News Newscan: Amid pandemic-induced budget cuts, Colorado law enforcement begins to implement sweeping police reform 23rd June 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Amid pandemic-induced budget cuts, Colorado law enforcement begins to implement sweeping police reform Colorado passes landmark law against qualified immunity, requiring body-worn camera use Blueleaks: Data from over 200 U.S. police departments, fusion centers published online Google workers demand the company stop selling tech to police Want to […]
Audio Fiplex: Matias de Goycoechea outlines features of new FLEX platform for in-building public-safety communications 23rd June 2020 Matias de Goycoechea, chief technology officer (CTO) and chairman of the board at Fiplex, discusses the functionalities of FLEX, the company’s new in-building platform that is designed to support public-safety communications using LMR or LTE technology. In addition to launching the new FLEX platform today, Fiplex yesterday released a white paper entitled “A Call […]
News Newscan: 911 dispatcher had concerns while watching George Floyd’s deadly arrest 19th June 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations ‘You can call me a snitch’: 911 dispatcher had concerns while watching George Floyd’s deadly arrest Republican rift opens up over qualified immunity for police Knoxville pulls IT systems offline following ransomware attack EE, Nokia claim first for 4G LTE air-to-ground network for emergency services California city’s police […]
Partner content Connected cars facing a data logjam 18th June 2020 Vehicles are becoming increasingly connected and different stakeholders are looking to benefit from the information that this data provides. One of the key challenges is the ensuring that the data is being delivered to its intended location and that delivery of information, be it to the vehicle or from the vehicle out to the network, […]
Partner content The connected future of smart cities starts with smart buildings 18th June 2020 Smart City initiatives are emerging here in the U.S. and around the globe. Forward leaning cities from Seattle to Singapore to London are expected to spend nearly $124 billion this year on smart city initiatives, an increase of 18.9 percent from 2019, according to a recent IDC report. In order to have smart cities, it’s important […]
News FirstNet Authority board approves $218 million investment into 5G core, deployable assets 18th June 2020 FirstNet Authority board members yesterday voted to approve its first network investments into the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN)—a total of $218 million that will be used to fund initial upgrades to help make the FirstNet core ready for 5G, as well as to expand FirstNet’s portfolio of deployable network assets. With the vote, FirstNet […]
News Newscan: PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of manslaughter in California wildfire case 17th June 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of manslaughter in California wildfire case T-Mobile’s outage was so big that even Ajit Pai is mad T-Mobile hit by voice and text outage due to widespread routing issue The nationwide T-Mobile outage is over, calls should be working again They used […]
Partner content T-Mobile’s ‘significant capacity issues’ led to network outage 17th June 2020 Following an hours-long outage, T-Mobile repaired its network and restored voice and data services to its customers late Monday evening. But what went wrong? A post on the company’s website said that it was a capacity issue of some sort in the core of the network. “This is an IP traffic-related issue that has created significant […]
Partner content Overcoming limitations of AI and machine learning in autonomous vehicles 17th June 2020 Autonomous vehicles are dependent on historical and real-time data, without which artificial intelligence and machine learning would be impossible. They aren’t plug-and-play because not all of the potential scenarios can possibly be predicted by the software developers, simulators or data modelers. Simulators, and to a degree connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) themselves, are also only […]
News COVID-19 measures underscore broadband needs across many critical sectors, speakers say 12th June 2020 Availability of reliable broadband connectivity is proving to be a primary factor in determining what people can do during the COVID-19 pandemic, causing officials to reassess initiatives and policies in key areas like public safety, healthcare and education, according to experts speaking on recent panel about the subject. David Witkowski, executive director of the wireless-communications […]
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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