News Southern Linc CEO says utilities, critical entities at ‘inflection point’ on private LTE 8th April 2022 Southern Company is the lone U.S. utility with its own private LTE system, but that could change in the near future, as multiple utilities and other critical-infrastructure entities consider building private LTE networks operating on newly available spectrum, according to Southern Linc President and CEO Tami Barron. Southern Linc—the Southern Company subsidiary responsible for operating […]
Partner content 5G should accelerate autonomous communication 6th April 2022 The emergence of 5G is expected to bring forth the exploration of new horizons to connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), as well as to vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. Erik Varney, managing director of telematics for industrial IoT and automotive at Verizon Business, says that convergence is the major trend that’s occurring within the new generation of […]
Partner content Podcast: Verizon’s Maggie Hallbach on securing and connecting the public sector 6th April 2022 Maggie Hallbach, senior VP of public sector for Verizon, joins the podcast shortly after her promotion to leading Verizon’s Public Sector business, which provides cloud, security and networking services to state and local government as well as academic institutions. Hallbach also explains how her team works with Verizon Frontline to utilize technologies like 5G to support first […]
Partner content Lynk, AST SpaceMobile race for approvals, satellite launches 4th April 2022 The two startups racing to connect regular smartphones to satellites in cellular dead zones are each boasting of their respective market progress. But so far, neither is offering commercial services. That may soon change, though, as both Lynk Global and AST SpaceMobile tout advancements. “As we ready Blue Walker 3 for its plan launched this […]
Partner content IWCE 2022: The future of 5G and its implications for government organizations 1st April 2022 These days, 5G dominates discourse and headlines—drawing intense interest from engineers and conspiracy theorists alike. As the fifth-generation technological standard for broadband cellular networks, the implications of 5G are profound and, as of yet, still not completely realized. “It’s going to be high speed, low latency, and massive scale,” said Bryan Schromsky, managing partner of […]
News BroadWay project delivers technical successes, but challenges remain for European public-safety LTE 31st March 2022 An initiative designed to develop interoperable public-safety LTE connectivity throughout much of Europe continues to make technical progress, but several key practical aspects of real-world deployment—spectrum usage, business models and governance—remain unclear, according to IWCE 2022 speakers addressing the matter. Airbus and Frequentis each are leading a consortium of companies through the third phase of […]
Partner content Apple iPhone 14 may feature Chinese chips with military links 31st March 2022 The tiny chips that store data in Apple’s gadgets normally come from the likes of South Korea’s Samsung and Japan’s Kioxia. But the memory or NAND chips that help power the forthcoming iPhone 14 may have a more controversial supplier. Apple is currently evaluating products made by Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC), a Chinese state-owned […]
Partner content Ford testing smart traffic lights for emergency vehicles 31st March 2022 Ford is testing connected tech for traffic lights that could save lives. The company’s European arm has been working on trials of traffic light systems that automatically go green when they’re aware of ambulances, fire engines and police vehicles approaching. It’s hoped the tech can eliminate potentially fatal delays at junctions as first responders race […]
News New anti-DJI rules could ground public-safety drone programs, IWCE speakers say 29th March 2022 Public-safety aerial drone initiatives provide an ever-growing level of situational awareness to first responders, but many of these programs could be undermined by rules designed to ban the use of drones from China-based DJI because of national-security concerns, according to panelists speaking at IWCE 2022. Tony Loperfido, a sergeant with the technical operations unit of […]
News Verizon has 45% market-share lead in public-safety adoption, keynote speaker says 27th March 2022 Verizon Frontline has the greatest level of public-safety broadband adoption of any U.S. carrier, providing almost 4.5 million connections to 30,000 public-safety entities, a Verizon Frontline official said last week. Patty Roze, vice president of public-sector sales for Verizon, cited the statistics during her portion of the company’s keynote presentation on Thursday morning at IWCE […]
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