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IWCE's Urgent Communications is the information source for the communications technology industry. See you at #IWCE2023 March 27-30, 2023 in Las Vegas.

Joined January 2009
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Learning Alliance: Cesar Ruiz outlines training, new facility dlvr.it/TT1Tbw

Learning Alliance: Cesar Ruiz outlines training, new facility

Learning Alliance CEO Cesar Ruiz explains how his organization trains and certifies the next generation of telecom workers—particularly military veterans.

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Musk: 'Magic' not needed for SpaceX's orbital AI data center plan dlvr.it/TT0f4v

Musk: 'Magic' not needed for SpaceX's orbital AI data-center plan

Elon Musk insists that 'there's not some magic that's necessary' for SpaceX's plan to build orbital data centers, given the tech developed for Starlink.

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GeoComm: TJ Kennedy highlights launch of GIS indoor-map offering dlvr.it/TT0dSQ

GeoComm: TJ Kennedy highlights launch of GIS indoor-map offering

GeoComm launches Map Converter, which is designed to reduce the engineering time needed to transform traditional floorplans into indoor GIS maps.

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Google to pay SpaceX $30 billion for AI compute dlvr.it/TSyztX

Google to pay SpaceX $30 billion for AI compute

The agreement is SpaceX's second major AI deal with a competitor.

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Amazon Leo gets a satellite deployment extension dlvr.it/TSyzVr

Amazon Leo gets a satellite deployment extension

Despite objections from SpaceX, the FCC has granted Amazon Leo a 24-month extension to fulfill the first half of its planned LEO constellation.

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SBC: Alan Perdue discusses organization's history, future vision dlvr.it/TSyySY

SBC: Alan Perdue discusses organization's history, future vision

Alan Perdue talks about the Safer Buildings Coalition's evolution as it advocates for in-building wireless coverage to support the public-safety mission.

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Key House member outlines potential path to NG911 funding dlvr.it/TSyg0S

Key House member outlines potential path to NG911 funding

Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) says bipartisan support is be needed for NG911, particularly to secure the necessary votes for approval in the U.S. Senate.

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Cyber-insurance rates are dropping, but exclusions widen dlvr.it/TSw5dn

Cyber-insurance rates are dropping, but exclusions widen

Cyber-insurance coverage is slowly changing, and some policies may not provide coverage for social-engineering attacks like ClickFix.

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Coverage still a top priority for FirstNet users, board says dlvr.it/TSsQ7N

Coverage still a top priority for FirstNet users, board says

FirstNet users cite greate coverage as the most important enhancement they would like to see for the nationwide public-safety broadband network.

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Motorola Solutions to buy D-Fend Solutions counter-drone tech dlvr.it/TSqQDN

Motorola Solutions to buy D-Fend Solutions counter-drone tech

Definitive agreement calls for Motorola Solutions to pay $1.5 billion to acquire Israel-based company with counter-drone “RF cyber-takeover” technology.

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AI is going to transform our networks dlvr.it/TSqJKk

AI is going to transform our networks

Today's networks built for streaming and data won't suffice for the demands of the AI inference network.

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California considers high-speed buses with V2X technology dlvr.it/TSpYS3

California considers high-speed buses with V2X technology

Buses moving at 120 mph on dedicated freeway lanes could connect San Francisco and Los Angeles in just over three hours, a California DoT report estimates.

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Blue Origin's 'New Glenn' rocket explodes during prelaunch test dlvr.it/TSpSPy

Blue Origin's 'New Glenn' rocket explodes during prelaunch test

In a big setback for Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, its heavy-duty New Glenn rocket exploded during a prelaunch test, potentially delaying Amazon Leo service.

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Focus on cyber insurance: How quantifying risk reshapes security dlvr.it/TSmMJX

Focus on cyber insurance: How quantifying risk reshapes security

This Reporters' Notebook video explores how cyber insurance forces organizations to quantify risk, and why this could benefit cybersecurity.

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Wi-Fi has a role in public-safety in-building comms, speakers say dlvr.it/TSlbYf

Wi-Fi has a role in public-safety in-building comms, speakers say

Wi-Fi offers promise as an economically viable in-building technology, but work must be done to make it easily accessible for public-safety operations.

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Adkinson appointed as full-time chair of FirstNet Authority board dlvr.it/TSkXb8

Adkinson appointed as full-time chair of FirstNet Authority board

Appointment of former acting chair Adkinson comes as the FirstNet Authority awaits action from Congress on reauthoritization by February 2027 sunset date.

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Verizon DBIR: Enterprises face a dangerous vulnerability glut dlvr.it/TSkDc2

Verizon DBIR: Enterprises face a dangerous vulnerability glut

Verizon's 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) finds that exploits are involved in 31% of initial access for breaches, while patching lags behind.

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New coalition aims to lead critical-infrastructure cybersecurity dlvr.it/TSgWVH

New coalition aims to lead critical-infrastructure cybersecurity

Founding members of the Alliance for Critical Infrastructure include AT&T, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Consolidated Edison, Southern Co. and Xcel Energy.

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Why the big-three telcos' satellite JV is good for America dlvr.it/TSfv26

Why the big-three telcos' satellite JV is good for America

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon agree to pool spectrum and resources for a unified direct-to-device satellite platform. Roger Entner says the FCC should OK it.

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FCC approves new disaster-reporting rules for public safety dlvr.it/TSdwJF

FCC approves new disaster-reporting rules for public safety

Public-safety broadband providers to report disaster-related network outages publicly, but in a manner that is designed to be relatively streamlined.

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