Deere & Company has elected Tamra Erwin, Verizon executive vice president and group CEO, to the company’s board of directors to provide leadership in smart connected machines and precisi... Read more
CenturyLink is waiving late payments for telecommunications services and suspending customer data caps in line with the Federal Communications Commission’s “Keep Americans Connected Pledge.” Read more
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that veterans who use TracFone Wireless phones now have free mobile data connectivity to access the VA Video Connect telehealth service. Read more
Aerial Applications has won $6M in funds through the U.S. Air Force’s four-year Small Business Innovation Research Phase II B Strategic Fund Increase Pilot Program to develop artificial inte... Read more
A Verizon business unit has partnered with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to install the former’s 5G network into the Department of Energy lab to assess potential 5G applications in a... Read more
Verizon determined in its third mobile security index that many organizations pursue approaches that do not consider the need for mobile security. Read more
Microsoft, Verizon and Medivis have formed a partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs in support of the agency’s 5G-equipped medical facility in Palo Alto, Calif. Read more
Verizon provides a set of public safety-tailored services to national security and military customers under a $993.5M contract with the U.S. Navy. Read more
Chris Drumgoole, former chief information officer of General Electric, has joined DXC Technology as executive vice president and CIO to lead its global information technology operations. Read more
Verizon has established a wireless small-cell installation that will work to augment network connectivity and enable potential 5G operations at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego. Read more
Verizon provided 5G support services for a three-day exercise that sought to train and prepare first responders in handling natural disaster scenarios, GCN reported Thursday. Read more
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding business will test Verizon’s 5G ultra wideband service in a move to achieve network connectivity requirements and evaluate potential... Read more
Executives from nine companies that secured spots on the General Services Administration’s potential 15-year, $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle for telecommunications... Read more
The U.S. Army has awarded other transaction agreements to AT&T, Microsoft and Verizon in support of the service branch’s Enterprise Information Technology as a Service program. Read more
30 Firms Join Radio Access Network Coalition
Thirty-one companies have founded an organization that aims to develop policies that will accelerate the adoption of interoperable radio access network offerings. Read more