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IoT connectivity issues impact 90% of businesses, report finds

IoT connectivity issues are causing significant financial losses and operational delays, a report from rSIM has found. According to the report’s findings, almost half of businesses (43%) said connectivity problems have caused “life-affecting changes” to either staff or customers, while a quarter said they have been hacked due to connectivity issues. Of the U.K. businesses […]

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Unique aspects of data-incident response in local government

For years, private companies have struggled to protect the data of consumers against security incidents and cyberattacks by malicious threat actors. More recently, there has been a growing surge of data breaches impacting the public sector, and local governments face unique challenges in responding to such incidents. The triage and analysis required following the discovery […]

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At MWC, AT&T and AST execs talk up space-based possibilities

MWC24 – BARCELONA – The wireless industry’s space race increasingly looks like a two-company contest between AT&T, partnering with AST SpaceMobile, and T-Mobile, linked up with SpaceX’s Starlink. The latter effort has gotten much more attention, thanks to Starlink’s enormous constellation of satellites that now includes direct-to-cell versions and also to Elon Musk’s outsized, no-inner-monologue presence on X. During MWC, Musk posted onto X […]

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U.S. government expands role in software security

The Biden administration continues to push for closer public-private partnerships to harden US information-technology infrastructure, calling on companies to shift to memory-safe programming languages and calling on the technical and academic communities to create better ways of measuring software security. This week, the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released a report […]

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FirstNet Authority board, task force to assess AT&T outage, suggest potential prevention measures

AT&T’s hours-long network outage that impacted FirstNet service last week will be discussed by the FirstNet Authority board during an open meeting next week, as well as the focus of a new task force created specifically to assess the incident and recommend strategies to help avoid a repeat in the future. FirstNet Authority Executive Director […]

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As they buy tech, cities want mobile systems that perform multiple tasks in all kinds of settings

As they buy new IT systems, local governments want portability and versatility, says Scott Thie, senior manager of government markets at Zebra Technologies, which offers a portfolio of rugged tablets and mobile computers for field services, the public sector and other industries. Zebra sells marking, tracking, and computer printing technologies. It offers systems that are used […]

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SpaceX makes first social-media post using Starlink direct-to-cell satellites

SpaceX has posted its first status on X (formerly Twitter) using Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell satellite network in space. “This post was sent through a SpaceX Direct to Cell satellite in space,” the company wrote on X. Musk re-shared the post, adding that no special equipment was used to make the status. Only a mobile phone and […]

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AT&T filing with SEC outlines new payment schedule to FirstNet Authority

AT&T will pay more than $5.1 billion during the next five years to the FirstNet Authority, which plans to use this money to help fund the $8 billion commitment to enhance the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) that is being built and maintained by AT&T, according to the carrier’s recent filing with the SEC. AT&T […]

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AT&T CEO on outage: “We let down many”

AT&T CEO John Stankey addressed the carrier’s massive Feb. 22 outage that impacted FirstNet and commercial service, stating in a letter to company employees that “we let down many of our customers” and apologizing, but the exact cause of the hours-long disruption remains murky. In the letter released on Sunday, Stankey noted that AT&T’s restoration […]

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For faster emergency response, New York’s fire department looks to AI

The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) is tapping technology from the smart transportation-focused C2SMARTER research center to speed up emergency responses in traffic-congested areas. In the last decade, the average response time between a 911 call for a life-threatening medical emergency and on-site FDNY arrival rose about 10%, from 6 minutes, 45 seconds to 7 minutes, 26 seconds, […]

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IoT connectivity issues impact 90% of businesses, report finds

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Unique aspects of data-incident response in local government

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At MWC, AT&T and AST execs talk up space-based possibilities

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U.S. government expands role in software security

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FirstNet Authority board, task force to assess AT&T outage, suggest potential prevention measures

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As they buy tech, cities want mobile systems that perform multiple tasks in all kinds of settings

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SpaceX makes first social-media post using Starlink direct-to-cell satellites

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AT&T filing with SEC outlines new payment schedule to FirstNet Authority

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AT&T CEO on outage: “We let down many”

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For faster emergency response, New York’s fire department looks to AI

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Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

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