Partner content Microsoft Outlook vulnerability could be 2023’s ‘It’ bug 20th March 2023 Microsoft recently patched a zero-day vulnerability under active exploit in Microsoft Outlook, identified as CVE-2023-23397, which could enable an attacker to perform a privilege escalation, accessing the victim’s Net-NTLMv2 challenge-response authentication hash and impersonating the user. Now it’s becoming clear that CVE-2023-23397 is dangerous enough to become the most far-reaching bug of the year, security researchers are […]
Partner content Getting to know the how—and why—of the telecom cloud 20th March 2023 A funny thing happened during the pandemic: The giant cloud hyperscalers burst into the telecom industry. And now it’s time for everyone to get acquainted with them. Why? Well, it seems increasingly inevitable that a certain percentage – ranging from “a little” to “most” – of telecom operators’ network functions are going to run in […]
Partner content Zipline delivery drone docks, charges by itself 20th March 2023 Zipline has unveiled its new autonomous drone platform, designed to provide accurate everyday delivery to homes in the U.S., including in busy residential areas. Zipline’s previous delivery system worked by parachuting parcels into a specified area. Now the new drone, dubbed Platform 2 or P2 Zip, sends its goods down to customers via a tether […]
Partner content State and local leaders can alleviate the burden on public-safety personnel by tackling three workforce trends 20th March 2023 Government officials and public safety leaders wear many different hats. They serve as sounding boards for constituent complaints and for new ideas that need vetting. They are change agents charged with improving the lives of citizens and colleagues and are tasked with keeping order. Their most daunting responsibility, however, is keeping members of their community […]
Partner content 6G is shaping up to disappoint, and the industry can blame itself 20th March 2023 One of the gripes frequently aired about 5G is that it’s merely a souped-up version of 4G, as if the mobile networks industry was supposed to invent time travel or at least find a cure for cancer. The unimaginative marketers are largely to blame for this with their overpromotion of the Gs as something that […]
Partner content Telcos need to build businesses, as well as networks 18th March 2023 Telcos are over-invested in 5G in every sense of the phrase. The latest mobile generation has fallen well short of expectations, as recent numbers from analyst firm MTN Consulting attest. Total operator revenue actually declined in the second and third quarters last year, largely as a result of weak service revenues, MTN found. In Q3, for […]
Partner content Get ready for the summer of spectrum squabbling 18th March 2023 Last week, for the first time ever, Congress allowed the FCC’s spectrum auction authority to lapse – a development that prevents the agency from auctioning more spectrum to 5G network operators. At roughly the same time last week, President Joe Biden’s Democratic nominee to the FCC, Gigi Sohn, abruptly withdrew from contention without any clear replacement. That leaves the […]
News FCC proposes initial satellite-direct-to-phone regulatory framework 18th March 2023 FCC commissioners yesterday approved a proposal that would provide an initial regulatory framework for the agency to support supplemental-coverage-from-space (SCS)—or satellite-direct-to-cell-phone—services being explored by numerous satellite operators and terrestrial wireless carriers, including on FirstNet Authority spectrum. Under the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that was passed by a 4-0 vote, the FCC “seeks to establish […]
News Wassel describes FirstNet Authority CEO post as ‘dream job’ 16th March 2023 Joe Wassel just started his job as FirstNet Authority CEO, and he plans to hit the ground running, embracing the organization’s tradition of outreach to public-safety and first-responder personnel to inform the decision-making process. That particularly will be the case during the next four months, Wassel said. “I plan on leading this effort by being […]
Partner content Ransomware’s favorite target: Critical infrastructure and its industrial control systems 13th March 2023 National defense and security experts long predicted that future warfare would not be waged by firearms but with code designed to disable services people depend on for daily life. In May 2021, security experts’ worst fears came true, when a ransomware attack struck the Colonial Pipeline. Gas delivery to most of the US Northeast halted almost […]
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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