Partner content What AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are doing to harden their networks 4th May 2021 By some estimates, over 90% of all 911 calls in some areas are made from wireless phones. But the kinds of disasters that can generate those calls can also impact the infrastructure that supports them – meaning, hurricanes, wildfires and other natural or man-made calamities can hobble or destroy the wireless networks we rely on to […]
News Newscan: NYPD returns ‘scary’ robot dog to manufacturer after backlash 4th May 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations NYPD returns ‘scary’ robot dog to manufacturer after backlash NSA to defense sector: Think twice before connecting operational technology to the Internet What Texas power outages can teach us about securing the electric grid Hackers steal Washington, D.C., police files, threaten to release data 3 killed as suspected […]
News L3Harris launches value-tier XL Connect P25 radio with Wi-Fi capability 3rd May 2021 L3Harris Technologies today unveiled the XL Connect 95 portable radio, the first in a series of XL Connect radios that are designed to deliver P25 connectivity at more affordable price points than the vendor’s XL-series devices, according to company officials. Todd Perdieu, vice president of strategy for the L3Harris Technologies public-safety business, said the XL […]
Partner content How edge IoT is reshaping industry 3rd May 2021 Fleet tracking, asset tracking, autonomous vehicles, manufacturing automation and warehousing are all areas in which artificial intelligence-embedded chip technologies can offload network data-carrying loads. They can do this while providing frontline, real-time information. Many of these on-the-go processes need lots of data to be activated. At the same time, they need this data in real […]
Partner content Driverless tech’s best bet is with neutral-host networks 3rd May 2021 Millbrook Proving Ground and Midlands Future Mobility have opted to develop ‘neutral host’ networks. These are allowing any connected and autonomous vehicle developer to work with any mobile network operator of their own choosing. While 5G Open Ran (O-RAN) is not an open source, it is a significant new network provision in the UK, and […]
Partner content Four major tech lessons public sector CIOs learned during COVID-19 3rd May 2021 Across the United States, state and local governments employ approximately 16 million people. The COVID-19 pandemic sent state and local government chief information officers (CIOs) scrambling as they pivoted to remote work to keep these employees safe while also meeting increased demand from citizens for key public services. They suddenly had to balance a dispersed workforce, […]
News Newscan: Microsoft warns of 25 critical vulnerabilities in IoT, industrial devices 30th April 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Microsoft warns of 25 critical vulnerabilities in IoT, industrial devices Airbus taps Ericsson for private LTE network at French production plant A group of industry, government and cyber experts have a big plan to disrupt ransomware crisis How Excelsior Pass, the first U.S. vaccine passport, works FCC lets […]
News The ticking time bomb in every company’s code 30th April 2021 Working in application security sometimes feels like walking a fine line between “business as usual” and “doomsday is coming.” This balance becomes increasingly harder at times like these, when digital acceleration is happening in every sector, outpacing the security controls put in place. Much of the disruption that kindled this acceleration happened in the Web […]
Partner content Here’s how much a 5G network really costs 29th April 2021 Have you ever wondered how much a 5G non-standalone Evolved Packet Core for up to 50,000 subscribers costs, including the installation and everything? Sure you have. It will run you anywhere from $250,000 to $1.2 million, depending on the vendor. Or what about the software license fee, per subscriber, for a 4G Internet of Things […]
Partner content Service-oriented architectures pitch for over-the-air (OTA) security 29th April 2021 The security risks of centralized automotive architectures and over-the-air updates are clear. Meanwhile, vehicle functions are increasingly defined by software, making them more hackable. The evolution of automotive electrical engineering toward service-oriented architectures changes the paradigm for the security of OTA updates, as well as security in general. Says Luca De Ambroggi, chief analyst with […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
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