Partner content Building 100% digital state and local governments 7th October 2022 During the global COVID-19 pandemic, many systems moved online to limit face-to-face interactions, including within state and local governments. Government processes that required citizens to show up in person, like renewing driver’s licenses or applying for unemployment, are now available partially or completely online. With the familiarity of online interactions—from online shopping to paying bills […]
Partner content 7 IoT devices that make security pros cringe 6th October 2022 In cybersecurity, if it isn’t one thing, it’s another 14.4 billion things that’ll get ya. That’s about how many Internet of Things (IoT) devices will proliferate globally by the end of the year, according to some analyst estimates. As a body, this is arguably one of the most rapidly spreading and poorly secured threat surfaces […]
Partner content Employee-driven rideshare driven by telematics 6th October 2022 Telematics may have taken something of a back seat in terms of passenger-car technology lately but it is still the driving power for one mobility provider’s growth plans. Start-up rideshare company Alto says it is carving a place in the market focused on employee-based premium vehicle private hire transportation, totally at odds with the bargain-basement […]
News LMR licensing activity shows slight increase in third quarter 5th October 2022 LMR licensing activity continued to increase slightly in both the public-safety and business/industrial arenas during the third quarter, setting the stage for 2022 to be the first year in which both sectors register LMR licensing increases in a decade—albeit at much lower levels than 10 years ago. Figures in the FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS) […]
News Newscan: What cell-service, Internet providers are doing to reconnect people after Hurricane Ian 5th October 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations What cell-service and Internet providers are doing to reconnect people after Hurricane Ian Verizon’s Response Team launches tethered drone to restore communications to Sanibel Island Hackers leak 500 GB trove of data stolen in Los Angeles school district ransomware attack FCC union backs Gigi Sohn for FCC seat […]
Partner content Microsoft aims to dislodge AWS as ‘preferred provider’ to telcos 4th October 2022 Two years ago, Microsoft did something that left executives at Ericsson and Nokia sweating like soldiers before battle. Within the space of a few weeks, Seattle’s biggest export besides coffee had bought two small but irksome rivals to the Nordic vendors in the market for core network software. The takeovers of Affirmed Networks and Metaswitch […]
Partner content Cars unlikely to become more computer than transport 4th October 2022 The automobile industry wouldn’t be as sprawling and as massive as it is today without effective marketing hype. Recently, advances in ADAS technology have some individuals in, and adjacent to, the industry saying that vehicle “brains” will approach, or even match, the status of supercomputers. Let’s take a quick glance at this myth before delving […]
Partner content Reshaping the threat landscape: Deepfake cyberattacks are here 3rd October 2022 Malicious campaigns involving the use of deepfake technologies are a lot closer than many might assume. Furthermore, mitigation and detection of them are hard. A new study of the use and abuse of deepfakes by cybercriminals shows that all the needed elements for widespread use of the technology are in place and readily available in […]
Partner content Cities need to look at total picture when buying technology 3rd October 2022 Procurement teams need to take a holistic approach when acquiring technology, says Bill Campbell, senior vice president of North America at Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial Division. Hexagon offers a variety of digital reality solutions. Its products combine sensor, software and autonomous technologies. The firm puts data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety […]
Partner content Sophisticated covert cyberattack campaign targets military contractors 29th September 2022 A cyberattack campaign, potentially bent on cyber espionage, is highlighting the increasingly sophisticated nature of cyberthreats targeting defense contractors in the US and elsewhere. The covert campaign, which researchers at Securonix detected and are tracking as STEEP#MAVERICK, has hit multiple weapons contractors in Europe in recent months, including potentially a supplier to the US F-35 Lightning II […]
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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