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Satellite company Iridium hints at mysterious smartphone deal

Iridium, a satellite operator based in Virginia, announced that it “entered into a development agreement to enable Iridium’s technology in smartphones.” However, the company did not disclose any details in its latest filing with the SEC, such as the companies it might be working with. “The agreement is contingent upon the successful development of the technology, […]

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Will they come for Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg?

Hans Vestberg started his telecom career at network equipment giant Ericsson in the early 1990s. He worked his way up through the Swedish company’s ranks until, in 2010, he became the vendor’s first CEO who didn’t have a background in engineering. But Ericsson ejected Vestberg in 2016 following a string of poor financial results and a slide […]

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Newscan: Why suspected Chinese spy gear remains in America’s telecom networks

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Why suspected Chinese spy gear remains in America’s telecom networks Calls mount for blocking warrantless mass data collection Federal ability to buy citizen data worries lawmakers and experts alike Official: White House to meet with rail industry before issuing cybersecurity rules Authentication risk discovered in Okta platform ‘Password […]

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UK watchdog CMA delays provisional decision on Moto-Airwave investigation to September

A report outlining a United Kingdom (UK) competition regulator’s provisional decision is not expected to be complete until September—a three-month delay when compared to the previous schedule—according to a new administrative timeline released today by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). CMA posted the new timeline on its website as observers of the investigation anticipated […]

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AT&T says FirstNet tops 21,800 agencies, 3.7 million connections

FirstNet added 319,000 connections during the second quarter of this year, resulting in the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) serving more than 21,800 public-safety agencies with more than 3.7 million connections, according to officials for FirstNet contractor AT&T. AT&T provided the FirstNet figures in conjunction with the release of its second-quarter corporate performance on Thursday, […]

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Miami-Dade awards $165 million contract to Motorola Solutions outside procurement process

Members of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners yesterday voted unanimously to approve a no-bid, $165 million contract to Motorola Solutions for P25 radios and other communications gear, despite concerns about the process and warnings from L3Harris officials that some device features may not work on the police network. Under the contract, Miami-Dade County will […]

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Dell’Oro cuts forecast on private wireless networks by 20%

Dell’Oro Group, in a brief press release, said private wireless radio access network (RAN) shipments and revenues were again coming in below expectations, resulting in a “near-term downgrade.” The analyst firm now projects that annual revenue from private wireless LTE/5G small cells – hardware only – will reach between $800 million and $1 billion by […]

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Unpatched GPS-tracker security bugs threaten 1.5 million vehicles with disruption

Six vulnerabilities have been found in a GPS tracking device used by businesses to monitor vehicle fleets, and by consumers as an anti-theft device. If exploited, they could allow attackers to widely disrupt fleet operations and track individual vehicles. That’s according to cybersecurity firm BitSight, which stated in a Tuesday advisory that the device, the MiCODUS MV720, […]

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U.S. carriers to get 39% of what they want for FCC’s ‘rip and replace’

The FCC on Monday released close to $2 billion to dozens of small US telecom operators. The agency’s goal is to eliminate Huawei and ZTE equipment from US networks. However, the agency acknowledged the amount being released won’t be enough. “After review of the submitted applications, the [FCC’s Wireline Competition] Bureau has determined that Priority […]

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Florida SLERS distributes 80% of hybrid-devices goal

More than 80% of the public-safety radios scheduled for use by Florida state agencies have been distributed or installed as the Statewide Law-Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) transitions from legacy EDACS technology to P25, according to an official with Florida’s Department of Management Services (DMS). Under the state budget approved last year, DMS was tasked with […]

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Satellite company Iridium hints at mysterious smartphone deal

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Will they come for Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg?

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Newscan: Why suspected Chinese spy gear remains in America’s telecom networks

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UK watchdog CMA delays provisional decision on Moto-Airwave investigation to September

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AT&T says FirstNet tops 21,800 agencies, 3.7 million connections

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Miami-Dade awards $165 million contract to Motorola Solutions outside procurement process

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Dell’Oro cuts forecast on private wireless networks by 20%

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Unpatched GPS-tracker security bugs threaten 1.5 million vehicles with disruption

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U.S. carriers to get 39% of what they want for FCC’s ‘rip and replace’

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Florida SLERS distributes 80% of hybrid-devices goal

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

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