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Panel at SBC event examines significant economic, policy challenges facing in-building communications

Ensuring that public safety can communicate while responding to emergencies inside buildings is a clear need, but identifying the proper solutions and making them affordable to building owners is a significant challenge, according to panelists exploring the topic during a recent Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) event. Mike Baltrotsky, assistant chief and technology manager for Montgomery […]

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Indoor 5G and how to solve it

We all know the problem: mobile phone service is working fine … until you move indoors. Then, sometimes it works (you don’t notice), sometimes it sort of works (meh) and sometimes it clings on by one tiny bar or drops out entirely (argh). Diagnosing the problem is relatively simple. The loss of mobile service indoors […]

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Honeywell releases cybersecurity, smart-building tools

Honeywell has released a series of new tools aimed at improving operational efficiency and sustainability, including an operational technology (OT) cybersecurity tool and a smart building management system. The new cybersecurity tool, Cyber Insights, collects information from multiple OT data sources to identify vulnerabilities and threats. “Organizations should leverage technology to address worker shortages, while […]

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Small-cell focus still largely on densification, but private-network opportunity growing

Some big ambitions for small cells were on display during the annual Small Cell World Summit in London this week. But it’s worth remembering that on the ground, their deployment is still at a relatively early stage. Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis, who chaired a panel addressing the issues of value creation and monetization, summarized […]

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How to leverage digital tools to drive innovation in government

The rapid evolution of digital technologies transformed the way governments function, making them more efficient, transparent and citizen-friendly. Rather than relying on crystal trophies, governments can leverage digital tools to drive innovation and streamline processes, benefiting the population they serve. Open data and crowdsourcing Open data refers to making government data available to the public, […]

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NTIA head Davidson calls FirstNet a ‘success story,’ supports reauthorization before 2027 sunset

Congress should pass legislation that reauthorizes the FirstNet Authority “well in advance” of its scheduled sunset in 2027, because the organization has proven to be “an amazing success story, according to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Administrator Alan Davidson Davidson made the comments last week during a hearing of the House communications and technology […]

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How AT&T won DFW Airport’s $10 million private 5G business

According to Mike Youngs, it all started with the bathrooms at Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport. Youngs, the airport’s VP for IT, wanted to use wireless technology to reduce crowding in restroom lines during the COVID-19 pandemic. His team installed sensors and lights above stalls and monitors outside restrooms to let people know when […]

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Russia’s war in Ukraine shows cyberattacks can be war crimes

Russia’s cyberattacks against Ukrainian civilian and critical infrastructure has shown what it looks like when cyberattacks are part of warfare. What remains to be seen is whether the world will treat them as war crimes. “For too long, the world has been considering cyber terrorism as something unrealistic, too sci-fi-ish, and cyber weapons as not […]

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FCC grants 700 MHz Band 14 license renewal to FirstNet Authority

An FCC bureau yesterday renewed the FirstNet Authority’s spectrum license into at least 2027, allowing the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) to continue operating over the 700 MHz Band 14 airwaves—a key component of the FirstNet Authority’s 25-year agreement with contractor AT&T. Approved by the FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB), the license […]

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How vehicle insurance and autonomy intertwined

In early 2023 Oxbotica claimed at an event, which was held at Lloyd’s of London about the Future of Autonomy that insurance and autonomy are intertwined. At the event, Sam Tiltman, sharing economy and mobility leader for the UK & Ireland at Marsh, claimed that the combined impact of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), electric vehicles and automation is huge. […]

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Panel at SBC event examines significant economic, policy challenges facing in-building communications

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Indoor 5G and how to solve it

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Honeywell releases cybersecurity, smart-building tools

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Small-cell focus still largely on densification, but private-network opportunity growing

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How to leverage digital tools to drive innovation in government

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NTIA head Davidson calls FirstNet a ‘success story,’ supports reauthorization before 2027 sunset

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How AT&T won DFW Airport’s $10 million private 5G business

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Russia’s war in Ukraine shows cyberattacks can be war crimes

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FCC grants 700 MHz Band 14 license renewal to FirstNet Authority

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How vehicle insurance and autonomy intertwined

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