Partner content As wildfires losses mount, will commercial insurers decline to cover utilities? 1st February 2024 2023 marked yet another year of costly wildfires in various parts of the United States. In June, an investigation into the causes of the 2021 Marshall Fire — deemed the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history — had hundreds of litigants lining up to sue Xcel Energy for a dislodged power line that may have ignited part of […]
Partner content Cybersecurity attack attempts more than doubled in 2023 30th January 2024 Cybersecurity attack attempts more than doubled in 2023, increasing by 104%, a new report by Armis has found. The paper looked into the cybersecurity landscape and identified areas businesses should look at to protect themselves from bad actors. Utilities and manufacturing were identified as the most at-risk industries, reporting a 200% and 165% increase in attack attempts […]
News AT&T says FirstNet provides more than 5.5 million connections to about 27,500 agencies 26th January 2024 FirstNet provides more than 5.5 million connections to approximately 27,500 public-safety agencies subscribing to the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) as of the end of 2023, according to figures released yesterday by AT&T, the FirstNet Authority contractor tasked with building and maintaining the system. AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches noted the FirstNet adoptions as he highlighted […]
Partner content Honeywell launches new control system to enhance building energy management 25th January 2024 Dive Brief: Honeywell launched Advance Control for Buildings, a building management system that can use a building’s existing wiring “to give building managers more control over the efficiency of their buildings, ultimately helping improve the occupant experience while advancing energy management goals,” it said in a press release Tuesday. The new BMS platform seeks to leverage […]
News AST SpaceMobile gets big investments from AT&T, Vodafone and Google 24th January 2024 AST SpaceMobile has announced key strategic investments from AT&T, Vodafone and Google that helped the satellite-direct-to-phone broadband provider generate more than $300 million in capital needed to finance significant deployment of its planned low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. “Being able to announce investment by AT&T, Google and Vodafone is humbling and a true testament to the […]
Partner content Microsoft to overhaul internal security practices after Midnight Blizzard attack 23rd January 2024 Dive Brief: Microsoft plans to make significant changes to its internal security practices after disclosing a hack by the state-sponsored threat group Midnight Blizzard, which stole emails and other data from senior-level Microsoft executives and other employees, the company said Friday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The hackers compromised a legacy non-production […]
Partner content NATO issues quantum-technologies strategy 22nd January 2024 NATO has published a strategy to prepare member nations for the positive and negative outcomes of the revolutionary shift that advances in quantum technologies might bring. These include quantum computing, sensing, imaging, positioning, navigation and timing, communications, modeling and simulation. The document says that the advances will have far-reaching implications for economies, security and defense […]
Partner content With attacks on the upswing, cyber-insurance premiums poised to rise 22nd January 2024 An increase in cyber-insurance claims in 2023, driven by a more active threat landscape, will likely mean that last year’s price plateau in cyber-insurance premium costs will be short-lived, according to industry experts. While premium costs fell by 6% in the third quarter of 2023 compared with the same quarter in 2022, ransomware- and privacy-related […]
Partner content T-Mobile warns of friction between net neutrality and network slicing 19th January 2024 The Biden administration is working to reinstate net neutrality rules, but T-Mobile is signaling that new technologies like network slicing don’t neatly fit into the FCC’s plans. “Network slicing is a prime example of a cutting-edge technology that could be negatively affected by regulatory uncertainty,” T-Mobile wrote in a new filing to the FCC. T-Mobile […]
News Cal OES expresses opposition to PSSA proposal of FirstNet Authority 4.9 GHz spectrum license 19th January 2024 An official with the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) this week submitted a letter to the FCC expressing opposition to a Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) proposal asking the federal agency to award the FirstNet Authority with a nationwide license in the 4.9 GHz band. “Cal OES appreciates the PSSA’s efforts to preserve […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 2 24th March 2024
