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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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Verizon takes cautious cloud approach

Ed Chan, Verizon’s chief network engineering officer, told the financial analysts at Cowen that the operator has no immediate plans to shift its core network operations into the cloud like AT&T and Dish Network plan to do. However, he said Verizon will continue to look for ways to team with cloud computing providers. For example, […]

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FirstNet Authority seeks input on potential solutions to off-network challenges

FirstNet Authority officials released a request for information (RFI) seeking input about direct-mode and other technological solutions to address the issue of providing broadband communications support “off-network”—when first responders are in a location not supported by FirstNet’s terrestrial macro LTE system. “We’re looking beyond the horizon—how does this look going forward?—and pulling that into the […]

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Smart-city technology drives efficient disaster response and recovery

From heatwave-induced wildfires in the West to unrelenting hurricanes in the Southeast, natural disasters are increasing in frequency and severity due to climate change. As evidenced in 2020’s historic year of extreme cases, totaling 22 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, we can expect this trend to continue. Today, wildfire season is longer and more severe […]

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Florida contract with L3Harris for SLERS P25, FirstNet interoperability totals $450 million

L3Harris Technologies this week announced that it will maintain and upgrade the Florida Statewide Law Enforcement Radio Systems (SLERS) to Project 25 (P25) Phase 2 under a 15-year contract worth $450 million—the largest public-safety LMR contract awarded in the United States in years, according to industry sources. There was no surprise associated with L3Harris being […]

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New technologies drive code advancements for in-building public-safety communications

In-building coverage is a significant challenge for first-responder emergency communications, according to an International Fire Chiefs Association report based on a Safer Buildings Coalition survey conducted in 2018. According to the report, 98% of emergency responders said that they were having problems with their communication because of dead spots in a building, while 56% said […]

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Verizon teams leverage broadband solutions to support wildfire responders’ communications

Members of the Verizon Response Team (VRT) are using a variety of solutions to deliver broadband communications to public-safety agencies battling wildfires throughout the U.S.—at no additional cost—as part of the carrier’s Verizon Frontline offering, according to a Verizon official. Cory Davis, director of Verizon Response and public-safety operations, said the VRT has been “super […]

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Intel warns of chip shortages but trumpets open RAN

The CEO of Intel said chipset shortages could affect the global electronics industry through 2023. “While I expect the shortages to bottom out in the second half, it will take another one to two years before the industry is able to completely catch up with demand,” Intel’s Pat Gelsinger said Thursday during the company’s quarterly […]

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FirstNet tops 2.5 million connections and 17,000 agencies, AT&T exec says

FirstNet continued its steady subscriber growth during the first half of the year, supporting more than 17,000 public-safety agencies with more than 2.5 million connections, according to an executive from AT&T, the contractor building and maintaining the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN). AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh provided the updated FirstNet-adoption metrics today, which represent […]

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How Vegas built an LTE network in 45 days, and what it might do next

In December, at the height of the pandemic, the city of Las Vegas lit up a fixed wireless network covering 65 square miles and offering download speeds up to 35 Mbit/s. The city’s initial goal was to connect homebound students to their teachers in cases where they might not have a home Internet connection. Now, […]

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SpaceX has shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals

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Verizon takes cautious cloud approach

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FirstNet Authority seeks input on potential solutions to off-network challenges

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Smart-city technology drives efficient disaster response and recovery

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Florida contract with L3Harris for SLERS P25, FirstNet interoperability totals $450 million

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New technologies drive code advancements for in-building public-safety communications

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Verizon teams leverage broadband solutions to support wildfire responders’ communications

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Intel warns of chip shortages but trumpets open RAN

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FirstNet tops 2.5 million connections and 17,000 agencies, AT&T exec says

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How Vegas built an LTE network in 45 days, and what it might do next

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Collaborative PS-IOT could supply missing pieces in public safety’s common operating picture

New technologies drive code advancements for in-building public-safety communications

Unfinished Business: Why NFPA and IBC fire codes need to kill the fire phone

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