California Considers High-Speed Buses with V2X Technology
California’s Department of Transportation is evaluating high‑speed buses that could travel up to 140 mph on dedicated freeway lanes. The concept relies on autonomous safety systems such as lane‑keeping and automatic emergency braking, and on vehicle‑to‑everything (V2X) communications to coordinate with infrastructure and other vehicles. Caltrans’ 2025 research report says exclusive lanes would be needed to isolate the buses from regular traffic. The initiative is positioned as a faster, more flexible alternative to the state’s long‑delayed high‑speed rail project.
Wi-Fi Has a Role in Public-Safety In-Building Comms, Speakers Say
Industry leaders highlighted Wi‑Fi as a key supplement to land‑mobile‑radio and cellular networks for in‑building public‑safety communications. Speakers noted that modern responder devices now combine LTE and Wi‑Fi, enabling automatic selection of the strongest link and improving resilience. Existing building...
FCC OKs Anterix, Lynk Global Testing of Satellite D2D at 900 MHz
Anterix and Lynk Global have received an FCC experimental license to test satellite‑direct‑to‑device (D2D) communications on the 900 MHz band that Anterix licenses to utilities. The trials will use off‑the‑shelf devices—including smartphones, LMR radios, Toughbooks and routers—in both wooded and island...
Sub-Sea AI Data Center Is Operating in China
China has launched the world’s first commercial undersea AI data center, located six miles off Shanghai’s Lingang Special Area. The wind‑powered facility, built by Hi Cloud Technology in partnership with local authorities, cost roughly $226 million and began operations in October...
SpaceX Is Now a Spectrum Holder, Not Just a Satellite Operator
On May 12 the FCC approved two transactions moving about 115 MHz of mid‑ and low‑band spectrum from EchoStar to AT&T and SpaceX. AT&T receives 50 MHz (30 MHz of 3.45 GHz and 20 MHz of 600 MHz) while SpaceX is granted 65 MHz across AWS‑3, AWS‑4...
Official Optimistic After NTIA Talks on FirstNet Reauthorization
The U.S. Senate is poised to debate a reauthorization bill for the FirstNet Authority, the agency that runs the nation’s public‑safety broadband network. Jeff Johnson of the Western Fire Chiefs Association reported a hopeful meeting with NTIA officials, suggesting both...
Prompt: AI Agents Are Becoming Operational Infrastructure
AI agents are transitioning from experimental demos to core components of enterprise infrastructure. Companies such as AWS, Tableau, IBM, LinkedIn and Ace Hardware are embedding agents into payment processing, analytics, workflow orchestration, job search and retail assistance. This operationalization forces...
AI Adds Wrinkles to Public-Safety Cyberthreats, PSTA Reps Say
Motorola Solutions’ Public Safety Threat Alliance warned that AI‑driven cybercriminals are increasingly targeting public‑safety communications, especially cloud‑linked land‑mobile‑radio (LMR) networks. Phishing, voice‑deepfake impersonation, and AI‑powered reconnaissance enable attackers to harvest credentials and launch ransomware for tens of millions in cryptocurrency....
New NTIA Cost Study Lowers 2018 Estimate for Nationwide NG911
The NTIA’s 2026 cost study estimates that completing the nationwide rollout of next‑generation 911 will require $5.8 billion to $9.27 billion, roughly 30‑40 percent less than the $9.5‑$12.7 billion projected in 2018. The reduction reflects more than $4.5 billion already spent by states and localities...
Major Critical Infrastructure Supplier Reports Cyberattack
Itron, a leading supplier of smart‑meter and analytics equipment, disclosed a cyber intrusion discovered on April 13. The company isolated the attackers, removed their foothold and reported no further unauthorized activity or customer data loss. Itron serves over 7,700 utilities in...
AT&T Might Look Beyond AST SpaceMobile for D2D
AT&T’s CEO John Stankey said the carrier will explore additional low‑Earth‑orbit partners beyond its current AST SpaceMobile deal to deliver direct‑to‑device (D2D) connectivity. He cited SpaceX, Amazon Leo and possibly a fourth LEO provider as potential wholesale partners. AST SpaceMobile...
Motorola Solutions’ Greg Brown Touts AI Integrations, LMR Future
Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown highlighted the company’s AI Assist platform, emphasizing AI as a decision‑support tool rather than a replacement for human operators in public‑safety workflows. He announced that AI capabilities—real‑time transcription, translation, call summarization and keyword detection—are being embedded...
House Approves FirstNet Authority Reauthorization Bill
The U.S. House approved H.R. 7386, reauthorizing the FirstNet Authority through September 2037 and tightening oversight by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The bipartisan bill, passed by voice vote, amends the 2012 law to require NTIA pre‑approval for most FirstNet...
ZeroEyes Expands Detection Capabilities with ZeroLink Offering
ZeroEyes unveiled ZeroLink, a new offering that extends its AI‑driven gun‑detection platform to off‑network locations and adds analytics for knives, vehicles, human intrusions, and abandoned objects. The company says the knife‑detection model focuses on longer blades, a segment driving most...
China Still Gorges on U.S. Chips in Trump Era as Huawei Struggles
U.S. semiconductor exports to China remained robust during the Trump administration, generating about $104 billion for 15 major chip makers, only a modest 4% decline from the prior year and a 17% rise over two years earlier. Meanwhile, Huawei’s ICT infrastructure...