News RapidDeploy inks first enterprise mapping deal supporting General Motors’ OnStar call centers 8th June 2022 RapidDeploy yesterday announced that its Radius Mapping solution will be used to support General Motors’ OnStar call centers that work closely with 911 centers during certain emergencies—the first enterprise agreement for RapidDeploy, according to CEO Steve Raucher. OnStar has worked closely with RapidDeploy in the past to deliver vehicle telematics directly to 911 centers that […]
News Updated: PSCR gets new support from NIST as current federal funding set to expire in fall 8th June 2022 [Editor’s note–This article has been updated to reflect that NIST will provide base funding for about two dozen PSCR researchers.] SAN DIEGO—Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) will see its primary $300 million allocation from Congress expire this fall, but at least a portion of this money will be offset by new funding from the National […]
Partner content Actively exploited Atlassian zero-day bug allows full system takeover 6th June 2022 A critical security vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence is under active attack, opening servers to full system takeover, security researchers warned. The bug (CVE-2022-26134) is a command-injection issue that allows unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), affecting all supported versions of Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center. According to a forensic investigation of two zero-day attacks by […]
News Betacom seeks to simplify CBRS private-network solutions for enterprises 4th June 2022 Private 4G and 5G networks are attracting the attention of enterprises that now can explore potential automated Industry 4.0 applications powered by systems provided by Betacom at the Factory Floor Lab of MxD, the nation’s Digital Manufacturing Institute and National Center for Cybersecurity in Manufacturing. Betacom CEO Johan Bjorklund said that his company has been […]
Partner content Security at the edge: Why it’s complicated 2nd June 2022 The federal government’s IT modernization efforts have focused on centralizing cloud computing technologies. As more agencies improve those capabilities, they’re starting to think about how computing at the edge can improve their data-driven decisions. However, as edge computing continues to grow given emerging technologies, such as 5G, there’s one area being neglected: security. With edge computing, we’re on the […]
Partner content OnGo Alliance touts 4G progress, 5G ambitions for CBRS 2nd June 2022 During a recent meeting at the Connect(X) trade show in Denver, OnGo Alliance President Dave Wright boasted of the market traction that CBRS equipment is enjoying. “We’re twice the size of 5G,” he said. Specifically, Wright explained that there are about 250,000 sites around the country that are broadcasting wireless signals in the 3.5GHz CBRS […]
Partner content Toyota’s connected Cabin Awareness aims to prevent hot-car fatalities 2nd June 2022 Toyota has revealed a groundbreaking new idea that could prevent heatstroke deaths by helping ensure no pets or young children are left behind inside a vehicle. The Cabin Awareness concept uses millimeter-wave radar to detect movement, and then connectivity to notify the owner in a scenario where occupants remain in a car. And it is currently […]
News AST SpaceMobile gets OK from FCC to test sat-to-phone tech with AT&T in U.S. 1st June 2022 AST SpaceMobile—a LEO satellite company that plans to deliver broadband cellular service directly to unmodified wireless devices—has received an experimental license from the FCC to conduct tests this year in preparation for launches that are expected to result in continuous global coverage by the end of 2025, a company official said. Scott Wisniewski, chief strategy […]
News Newscan: An autonomous car blocked a fire truck responding to an emergency 31st May 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations An autonomous car blocked a fire truck responding to an emergency CISA, DOD report gaps for agencies assessing 5G security risks Secretary of State makes case for tech-centered strategy to counter China Vallejo (Calif.) PD may close nighttime 911 dispatch, VPOA said University of New Mexico increases building […]
Partner content Critical OAS bugs open industrial systems to takeover 31st May 2022 A pair of critical flaws in industrial Internet of Things data platform vendor Open Automation Software (OAS) are threatening industrial control systems (ICS), according to Cisco Talos. They’re part of a group of eight vulnerabilities in OAS software that the vendor patched this week. Among the flaws is one (CVE-2022-26082) that gives attackers the ability to remotely […]
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 24th March 2024
FirstNet Authority reauthorization needed as public-safety-driven network evolution proceeds 16th March 2024