Partner content Canada seeks answers after Rogers outage 15th July 2022 It’s not been the best couple of weeks for Rogers Communications. Last week, mediation efforts by the Canadian operator to overcome regulatory concerns about its proposed merger with rival Shaw Communications came to nothing. The week then ended with a huge network outage that affected millions of users and paralyzed banking and emergency services. Rogers’ […]
Audio Rave Mobile Safety: Todd Miller discusses 988 suicide-hotline launch, potential 911 integration 15th July 2022 Todd Miller, Rave Mobile Safety’s senior vice president for strategic programs, talks about the July 16 launch of 988 as the nationwide suicide-prevention hotline number, as well as the possibilities–and challenges–associated with the prospect of integrating 988 mental-health communications into 911 system infrastructure and public-safety workflows, when needed.
News House committee approves bill with $10 billion for NG911 14th July 2022 homeMembers of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today voted unanimously to send a bill to the House floor that would extend the FCC’s spectrum-auction authority and dedicate $10 billion from a future auction to fund emergency call centers’ transition to IP-based, next-generation 911 (NG911) technology. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), chairman of the committee, noted […]
Partner content Fake Google software updates spread new ransomware 13th July 2022 Threat actors are increasingly using fake Microsoft and Google software updates to try to sneak malware on target systems. The latest example is “HavanaCrypt,” a new ransomware tool that researchers from Trend Micro recently discovered in the wild disguised as a Google Software Update application. The malware’s command and-control (C2) server is hosted on a […]
Partner content New phishing attacks shame, scare victims into surrendering Twitter, Discord credentials 11th July 2022 A recent wave of social media phishing schemes doubles down on aggressive scare tactics with phony account-abuse accusations to coerce victims into handing over their login details. Last week alone, Malwarebytes Labs uncovered two phishing scams, targeting Twitter and Discord (a voice, video, and text chat app). The Twitter phishing scam sends users a direct message (DM) […]
Partner content Banking has woken up to the public-cloud risk. Has telecom? 11th July 2022 Last year’s sequence of Big Tech outages offered a glimpse of the Internet apocalypse – a sneak preview of a Mad Max planet where cloud-dependent economies have toppled and the cash in your pocket is only good for wiping your nose or showing children what Churchill looked like. It’s not far off this now. Visit most pubs […]
News LMR licensing sees uptick during first half of year 9th July 2022 Land-mobile-radio (LMR) licensing activity during the first half of the year is on pace to result in increases in both the public-safety and business/industrial sectors, which would mark the first time in a decade that both segments of market would see LMR licensing increases, albeit at much lower levels than in 2012. According to the […]
Partner content How to keep EVs from taking down the electrical grid 9th July 2022 Is the US electrical grid — a 70-year-old behemoth — equipped to handle the load of nearly 607,000 new electric vehicles (EVs) on the roads? As a security guy working in critical national infrastructure (CNI), I wonder. I know the threats facing the US power grid and see it struggling against an already strained capacity. So let’s “strength test” this load, see […]
Partner content Virtual crisis care: How real-time telemedicine counseling can improve outcomes and conserve resources 8th July 2022 The nation’s mental health crisis is taking a serious toll on first responders. Real-time access to a virtual behavioral health professional can aid de-escalation efforts, avoid involuntary committals and save law enforcement resources. Estimates show that up to 20 percent of police calls involve a mental health or substance use crisis, and that number appears to be […]
Partner content T-Mobile’s 2.5 GHz headache 8th July 2022 T-Mobile is in the process of snapping up the remaining 2.5GHz spectrum licenses around the country that it does not already own. That effort ought to come to a head later this month during the FCC’s planned Auction 108 of unused 2.5GHz spectrum licenses in mostly rural areas. However, an investment firm fronted by a […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
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