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AT&T claims satellite-direct-to-phone deal with AST SpaceMobile in FCC waiver filing

AT&T told the FCC that it has agreed to have satellite-direct-to-phone company AST SpaceMobile provide supplemental-coverage-from-space (SCS) services to its subscribers and asked the FCC to approve waivers that allow AST to operate on leased spectrum from AT&T in the 700 MHz and 850 MHz bands. In a filing to the FCC made public today, […]

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Dallas restores core emergency-dispatch systems

Dallas officials on Monday said critical services have been restored following a widespread outage caused by last week’s ransomware attack. The Dallas Police Department and city’s websites are back online as of Sunday, Bill Zielinski, CIO for the City of Dallas, said during a city council public safety committee meeting. The city continues to recover and restore […]

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Flood of ransom payments continues as officials mull ban

As the White House floats the possibility of a ban on ransom payments, the number of organizations hit by ransomware that ultimately pay a ransom remains high. Nearly half, 46%, of organizations hit by ransomware during the past year paid a ransom to recover data, according to research Sophos released Wednesday. Averages and figures attributed to ransomware payments […]

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2 Years after Colonial Pipeline, U.S. critical infrastructure still not ready for ransomware

As the second anniversary of the massive ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline nears, experts warn that efforts to thwart the potentially debilitating threat to US critical infrastructure have not been enough. The cyberattack on its IT infrastructure forced Colonial Pipeline to shut down its entire operations for the first time ever, triggering a fuel shortage […]

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Globalstar hints at life after the iPhone

Globalstar’s top executive said the company is in “deal mode” now, and is working to drum up more business beyond its landmark agreement with Apple for the iPhone. “So stay tuned,” said Globalstar’s top executive Jay Monroe during his company’s recent quarterly conference call, according to a Seeking Alpha transcript. Globalstar has already made progress in […]

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Airbus-backed radar satellite planned for launch

Two companies are planning to launch a radar satellite into space, intended for security and observation applications. Called Carbsar, the mission is being developed by Surrey Satellite Technology and Oxford Space Systems. The project responds to the effective use of radar tech in the ongoing Ukraine conflict, currently used to monitor Russian movements, and is […]

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Rogers Communications announces satellite-direct-to-phone deal with Lynk Global

Canada-based cellular carrier Rogers Communications recently announced a deal with Lynk Global to provide satellite-direct-to-phone service beginning next year that is designed to ensure that Rogers subscribers maintain communications throughout the country, even when they are outside terrestrial-network coverage. Lynk Global CEO Charles Miller said that his company has similar agreements with other carriers around […]

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Government, industry efforts to thwart ransomware slowly start to pay off

It may seem counterintuitive given its regularity of ransomware attacks today, but these debilitating cyberattacks actually declined for the first time ever in 2022, thanks to actions and policy changes implemented by enterprises and governments in countries around the world. This bit of good news comes courtesy of the Ransomware Task Force (RTF), an industry […]

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UK’s ESN watches on as LTE public safety networks proliferate

It was recently suggested that the UK’s Emergency Services Network (ESN) had encountered so many difficulties along the way in part because of one simple fact: it was ahead of its time. At least, that was the suggestion of Simon Ricketts, a senior technology adviser and chair of the Independent Technical Assurance Panel at the […]

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Report: Local governments turning to digital transformation to combat climate change

The push toward digital transformation in local government is synonymous with the rising needs brought on by climate change. Beyond convenience, streamlining efficiencies through automation and artificial intelligence is a step element that, increasingly, administrators and public officials are ensuring their organizations take. A national survey of 100 state and local government leaders by the […]

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