News AT&T says FirstNet unit grew 60% to a $1.7 billion business in 2021 12th March 2022 FirstNet has been an “undisputed success” for AT&T, growing 60% in 2021 to generate $1.7 billion in revenue for the carrier giant that has been contracted to build and maintain the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN), according to an AT&T official. Rasesh Patel, chief product and platform officer for AT&T Business, also updated the coverage […]
News Newscan: FBI says ransomware gangs breached 52 U.S. critical-infrastructure orgs 11th March 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations FBI says ransomware gangs breached 52 U.S. critical-infrastructure orgs China-based hackers breached government networks in at least six U.S. states, per new report Congress passes $1.5 trillion spending bill to avert government shutdown, provide billions to Ukraine ‘We are not ready’: A cyber expert on U.S. vulnerability to […]
Audio ITEC: Walt Magnussen highlights organization’s research initiatives 11th March 2022 Texas A&M Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC) Director Walt Magnussen outlines his organization’s research work on key issues such as information security, interoperability testing, communications traffic modeling and IoT-related artificial intelligence, ITEC research initiatives are funded by grants from agencies like the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National 911 Program, and the […]
Partner content Absolving user of blame in driverless cars could accelerate adoption 10th March 2022 TU-Automotive’s editor, Paul Myles, reports that “British lawyers are calling for automakers to shoulder unlimited legal responsibility for a driverless vehicle’s actions on the roads.” Subsequently, drivers will become users-in-charge, absolving human drivers of any blame for the “vehicle’s driving tasks in the event of an accident or breach of any highway regulations. As reported […]
Partner content Nokia, CommScope, Cisco, others raise equipment prices 10th March 2022 Telecom network operators may soon need to fork out more cash for the same equipment. In fact, some already are. That’s because vendors including Nokia, Cisco, CommScope, Ciena and Cambium are among the companies signaling that they are hiking prices for their telecom equipment due to supply-chain troubles, inflation and other factors. “Following twenty years […]
Partner content Medical and IoT devices from more than 100 vendors vulnerable to attack 10th March 2022 More than 150 Internet of Things (IoT) devices — including many that are used in the healthcare sector — from over 100 companies are at heightened risk of attack from a set of seven vulnerabilities in a third-party remote access component in the devices. Three of the bugs are rated as critical because they enable […]
Partner content Google Cloud buys the ‘Navy Seals of cybersecurity’ 9th March 2022 Google is buying cybersecurity firm Mandiant, a move that strengthens its standing in the race for cloud computing dominance. It is Google’s largest acquisition since buying Motorola in 2011. Google is paying $23 per share in cash for the company, which values the deal at $5.4 billion including Mandiant’s net cash reserves. Mandiant will be folded into […]
Audio RapidDeploy: Steve Raucher, James Mitchell highlight company’s success, acceptance of cloud-based 911 solutions 8th March 2022 RapidDeploy CEO Steve Raucher and COO James Mitchell talk about the company’s growth in the 911 space, particularly the success of its cloud-based mapping and analytics solution that is being utilized as part of eight statewide contracts. Raucher and Mitchell spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson.
News FirstNet, built with AT&T, collaborates with SBC to offer in-building insights at IWCE 2022 8th March 2022 FirstNet, built with AT&T, and the Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) will collaborate to host multiple sessions at IWCE 2022 that are designed to educate the industry about AT&T’s commitment to enabling the deployment of systems that support in-building communications for public-safety personnel and the citizens they serve. AT&T has been contracted by the FirstNet Authority […]
Partner content Most cybersecurity vendors at risk due to Internet-exposed IT assets 6th March 2022 For all their domain expertise, many cybersecurity vendors are as dangerously exposed to Internet-borne threats as the customers their technologies are designed to protect. Israel-based security vendor Reposify recently used its external attack surface management platform to scan the externally facing assets and networks of 35 major cybersecurity vendors and more than 350 of their […]
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? 3 24th March 2024
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