ to NG911 26th March 2024 ORLANDO—Migrating public-safety answering points (PSAPs) to an IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) platform is challenging and can include setbacks, leaders of two high-profile NG911 deployment efforts in the states of California and Texas said during an IWCE 2024 conference session. Budge Currier (pictured above), assistant director of public-safety communications for California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services […]
Audio ADRF: Jim Lilienfeld outlines benefits of company’s converged in-building solution 26th March 2024 Jim Lilienfeld, ADRF’s senior manager for the southeast U.S., highlights features of the company’s converged in-building solution that can support public-safety broadband communications from all three U.S. nationwide carriers, as well as connectivity for consumers–for personal use and to call 911 when emergency incidents occur. To learn more about ADRF, IWCE 2024 attendees can […]
News ESChat, JPS announce solution to ease interoperable PTT deployments, enhance security 25th March 2024 ESChat and JPS Interoperability Solutions today announced that the JPS Z-Series platform soon will communicate natively with the ESChat push-to-talk (PTT) platform, which is expected to streamline gateway deployments and bolster security to meet the needs of the ESChat FedRAMP platform later this year. ESChat CEO Josh Lober said officials for JPS and ESChat have […]
Commentary Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 24th March 2024 Recently there was an article titled “LMR remains most reliable technology for public-safety communications,” written by the executive director of the Forestry Conservation Communications Association (“FCCA”). To some extent there are some truths to that, but it is not an absolute. Indeed, it is far from it. There were some assertions in the article that […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
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