Several U.S. and international companies that include Intelsat formed an alliance to drive the adoption of high-altitude platforms that are designed to operate in the stratosphere and provide network connectivity around the world.

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The White House is collaborating with U.S. technology firms such as Microsoft, AT&T and Dell to develop software for 5G telecommunications networks in an effort to reduce dependence on telecom equipment from China-based Huawei Technologies, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

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General Dynamics’ mission systems business and Douglas Dynamics have been honored by supply chain risk management firm riskmethods in recognition of their methodologies in building sustainable and compliant supply chain systems.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has recognized Cubic’s Nuvotronics team for demonstrating a new radio frequency technology.

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Quinten Johnson, formerly vice president of federal government sales at Nokia, has joined Juniper Networks as director of civilian sales, G2Xchange ETC reported Friday.

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Rivada Networks plans to work with states and territories that want to opt out of the First Responder Network Authority’s wireless public safety broadband network. Herndon, Virginia-based Rivada said Friday it has begun to work with New Hampshire on a potential alternative broadband network strategy in case the state decides to develop a public safety network separate […] More

AT&T, IBM, Nokia, Palo Alto Networks, Symantec and Trustonic have forged an alliance with the goal to help businesses and consumers address security risks tied to the internet of things. The IoT Cybersecurity Alliance aims to promote awareness on cybersecurity measures designed to increase safety of the IoT ecosystem, foster partnership and support technology development, AT&T said Wednesday. “Be it a connected […] More

Israel-based cybersecurity startup creator Team8 has secured investments from Microsoft‘s and Qualcomm‘s venture businesses, Reuters reported Monday. Tova Cohen writes that Team8 has raised more than $92 million so far and entered a strategic partnership with Citigroup to develop the former’s products. Team8 was founded by a group of military veterans who also seek to establish two new companies in 2017 in addition […] More

MEF has announced finalists for the company’s 2016 Excellence Awards that recognizes service, application, technology and professional excellence in the global Third Network community. The company said Thursday it will present the awards in November at the MEF Excellence Awards Dinner as part of the MEF16 global networking conference. Global and regional senior analysts from ATLANTIC-ACM, Current Analysis, Frost […] More

Rivada Networks has formed a consortium of technology firms to pursue a contract to build a 4G LTE broadband wireless network for public safety organizations in the U.S. The Rivada Mercury team includes Harris Corp., Intel‘s security business, Ericsson, Nokia,  Fujitsu Network Communications and Black & Veatch and aims to offer a national emergency services network in the 700 megahertz spectrum, Rivada Networks […] More

Israel-based cybersecurity startup Team8 has generated $23 million in a second round of financing backed by investors that include AT&T, Accenture, Nokia, Mitsui and Temasek, Fortune reported Tuesday. Robert Hackett writes Team8 raised a total funding of $41 million after the company received $18 million in 2015 in addition to the series B financing. Nadav […] More

A Research and Markets report forecasts the global market for Internet of Things analytics technology will rise in value to $16.4 billion by 2020 at a compound annual growth rate of 27.4 percent. The research firm said Thursday that many technology vendors are developing analytics offerings for IoT as more organizations invest in the platform. […] More