Communications

Law enforcement in the US has been using Google’s location history, designed primarily to send you targeted ads, as a tool to solve crimes...

South Korea's 5G network went live earlier this month. KT Corp., the nation's second largest wireless operator, claims to have launched the “world's first...

Deep-learning algorithms excel at using shapes and color to recognize the differences between humans and animals or cars and trucks, for example. These systems...

Emergency call centers sometimes find it hard to accurately locate an address when a person uses a cellphone to dial 911. For years, the...

The local municipalities in Finland and Finnish businesses are planning to build the world’s smartest road. The project will create a 5G network along...

A technology that has been used by military forces for years in range sensing systems has been gaining momentum in the smartphone devices market....

When disaster strikes, cell phone networks often go down – whether because of the event or because of the sheer volume of traffic, new...

Satellite-based unmanned aerial vehicles can serve for various missions. The satellite and communications giant Inmarasat has been exploring the value of satellite-enabled unmanned aerial...

US warfighters expect that their field equipment have the same functionality and capability as their personal, commercial mobile devices. Consequently, rugged mobile computing is...

Norway has been challenged by what it calls continued “electronic harassment” of critical communications systems and networks by the Russian government. To better protect...

Police forces have become increasingly reliant on extraction software in recent years as smartphones have harvested more data about people’s behaviour. But it’s feared...

Software vulnerabilities are frequently published on the web, for example on the US National Vulnerability Database — the official register of security vulnerabilities tracked...

Concerns are growing over the security vulnerability of 5G networks which are predicted to transform the telecommunications industry in the next decade. A new...

The smart city concept has been increasingly embraced by communities worldwide, leveraging digital technologies to collect and analyze data, while making service delivery more...

Both legacy and “next generation” secure email gateways are failing to prevent threats executable by humans on email. A new machine learning technology can...

Mobile phones often have no service because they are outside the range of a cell tower. People in remote areas without cellular networks don’t...

Vehicle to everything communication (V2X) is picking up as Audi introduces a system that knows when traffic lights are about to turn green. The...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used for a growing number of applications, for both military and commercial purposes. A recent technique harnesses the technology...

A new portable communication system allows soldiers on the ground to increase situational awareness. The system, worn by individual soldiers on the ground, ensures...

Disasters or emergency situations require substantial network resources to sustain and provide wireless connectivity rapidly. The exponential growth in mobile data traffic and in...