Select FirstNet public-safety users will trial satellite-direct-to-device connectivity via AST SpaceMobile later this year, thanks to recent FCC action permitting the operations on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to the FirstNet Authority, according to FirstNet contractor AT&T.
Security experts weigh in on the problem Salt Typhoon and its hacking of telecoms poses against the United States, including what the US should do and how defenders can protect themselves.
Nokia's Banshee Radio provides a 4G LTE or 5G 'network in a box' for military applications. Working with the military means Nokia can diversify beyond service provider customers in the RAN market.
Jon Paul Beauchamp, Icom America's director of business development, showcases the company's concept radio that would include P25 and satellite connectivity.
A mandatory “back door” to support law enforcement’s legal surveillance of communications traffic appears to have provided a pathway for China-backed actors to conduct the Salt Typhoon attack on the largest U.S. carriers’ networks, an expert testified recently before Congress.
Adam Strode, East Region sales manager for JVCKENWOOD USA's safety and security sector, showcases the PKT-300, the vendor's only wearable radio.
The most damaging attacks continue to be ransomware, but financial fraud claims are more numerous — and both are driven by increasing third-party breaches.
Nate Maloney, vice president of marketing and communications for Leonardo US Cyber and Security Solutions, explains how the company's vehicle-recognition offering (now in a smaller form factor) differs from traditional license-plate recognition technology.
Motorola Solutions announces the APX N70 XE, a single-band version of its smart P25 radio—with LTE connectivity—that is designed to support the communications needs for firefighters and emergency-medical-services personnel.
At the end of the day, users just want their devices to work. Schemes to leverage both LMR and LTE can make that happen more often.
Christian Ferguson, an account executive for HCI Energy, highlights the capabilities in the company's 8x10 hybrid-power shelter, which can save generator power by operating on solar power for extended periods of time.
Those charged with ensuring that land-mobile-radio (LMR) systems operate reliably need to “wake up” to the cybersecurity risks associated with these critical voice-centric services, according to one LMR consultant.
Jon Paul Beauchamp, Icom America's director of business development, highlights the company's new intrinsicallly safe devices, which are designed to work in environments where non-incendiary devices are necessary
TJ Kennedy, former FirstNet Authority president, explains how New Zealand overcame some of the challenges associated with using a multicarrier approach to delivering prioritized communications to first responders via the Publc Safety Network (PSN), which includes an LTE-based system akin to FirstNet in the U.S.
Attackers aren't just spending more time targeting the cloud — they're ruthlessly stealing more sensitive data and accessing more critical systems than ever before.
Light Reading toured John Deere's Davenport Works smart connected factory and spoke with the company's CTO about why John Deere chose to deploy its own private 5G network.
Designed to simplify deployment of robot security patrols, Bow’s platform aims to lower barriers to robot adoption across industries.
AT&T reports that FirstNet supports more than 7 million connections to public-safety users and that the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) provides coverage to more than 2.99 million square miles in the U.S.—more than 250,000 square miles more than its nearest competitor.
While the House Committee on Government Reform was looking for retaliatory options, cybersecurity experts pointed them toward building better defenses.
Operators demand simpler market-focused 6G standard after 5G frustrations and vendors seem to be listening.
Matthew Brungardt, senior manager for Verizon Frontline Crisis Response, provides a tour of the carrier's newest deployable vehicle, which is designed to enable command-center support in even remote locations.
L3Harris expands the company’s 3GPP standards-based mission-critical-to-X (MCX)—mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT), mission-critical data (MCData), and mission-critical video (MCVideo)—portfolio, allowing it to provide an end-to-end MCX offering.
PRYME Radio Products President and Chief Technologist Dave George describes the feature sets of myriad accessories for LMR devices and smart devices, some of which include AI-powered noise suppression.
Jeff Hoover, product manager at EF Johnson Technologies (a subsidiary of JVCKENWOOD), discusses the new functionality of the company's Armada programming software platform for P25 systems.
The order tasks local governments with playing a "more active" role in disaster preparedness.
AT&T in 2022 complained that T-Mobile had too much 2.5GHz spectrum. Now the company is looking to acquire a good chunk of the market's available 3.45GHz spectrum holdings.
The technology is intended for use by the DHS Customs and Border Protection Agency
Paris-area officers turning to MCPTT for primary communications, with TETRA serving as backup, Streamwide CEO says.
Adam Strode, East Region sales manager for JVCKENWOOD USA's safety and security sector, talks about the company's DMR 2.5 trunking solution, which is shipping today and is designed to be easy to deploy
Attackers don't always need to resort to sophisticated gambits to break and enter; organizations often make it easy for them to walk right in.
The remotely controlled flight was performed on battery power in the Central West region of New South Wales.
Jon Paul Beauchamp showcases the new IP120EX--an intrinsically-safe Wi-Fi radio--which can communicate with the company's existing IP110 Wi-Fi radio that is not intrinsically safe.
Nineteen key public-safety and government-oriented groups have expressed support for letter calling for Congress to reauthorize the FirstNet Authority before the federal organization overseeing the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) is scheduled to sunset in less than two years.
Healthcare technology is under increasing attack, and all stakeholders must step up and share responsibility.
Spectrum Mobile and Xfinity Mobile have a new way to stay connected after hooking up with Skylo's satellite platform. The deal enables mobile subs to send and receive SMS text messages via select Samsung and Google phones.
Nate Maloney, vice president of marketing and communications for Leonardo US Cyber and Security Solutions, describes the capabilities of the company's security-management and video-analysis platforms.
Convey911, Exacom and Smart Response Technologies announce collaboration to create Prizym, a cloud-based platform that is designed to enhance the effectiveness of 911 processing by leveraging expertise in data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and patented real-time communications.
Wilson Connectivity Vice President James Martin, outlines the capabilities of company's first UL 2524-compliant offerings that are designed to enhance public-safety communications inside buildings.
Mohammed Ali, manager of DAS engineering for ADRF, describes the capabilities of the company's new fiber-DAS, two remotes and annunciator.
Catalyst Communications President Robin Grier demonstrates how the company's interworking solution allows LMR and LTE users talk to one another while sharing key metadata information, such as caller-ID and location information.
Roman Kaluta explains how customers of the company's legacy interoperability equipment can upgrade to Z-series capabilities.
The CX200 infrastructure field tester is a relatively lightweight handheld instrument that is desgined to simplify technicians’ work when testing, maintaining and troubleshooting mission-critical radio networks.
TM9900 is Tait’s first new mobile RF design introduced to the market since 2012.
'It's basically ERCES in a box'
U.S. and other countries can learn from each other as broadband public-safety systems increase in popularity.
The Biden administration's $42 billion BEAD funding program was once hotly anticipated by US broadband players. Now it's not even a factor in their 2025 financial planning.
The Salt Typhoon attacks underscored the need for unity, innovation, and resilience in the face of an increasingly sophisticated cyber-threat landscape.
AT&T enterprise customers will have the opportunity to leverage deployable cell-tower coverage from a Compact Rapid Deployable (CRD) unit manufactured by Rescue 42, according to Rescue 42 founder and CEO Tim O’Connell.
HCI Energy today unveiled its 8-foot-by-20-foot (8x20) hybrid-power shelter that is twice the size of the company’s previous model while continuing to leverage solar- and wind-generated power, which can significantly reduce a critical-network operator’s maintenance costs and dependency upon the electric grid.
For years, Nokia has been boasting of the private network it will run on the moon. But the mission to land that network, on an Intuitive Machines robot, has ended in failure.