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Comtech: Brian Salisbury highlights benefits of leveraging location data in IoT solutions

Brian Salisbury, Comtech’s vice president of product management, explains how his company is delivering secure low-power solutions to provide location information for Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives

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Avnet: Peter Fenn talks about AT&T partnership, company’s IoT solutions portfolio

Peter Fenn, Avnet’s global technical marketing manager for microcontrollers and wireless connectivity, showcases components that are available to developers through its partnership with AT&T and highlights Avnet’s versatility in the Internet of Things (IoT) space.

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Security concerns continue to be problematic for promising Internet of Things (IoT) industry

Implementing little or no security measures at many endpoint devices could threaten adoption and growth of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions that promise significant efficiencies to enterprises and consumer, according to panelists at Internet of Things World 2018 examining security concerns.

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pdvWireless revamps 900 MHz LTE proposal, offers control to potential utility, transport partners

A new pdvWireless proposal would let utilities and transportation entities build their own private, secure LTE networks using licensed 900 MHz spectrum that would be reconfigured to address an interference issue that was problematic in previous versions of the plan, according to pdvWireless CEO Morgan O’Brien.

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Newscan: Federal security warning: Suppliers are now your weakest link

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Federal security warning: Suppliers are now your weakest link Radio flaw exposes cities’ emergency-alert sirens to hackers ATI’s response to vulnerability claims by Bastille Hawaii congressional delegation pushes military to take over missile alerts How localities can prepare for—and capitalize on—the coming wave of public-safety network construction Facebook […]

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Network virtualization promises to play a key role in FirstNet offerings, future service innovations

Software-based networking advances are creating cost efficiencies and introducing flexible capabilities that let network providers like AT&T develop a service like FirstNet, which is being customized to meet first responders’ needs, according to IWCE 2018 panelists addressing the topic.

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New Samsung Galaxy S9 devices include FirstNet Band 14 support, AT&T and FirstNet say

Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones—unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona—are approved FirstNet devices that operate on the 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to FirstNet, according to officials for FirstNet and its nationwide contractor, AT&T.

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Public-safety representatives contest recent Verizon claims about its first-responder offerings

Recent statements attributed to Verizon in the media that the carrier’s broadband service is the only public-safety-grade LTE network and that its planned public-safety LTE core network may be interoperable with the FirstNet system “suggest things that are simply not there,” according to a presentation to the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC).

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FirstNet clarifies position on LTE core use in ‘opt-out’ states, says it also applies to ‘extended primary’ groups

States or territories that achieve “opt-out” status must use the FirstNet LTE core network to provide broadband services to FirstNet public-safety users in both the “primary” and “extended primary” groups, according to information released recently by FirstNet and published on the organization’s web site.

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AT&T: Doug Clark differentiates FirstNet from commercial broadband offerings

Doug Clark, AT&T’s assistant vice president for FirstNet outreach and consultation, explains how public-safety agencies subscribing to FirstNet—being built nationwide by AT&T—will receive services that differ from traditional commercial broadband offerings.

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Comtech: Brian Salisbury highlights benefits of leveraging location data in IoT solutions

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Avnet: Peter Fenn talks about AT&T partnership, company’s IoT solutions portfolio

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Security concerns continue to be problematic for promising Internet of Things (IoT) industry

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pdvWireless revamps 900 MHz LTE proposal, offers control to potential utility, transport partners

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Newscan: Federal security warning: Suppliers are now your weakest link

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Network virtualization promises to play a key role in FirstNet offerings, future service innovations

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New Samsung Galaxy S9 devices include FirstNet Band 14 support, AT&T and FirstNet say

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Public-safety representatives contest recent Verizon claims about its first-responder offerings

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FirstNet clarifies position on LTE core use in ‘opt-out’ states, says it also applies to ‘extended primary’ groups

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AT&T: Doug Clark differentiates FirstNet from commercial broadband offerings

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LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command

Partnership and collaboration must be the foundation for emergency communications

FirstNet success means no hypothetical ‘shots’ need to be fired, Swenson says

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