Partner content SES to strengthen itself with $3.1B Intelsat acquisition 3rd May 2024 Satellite communications company SES announced April 30 that it will acquire its competitor Intelsat, saying it will pay $3.1 billion to buy 100% of equity in the latter company. This implies an enterprise value of $5 billion for Intelsat. SES has said it will finance the transaction from existing cash and equivalents as well as […]
Partner content Artificial intelligence can help manage the grid but creates risks if deployed ‘naïvely,’ DOE warns 1st May 2024 Artificial intelligence can help manage the U.S. electric grid, including reducing emissions and lowering costs — but the nascent technology poses significant risks if deployed “naïvely,” the Department of Energy said in a pair of reports published Monday. Priority use cases for managing the U.S. electrical system include grid planning, permitting and siting, operations and […]
Partner content Verizon DBIR: Basic security gaffes underpin bumper crop of breaches 1st May 2024 Security bugs are having a cybercrime moment: For 2023, 14% of all data breaches started with the exploitation of a vulnerability, which is up a jaw-dropping 180%, almost triple the exploit rate of the previous year. Let’s put this in context, though. The MOVEit software breach, which wreaked supply chain havoc on companies across every […]
Partner content Ford hands-free tech faces probe after fatal crashes 1st May 2024 Federal investigators have launched a probe into Ford’s hands-free Advanced Driver Assistance System, Blue Cruise. The move, by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), comes just a couple of weeks after it emerged that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was looking at two fatal incidents involving Ford Mustang Mach E models fitted with the technology. Now […]
News FCC proposes georouting rules for 988 calls to suicide, crisis lifeline 1st May 2024 FCC commissioners last week voted unanimously to propose rules that would require carriers to provide a georouting solution for all wireless calls to 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline based on the caller’s physical location rather than the current method of using the area code associated with the wireless device. Under the FCC proposal, carriers would […]
Audio SBC: John Foley discusses upcoming event, training support, 911 initiative 30th April 2024 Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) Managing Director John Foley discusses the organization’s upcoming Wireless Tech & Policy Summit, continued efforts to train and certify intallers of in-building coverage solutions, and its “911 Inside” initiative advocating for wireless coverage inside facilities. The Safer Buildings Coalition Wireless Tech & Policy Summit is scheduled for June 6 in […]
Partner content Cyberattack Gold: SBOMs offer an easy census of vulnerable software 29th April 2024 Government and security-sensitive companies are increasingly requiring software makers to provide them with software bills-of-material (SBOMs), but in attackers’ hands, the list of components making up an application could provide a blueprint for exploiting the code. An attacker who determines what software a targeted company is running, can retrieve the associated SBOM, and analyze the […]
Partner content Xcel Energy named in 15 lawsuits over 2024 Texas panhandle fires 29th April 2024 Xcel Energy has been named in 15 lawsuits in connection with the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle, which burned more than 1 million acres in March. Company leaders acknowledged that power lines owned by Xcel Energy appear to have played a role in igniting the fire during a first quarter earnings call on April 25. So far, Xcel […]
Partner content Nokia, NASA to launch 4G on the moon 29th April 2024 NASA and Nokia are partnering to bring 4G to the moon, in a project to “pave the way for sustainable human presence” on other planets. SpaceX is slated to launch the lander carrying 4G infrastructure to the moon’s south pole later this year and the network will then be remotely controlled from Earth. The network […]
Partner content AT&T: What outage? 25th April 2024 AT&T reported first quarter results that showed better-than-expected performance in its wireless business, with net customer additions and churn surpassing most analyst expectations. That’s noteworthy considering AT&T generated nationwide headlines in February when its wireless network collapsed for hours. “Nationwide AT&T cell phone outage prevents emergency calls,” reported The Washington Post. “AT&T Says It’s ‘Working Urgently’ to […]
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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