News Benefits of telehealth step into the breach wrought by COVID-19 8th April 2020 As the globe reels from COVID-19, patients and practitioners have turned to digital methods to fill the gap wrought by the virus. As of early April, more than 1 million people have tested positive for COVID-19, whose flulike symptoms can vary from mild to severe and which has caused more than 87,000 deaths at the time of this writing. Without […]
Commentary COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented challenges for ECCs, 911 centers 7th April 2020 We’re living in brave and unsettling times created by a global pandemic that has changed nearly all of our societal and operational norms in just a few weeks. No one and no business has gone untouched. What was unimaginable 30 days ago is all there is to read about today. What’s also getting a lot […]
Partner content Rakuten to deploy drone inspectors at cell sites 6th April 2020 Rakuten Mobile, Japan’s disruptive mobile network operator (MNO), said it will use drones – developed within Rakuten Group, an e-commerce and online retailing company – to inspect basestations nationwide. Cell site inspections can be a dangerous task for engineers, apparently, especially when climbing up antenna towers to get a good look at the basestation. Rakuten […]
News COVID-19 could have lasting impacts on 911 practices, speakers say 6th April 2020 Amid the ever-evolving response to the COVID-19 pandemic, 911 centers are seeing their roles expanded and altered in ways that would not have been contemplated in the past—and many of these changes may become the new normal, according to leaders of 911 centers speaking during a webinar last week. Tyrell Morris, executive director for the […]
Partner content Preventing and responding to ransomware 6th April 2020 Ransomware attacks on public institutions are on the rise. In fact, in 2019, many state and local governments, as well as hospitals, were the targets of cybercrime. The result can be a lack of productivity, financial issues and other operational deficiencies and crises for these organizations. The fact that these dangerous cyberattacks, and their consequences […]
Partner content Researchers say smartphone-location tracking can fight COVID-19 4th April 2020 Researchers at MIT have developed a smartphone location-tracking app that they say could help stop the spread of COVID-19. The Private Kit app allows coronavirus patients to rely on their phones instead of their memories when doctors ask them where they have been and who they might have exposed. People who download the Private Kit app can […]
News Newscan: First responders face new world with COVID-19 2nd April 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations ‘We are learning things minute by minute’: First responders face new world with COVID-19 Puerto Rico shutters police stations, 911 center, fire station amid COVID-19 curfew Alabama, other states share COVID-19 addresses in effort to protect first responders Grim new rules for NYC paramedics: Don’t bring cardiac arrests […]
Partner content 2G, not 5G, best bet to accelerate driverless tech 2nd April 2020 Making our existing cars more ‘clever’ could be a better way of getting autonomous cars safely on our streets rather than relying on 5G connectivity. That’s the view of Dr Ramsey Faragher founder and CEO of FocalPoint and a Fellow of Queens’ College, Cambridge, who argues a 2G connection is ample when the car’s sensor […]
News COVID-19 crisis challenging public-safety communications on many levels, speakers say 31st March 2020 In addition to a multitude of well-chronicled policy, staffing and supply challenges facing the health-care sector amid the COVID-19 crisis, the outbreak is forcing agencies to consider atypical measures to ensure the health of public-safety communications systems and the people who support them. “Business as usual … kind of ceases to exist,” Greg Rubin, communications […]
Partner content Behind the numbers: How COVID-19 could change the US telecom industry 30th March 2020 As much of the US settles into a “new normal” that includes spending a lot of time on the Internet to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus, the nation’s telecom operators are recording new traffic records almost every day. Importantly, all that traffic may have significant implications – including financial implications – for a wide range […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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