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Columbus completes Smart City Challenge, looks to the future as collaborative innovation lab

Building on the recent successful conclusion of the Smart City Challenge (SCC), the City of Columbus has announced it is looking forward and Smart Columbus will become a collaborative innovation lab as it continues the development of new innovations to benefit its residents. The SCC was created by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to evaluate a […]

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Newscan: Report details mishandling of police emergency system, simulcast failures on 1/6

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Report details mishandling of police emergency system, simulcast failures on 1/6 Critical update: When seeing no longer means believing, what’s a government to do? Rescue robots get a speed upgrade for rough terrain Cloud-native incident management streamlines emergency response SpaceX adding capabilities to Starlink Internet satellites, plans to […]

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Mutualink launches LNK360 interoperability platform

Mutualink recently announced the launch of LNK360, a revamp of its interoperability software platform that includes new features and an architecture that is designed to improve both resiliency and flexibility, according to Mutualink Chairman and CEO Mark Hatten. “Products evolve, especially in the software world. You get to a point in the evolution of your […]

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Lockheed Martin: 5G from space is ‘ultimate high ground’ for US military

Lockheed Martin, the US military’s biggest contractor, announced a new satellite dish the company said could be used for a 5G network that may eventually help to sync up every weapon under the Pentagon’s control. To be clear, Lockheed Martin’s latest announcement represents one minor step toward a goal that military planners have set for […]

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SpaceX has shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals

Starlink, SpaceX’s low Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite broadband service, has reached a deployment milestone with word this week that the company has shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced the milestone Monday on Twitter, adding that Starlink now serves parts of 14 countries. “Our license applications are pending in many more countries. Hoping to […]

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AT&T confirms that Samsung developed FirstNet PTT, the initial MCPTT offering in the U.S.

Samsung developed FirstNet PTT, the first U.S. offering designed to meet the 3G standard for a mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) service, an executive for FirstNet contractor AT&T has confirmed—more than a year after the product was unveiled and weeks after a second MCPTT option from Motorola Solutions was announced. Although FirstNet PTT was announced in March 2020, […]

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Polaris Wireless claims first end-to-end 911 solution with vertical location through collaboration with Qualcomm

Polaris Wireless announced that its vertical-location (Z-axis) information can be delivered to carriers for 911 purposes by users of non-iOS and non-Android phones through a collaboration with Qualcomm—a deal that is expected to make the first end-to-end 911 solution with Z-axis location commercially available early next year. Polaris Wireless CEO and founder Manlio Allegra noted […]

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OTA upgrades viewed as post-sales revenue generators for automakers

Over-the-air (OTA) software updates are seen by virtually all automakers as a critical avenue to high margin revenue generation. However, so far, only Tesla has fully exploited the capability for its customers, although others are slowly catching up. These OTA updates will help give automakers the chance to establish a deeper, longer lasting relationship with […]

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Georgia turns to Carbyne to enhance location information for statewide transportation system

Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) has awarded Carbyne a five-year statewide contract after the company’s c-Live Universe reduced the time to locate motorists needing help by more than 85% during a three-month pilot program, according to Georgia DOT and Carbyne officials. Matt Glasser, an assistant state traffic engineer for the Georgia DOT, said c-Live […]

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Verizon and IBM team up on 5G, MEC testbed

Verizon and IBM are collaborating on a new testbed at IBM’s Industry Solution Lab to provide enterprise customers with the tools to develop and test 5G use cases and Industry 4.0 applications. Verizon has installed 5G Ultra Wideband and its Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) platform at the testbed, based in Coppell, TX, so enterprise customers […]

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Columbus completes Smart City Challenge, looks to the future as collaborative innovation lab

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Newscan: Report details mishandling of police emergency system, simulcast failures on 1/6

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Mutualink launches LNK360 interoperability platform

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Lockheed Martin: 5G from space is ‘ultimate high ground’ for US military

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SpaceX has shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals

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AT&T confirms that Samsung developed FirstNet PTT, the initial MCPTT offering in the U.S.

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Polaris Wireless claims first end-to-end 911 solution with vertical location through collaboration with Qualcomm

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OTA upgrades viewed as post-sales revenue generators for automakers

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Georgia turns to Carbyne to enhance location information for statewide transportation system

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Verizon and IBM team up on 5G, MEC testbed

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