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Anterix: Execs discuss federal-funding option for utilities’ private LTE

Anterix COO Ryan Gerbrandt (yes, that’s his name, despite what you hear in the audio), left, and Chris Guttman-McCabe—chief regulatory and communications officer for Anterix—explain how utilities may use federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to pay for private LTE networks that are capable of supporting important smart-grid applications.

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Newscan: Axon in spotlight as Supreme Court leans toward making challenges to FTC, SEC easier

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Axon in spotlight as Supreme Court leans toward making challenges to FTC, SEC easier CISA, NSA and industry outline security responsibilities of software suppliers Sateliot plans first active NB-IoT nanosatellite launch DISA’s plea to industry: Bring us battlefield-ready tech Dish touts value of licensed spectrum in private networks […]

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LA-RICS P25 system on track for October 2023 acceptance, official says

Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) expect to accept the organization’s long-awaited P25 system in less than a year, according to information provided last week to the LA-RICS Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) board. LA-RICS Executive Director Scott Edson said the P25 system appears to remain on track to be completed by October 2023, although […]

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SBA pulls ahead in the edge-computing race

Cell-tower giant SBA Communications appears to be creating a sizable lead in the 5G industry’s race to edge computing. The company recently disclosed that it is in the midst of operating or constructing 30-40 edge-computing sites around the country – that’s more than many of the company’s competitors and customers. “I would say we probably […]

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Apple hit by iPhone delays as global handset sales sink to eight-year low

Deteriorating economic conditions have driven down global handset sales to their lowest level in eight years, says Counterpoint Research. It calculates Q3 shipments totaled 301 million units, down 12% from a year ago. Another analyst firm, Omdia (a sister company to Light Reading), put the decline at 7.6%, although it said shipments were up 2.5% sequentially. Counterpoint […]

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SolarWinds faces potential SEC enforcement action over Orion breach

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appears poised to take enforcement action against SolarWinds for the enterprise software company’s alleged violation of federal securities laws when making statements and disclosures about the 2019 data breach at the company. If the SEC were to move forward, SolarWinds could face civil monetary penalties and be required […]

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Laser attack can blind self-driving cars

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are vulnerable to a laser attack that could potentially “blind” them, putting pedestrians at risk. That’s the alarming conclusion arrived at by a team of researchers from the United States and Japan. Researchers from the University of Florida, the University of Michigan and the University of Electro-Communications in Chofu, Japan conducted a series of […]

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Newscan: Dish and DirecTV have a window to finally merge after mid-term elections, Ergen says

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Dish and DirecTV have a window to finally merge after mid-term elections, Ergen says Renee Gordon appointed to replace Karima Holmes on FirstNet Authority board The mystery of Biden’s deadlocked FCC FCC will launch new Space Bureau RapidDeploy mapping tech backs South Carolina 988 hotline Copper thief cuts […]

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Motorola Solutions “likely” to exit LTE-based ESN in UK early, company says

Motorola Solutions expects to “exit” its role as a key vendor for the Emergency Services Network (ESN)—the much-delayed public-safety LTE system in the United Kingdom (UK)—in the near future while continuing to oppose a UK watchdog’s findings that its Airwave TETRA service is anticompetitive, company officials said. Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown said the company’s […]

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In the race to space, Bullitt eschews proprietary approaches

Bullitt, a UK-based maker of hardened Android smartphones, said it will leverage 3GPP-based 5G technology standards in its efforts to connect its forthcoming smartphones directly to satellites. That, according to Bullitt’s co-founder Richard Wharton, makes the company different from Apple, which recently announced that its new iPhone 14 can connect directly to satellites. “It’s a very different […]

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Anterix: Execs discuss federal-funding option for utilities’ private LTE

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Newscan: Axon in spotlight as Supreme Court leans toward making challenges to FTC, SEC easier

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LA-RICS P25 system on track for October 2023 acceptance, official says

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SBA pulls ahead in the edge-computing race

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Apple hit by iPhone delays as global handset sales sink to eight-year low

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SolarWinds faces potential SEC enforcement action over Orion breach

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Laser attack can blind self-driving cars

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Newscan: Dish and DirecTV have a window to finally merge after mid-term elections, Ergen says

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Motorola Solutions “likely” to exit LTE-based ESN in UK early, company says

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In the race to space, Bullitt eschews proprietary approaches

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