News Newscan: FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel calls for halt of T-Band auction 3rd December 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel tells public safety she wants to halt T-Band auction Biden could face a deadlocked FCC Congress can rewrite the Telecom Act as it funds Internet infrastructure, panelists say Senate committee advances FCC nominee on party-line vote Barack Obama criticizes progressives over ‘defund the police,’ saying […]
Partner content Manchester United cyberattack highlights controversy in paying ransomware attackers 2nd December 2020 Manchester United, an English Premier League stalwart and a football club with a huge worldwide fanbase, has been targeted by a cyberattack. Now, Man U may be facing a no-win scenario. Reports suggest a ransomware attack, launched Nov. 20, 2020, is believed to involve the compromise of personally identifiable information (PII) and/or mission-critical information assets. […]
News Carbyne partners with CentralSquare to offer integrated 911 portfolios 30th November 2020 Cloud-based 911 solutions provider Carbyne announced a strategic technology partnership with legacy 911 vendor CentralSquare that is designed to let public-safety answering point (PSAP) customers benefit from the integration of the two companies’ offerings as the migrate to next-generation 911 (NG911). Carbyne CEO and founder Amir Elichai said the agreement will provide CentralSquare customers—users of […]
News Newscan: How satellite helped create a state-of-the-art Emergency Services Network in the UK 24th November 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations How satellite helped create a state-of-the-art Emergency Services Network in the UK AT&T CFO: Fiber is a three-for-one revenue opportunity China’s surveillance state sucks up data. U.S. tech is key to sorting it. Will Biden’s new FCC end the digital divide? T-Mobile becomes first carrier to enable 988 […]
Audio NENA: Brian Rosen updates NG911 standards progress for Version 3 of i3 24th November 2020 Brian Rosen, co-chair of the NENA i3 Architecture Group, provides a status update for Version 3 of the NENA i3 standard for next-generation 911 (NG911), which is entering its second public review and comment phase and could be finalized as early as March 2021. Version 3 of i3 includes several notable additions, including new […]
News RapidDeploy adds 911 mapping, analytics products to partnership with AT&T 24th November 2020 RapidDeploy and AT&T announced an expansion of their relationship, allowing AT&T to offer 911 centers access to RapidDeploy RadiusPlus Mapping and Eclipse Analytics solutions, as well as continuing to a similar arrangement for RapidDeploy’s Nimbus cloud-aided dispatch platform, according to officials for the companies. RapidDeploy CEO and co-founder Steve Raucher said the 2018 CAD partnership […]
Partner content Lockheed Martin CEO envisions 5G remote-controlling U.S. military 23rd November 2020 James Taiclet is a former US Air Force pilot who served a tour of duty in the Gulf War under the callsign “Cheetah23.” After that, he bounced across a few positions at Honeywell Aerospace Services and Pratt & Whitney before landing at cell tower giant American Tower, where he became CEO in 2003. During his […]
Partner content IoT World announces in-person 2021 event 23rd November 2020 Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Informa Tech has taken pride in taking early and decisive action to ensure the safety of our attendees, exhibitors, speakers and staff as the situation surrounding in-person events has evolved rapidly. As the timeline for the safe return of large-scale events becomes clearer,, we have decided to move IoT World 2021. Traditionally held […]
News Public safety transitioning to LTE-based solutions, but PTT timetable still unclear, speakers say 20th November 2020 Public-safety users are benefiting from the data-oriented capabilities enabled by LTE on trusted networks today and also will transition voice communications to the broadband platform, although the timetable for this change remains unclear, according to experts discussing the topic this week. Jeff Johnson, executive director of the Western Fire Chiefs Association and former vice chair […]
Partner content Don’t scare fleet drivers with aggressive monitoring, Zenduit says 20th November 2020 It is possible that fleet drivers could actively avoid using a vehicle’s autonomous features unless organizations and regulators take into account where the driving is taking place. That’s the opinion of Vishal Singh, co-founder and president of Zenduit which specializes in driver monitoring in-cab monitoring camera systems. While he believes the impact of AI on […]
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