First responders in the San Francisco Bay Area may use a dedicated LTE network beginning next year, after a regional authority approved a 10-year deal for Motorola Solutions, funded primarily with a federal stimulus grant. The dedicated 700 MHz public service LTE network will enable first responders to use broadband applications on a private LTE [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled today that police must first obtain a search warrant before using GPS devices to track a suspect’s vehicle, agreeing with an earlier appeals court ruling but rejecting the Obama administration’s position on the case. The decision (pdf) in what is arguably the biggest Fourth Amendment case in the computer age, [...]
The buzz over Telematics had vehicles chatting over the internet, at CES 2012. Verizon established an Innovation Program to encourage collaboration and help advance the 4G LTE ecosystem and has lots of announcements at CES. The ng Connect Program, founded by Alcatel-Lucent, has more than 125 member companies, and is showcasing ten service concepts at [...]
Ford will introduce five new apps compatible with SYNC AppLink at the 2012 International CES. Roximity was the winner of Ford’s SYNC App Developer Challenge, announced during the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon in San Francisco last year. Called Roximity, the app provides real-time deals and specials relevant to a user’s location, based on personal preferences and [...]
PC World reviews car infomatics systems. Broadband concept cars such as the NG Connect Toyota Prius and the Verizon OnStar 4G Buick LaCrosse are moving from concept to production. The 4G-connected car will perform a whole new set of tricks. Audi Connect. Audi recently partnered with Alcatel-Lucent to show off an LTE version of their [...]
The U.S. government said yesterday that LightSquared’s proposed network interfered with GPS devices in “a majority” of cases. But LightSquared countered that it’s actually the GPS devices that are treading on its spectrum, not the other way around. “Preliminary analysis of the test findings found no significant interference with cellular phones,” said the National Executive [...]
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