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RapidDeploy announces Lightning mobile app, statewide deal in Kansas

RapidDeploy yesterday announced Lightning, the company’s mobile application that is designed to support providing first responders in the field with 911 call information and supplementary data—including video feeds—automatically, beginning with a multiyear, statewide contract with the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council. RapidDeploy CEO Steve Raucher said he is appreciative of the Kansas 911 community—which already is […]

Zetron boosts UK presence with purchase of Eagle NewCo unit from NEC

Zetron yesterday announced that its Codan parent company paid about $15 million to acquire Eagle NewCo, an NEC Software Solutions UK business unit that boast significant contracts with United Kingdom public-safety and transportation entities. Zetron President and Executive General Manager Scott French said that the Eagle unit—previously known as APD Communications—became available after the UK […]

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Tenable CEO calls out Microsoft delay on months-old Azure vulnerability

Microsoft is facing renewed scrutiny over its security practices as Tenable CEO Amit Yoran claims the software company has failed to patch a critical Azure vulnerability that his researchers reported in March. Yoran said the vulnerability allowed researchers to access sensitive information from a bank, however Microsoft is dragging its feet after developing a partial […]

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Piles of unpatched IoT, OT devices attract ICS cyberattacks

Despite efforts across both the public and private sectors to shore up industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity, threat actors continue to find increasing opportunity against unpatched Internet of Things (IoT) and operational technology (OT) devices. New research from Nozomi Networks looked at public IoT/OT cyber incidents over the past six months and found that various […]

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Cambium cuts workforce by 10%, installs new CEO

Cambium Networks said it would cut around 10% of its staff as it struggles to regain its footing following a disastrous second-quarter earnings report. As part of the company’s efforts to straighten its situation, Cambium said Morgan Kurk would be its new CEO “effective immediately.” Kurk was most recently a senior executive at Honeywell International, but prior […]

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CMA releases order mandating price controls on Motorola Solutions for Airwave TETRA network in UK

Price controls designed to prevent Motorola Solutions from realizing “supernormal” profits from its nationwide Airwave TETRA network in the United Kingdom (UK) are effective today after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) yesterday published its final order on the matter. Motorola Solutions is projected to lose more than $1 billion in expected revenues from Airwave […]

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Sateliot, Telefónica extend 5G network to space

Sateliot and Telefónica have expanded the reach of their 5G network into space, in what the partners said is a first for the telecommunications industry. The test was witnessed by the European Space Agency and leveraged Sateliot’s “Store & Forward” implementation, a two-step authentication method created to support standard roaming with a Mobile Network Operator […]

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SpaceX, T-Mobile defend phone-to-satellite plans

In a new filing with the FCC, T-Mobile and SpaceX provided some more details about how they plan to connect T-Mobile’s customers to SpaceX’s satellites. The move is noteworthy considering the companies are facing static from the likes of Omnispace, AT&T and Dish Network. “SpaceX’s modification of its second-generation [satellite] system to enable supplemental coverage […]

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ETSI dismisses claims of ‘backdoor’ vulnerabilities in TETRA standard

ETSI is pushing back against claims of major vulnerabilities in its Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) standard and said work had already begun working on enhancing the standard before researchers revealed a series of vulnerabilities. In a statement, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) also said there is an ongoing maintenance program to ensure standards remain sound […]

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Mobility platforms and data analytics can add value to transit infrastructure upgrades

Local government officials need to expand their definition of infrastructure, says Konstantin Spasov, vice president of business development at Modeshift. The firm provides account-based fare collection solutions that help transit agencies modernize their urban fare and data collection infrastructure. The company offers tools that enable transit systems to upgrade their end-user technology. The firm’s offerings help […]

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RapidDeploy announces Lightning mobile app, statewide deal in Kansas

Zetron boosts UK presence with purchase of Eagle NewCo unit from NEC

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Tenable CEO calls out Microsoft delay on months-old Azure vulnerability

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Piles of unpatched IoT, OT devices attract ICS cyberattacks

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Cambium cuts workforce by 10%, installs new CEO

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CMA releases order mandating price controls on Motorola Solutions for Airwave TETRA network in UK

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Sateliot, Telefónica extend 5G network to space

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SpaceX, T-Mobile defend phone-to-satellite plans

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ETSI dismisses claims of ‘backdoor’ vulnerabilities in TETRA standard

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Mobility platforms and data analytics can add value to transit infrastructure upgrades

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