News 2019 LMR licensing activity hits all-time low for public safety, with slight gain for enterprises 17th March 2020 Public-safety land-mobile-radio (LMR) licensing activity hit a new all-time low level for the third consecutive year in 2019, while LMR licensing in the business-industrial sector saw a slight increase while hovering near all-time low levels, according to data in the FCC’s online Universal Licensing System (ULS) database. A total of 3,042 public-safety LMR license applications […]
Partner content AI, machine learning could put cell sites to sleep (and slash energy costs) 17th March 2020 Wireless operators spend millions of dollars every year paying for the electricity to power their cell sites and small cells. But there are new energy-saving features that are being developed that could make a dramatic difference in energy consumption. And these new features incorporate tools like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. In a new […]
Partner content The ‘smart city’ triangle 17th March 2020 What does a smart city look like? Is it seamlessly connected transportation systems leading to sleek, energy-efficient buildings running on a sustainable power grid? Is it endless sensors generating mountains of data being crunched by supercomputers in real-time to make every system run as efficiently as possible? Maybe. But maybe it could look as simple […]
News Stop the presses! 5G is safe, experts say 15th March 2020 It’s fair to say that there have been concerns about the possible health effects of increased exposure to electromagnetic radiation in the 5G era, but the international body in charge of setting limits on exposure to radiation has issued updated guidelines that, if adhered to, would make 5G services perfectly safe. The International Commission on […]
News 5G will see C-V2X explosion … maybe 12th March 2020 An automotive research body is predicting an explosion in C-V2X capability with the roll-out of 5G. However, the statement announcing a study by ABI Research based on industry opinions, does make the sweeping assumption that 5G, which requires many times more aerials than the existing 4G networks, will have a far superior coverage. That’s somewhat […]
Audio RapidSOS: Tom Guthrie outlines ability to share gunfire-detection data with 911 centers 12th March 2020 Tom Guthrie, senior vice president and general manager for the RapidSOS public-safety unit, highlights the information available to 911 personnel through his company’s newly announced partnership with SafeZone, a provider of indoor gunfire-detection technology, as well the eventual potential to share smart-building information with public safety automatically in the future.
News Kymeta unveils new antenna, plans to offer hybrid satellite-cell connectivity 11th March 2020 Kymeta this week announced the commercial availability of its new u8 mobile antenna platform—a software-defined solution supporting satellite connections throughout the Ku-band and cellular LTE service—that lets the company offer an always-on hybrid connectivity bundle, starting at a price of $999 per month. Bill Marks, Kymeta’s chief strategy officer, said the company hopes to make […]
News Newscan: Coronavirus could be a boon for telemedicine, as health industry hopes to keep ‘worried well’ out of the hospital 10th March 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Coronavirus could be a boon for telemedicine, as health industry hopes to keep ‘worried well’ out of the hospital With 290 million kids out of school, coronavirus is putting online learning to the test 5 years of Intel CPUs and chipsets have a concerning flaw that’s unfixable Text-to-911 […]
Partner content Verizon, AT&T withdraw from smart-city efforts 10th March 2020 Verizon and AT&T no longer have high-profile executives dedicated to smart city operations. And both have largely folded their smart city efforts into other business units. Specifically, Verizon’s VP of Smart Communities, Mrinalini (Lani) Ingram, left the company in September, and Verizon’s smart city efforts have been moved under Maggie Hallbach, head of Verizon’s Public Sector […]
Audio TCCA: Tony Gray discusses organization’s TETRA history, work toward LTE future 9th March 2020 As TCCA celebrates its 25th anniversary, TCCA CEO Tony Gray talks about the organization’s support of the development of TETRA—the LMR standard for public-safety agencies in Europe and many other parts of the world—as well its crucial role in helping get the 3GPP standards body to create public-safety standards within LTE technology. As public-safety […]
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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