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How blockchain technology can benefit the Internet of Things

Blockchain technology has already gone through a peak of hype, then a “trough of disillusionment,” but it may be on an upward climb again. While the roller-coaster ride of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin have also cast aspersions on blockchain technology –and it has—recent events such as COVID-19 and its impact on the connected economy has created new […]

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Germany takes aim at driverless-tech dominance

Germany is the first country in the world to legalize fully autonomous vehicles on public roads. The landmark legislation passed both the lower and upper chambers of Germany’s parliament last week with a comfortable majority. The legislation will allow Level 4 autonomous vehicles to operate on public roads in Germany without drivers behind the wheel […]

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FCC approves stay order to halt leasing rules for 4.9 GHz spectrum

FCC commissioners this week released an order that grants a request from the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), indefinitely suspending the 4.9 GHz rules passed last year that would have let states lease the longtime public-safety spectrum to commercial entities. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, Geoffrey Starks and Nathan Simington delivered the three supporting votes for […]

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Motorola Solutions CEO anticipates extension of Airwave contract in UK by end of year

A new deal between the Home Office and Motorola Solutions to extend the life of the Airwave TETRA system that provides mission-critical LMR communications to first responders in the United Kingdom (UK) likely will be finalized by the end of this year, according to Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO Greg Brown. “I’m not going to […]

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Lynk files with FCC, plans to offer LEO satellite-to-phone service next year

Lynk today announced that it has applied for a commercial operator’s license with the FCC to offer its “cell towers in space” services around the world as early as next year, so unmodified cellular devices can communicate directly with Lynk LEO satellites to fill coverage gaps in terrestrial networks. “We’re getting ready to roll out […]

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Tennessee board reports Nashville bombing impact on 911, future plans

In the wake of the Nashville bombing that create extended outages for 66 public-safety answering points (PSAPs) AT&T has committed to improving its network resiliency, communications with 911 centers, and its backup-power capabilities, according to a report to the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board (TECB). TECB Vice Chairman Steve Martini presented key findings of the report […]

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Motorola Solutions asks Florida governor to veto SLERS tower plans, shrink scope of new radio purchase

Motorola Solutions has asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto tower-leasing line items in the proposed state budget and reduce the number of replacement radios provided to agencies using the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS), describing the budget’s no-bid P25 award to L3Harris as “dangerous” to first responders. Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO Greg […]

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Semiconductor industry growth spikes, but supply remains constrained

While the semiconductor industry is white-hot and demand for chips is increasing, healthy chip supply is another story. While these chipsets are becoming more intelligent and capable for a range of tasks, such as video streaming and autonomous driving, they are also suffering from significant shortages that could disrupt sales for a variety of products […]

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Axon, RapidSOS partner to bring multimedia information to 911 centers

Axon and RapidSOS recently announced a partnership that will enable 911 centers across the U.S. to have free access to location data, incident alerts and streaming video from Axon devices and share that information with first responders in the field. RapidSOS CEO and founder Michael Martin said there are three components to the partnership with […]

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Rescue 42 increasing manufacturing capacity amid growing Compact Rapid Deployable interest, CEO says

Early interest in the Compact Rapid Deployable (CRD) for FirstNet has been so great that solution provider Rescue 42 is increasing its manufacturing capacity “dramatically,” according to Rescue 42 CEO Tim O’Connell. Part of a package of FirstNet technology innovations unveiled in January, CRDs are designed to be an easily deployable LTE solution that response […]

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How blockchain technology can benefit the Internet of Things

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Germany takes aim at driverless-tech dominance

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FCC approves stay order to halt leasing rules for 4.9 GHz spectrum

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Motorola Solutions CEO anticipates extension of Airwave contract in UK by end of year

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Lynk files with FCC, plans to offer LEO satellite-to-phone service next year

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Tennessee board reports Nashville bombing impact on 911, future plans

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Motorola Solutions asks Florida governor to veto SLERS tower plans, shrink scope of new radio purchase

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Semiconductor industry growth spikes, but supply remains constrained

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Axon, RapidSOS partner to bring multimedia information to 911 centers

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Rescue 42 increasing manufacturing capacity amid growing Compact Rapid Deployable interest, CEO says

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Unfinished Business: Why NFPA and IBC fire codes need to kill the fire phone

Unlocking the power of ESInets: Different NG911 provisioning approaches exist; level of control is key differentiator

Ransomware? Let’s call it what it really is: extortionware

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Cars, Medicine, Electric Grids: Future hackers will hit much more than networks in an IT/OT integrated world dlvr.it/S24KtV

Securing an open-source OS for IoT dlvr.it/S24Dwg

Newscan: Once, superpower summits were about nukes. Now, it’s cyberweapons. dlvr.it/S1zxGF

Unfinished Business: Why NFPA and IBC fire codes need to kill the fire phone dlvr.it/S1wQmW

Driverless-tech liability is all in the wording dlvr.it/S1vykc

Is an attacker living off your land? dlvr.it/S1tXVd

New ThroughTek IoT supply-chain vulnerability announced dlvr.it/S1tRWW

What “smart city” means for 2021: How digital twins, AI and other innovations drive smart transformation dlvr.it/S1tQTV