The Bernalillo County Office of Emergency Management (BCEM) operates a state-of-the-art emergency management system to help effectively coordinate the use of county, state and federal resources to protect the lives and health of county citizens and visitors from the effects of natural or human-caused disasters… Read more…
AirLink Warranty Changes
As a trusted partner that stands behind its products, Sierra Wireless provides Hardware Warranty as part of valid AirLink Complete subscriptions. Recent updates to warranty terms, namely the reduction of the standard warranty term from 3 years to 1, should be seen as a positive change as it helps users maintain device security more effectively… Read more…
Updated Apache Log4J Mitigation Recommendations
Sierra Wireless recommends disabling any on-premise AMM servers if they are publicly accessible, until they have been remediated. Instructions on remediation will be provided to USAT’s clientele via a Sierra Wireless bulletin emailed to them. Contact USAT, if you have not received this bulletin… Read more…
Apache Log4j – CVE-2021-44228
Sierra Wireless has a critical message for all AMM users whose iteration of AMM/AM is hosted by Sierra Wireless in AWS about an exploit called Apache Log4j. Access to the AMM/AM server will be temporarily brought offline while the issue is mitigated. Users of On Premise AMM/AM instances, that are not publicly accessible, are not impacted… Read more…
AirLink Products Available
Back in August Sierra Wireless announced that COVID was causing increases to costs and delays in manufacturing. This lead to immediate price increases as well as extended production and delivery timelines on many of their most popular devices, including the AirLink Routers in their RV50X, RV55, and MP70 series of… Read more…
AT&T 3G Sunset Impacts AirLink®
Soon after February 22, 2022, without a firmware upgrade, select AirLink RV55/LX40/LX60 LTE routers will cease to connect to the AT&T network due to the AT&T network changes. Select AirLink RV55/LX40/LX60 LTE routers will require an ALEOS update prior to February 22, 2022 or these routers will go off air and will require… Read more
5G Networking for Firefighting Operations
Captain Diaz is a seasoned firefighter in charge of a fire department in a medium sized city. There are numerous industrial and chemical plants within the city, and Captain Diaz wants to vastly improve her fire and rescue teams ability to respond to especially rough environments under extremely hazardous conditions. Read more…
Sierra Wireless Price Changes
In a formal letter from the leadership at Sierra Wireless, they go on to explain that “the global pandemic brought with it significant disruption to the global supply chain. We want to reassure you we are doing everything in our power to provide your Sierra Wireless orders as quickly and as reliably as…” Read more…
5G Fixed Utility Infrastructure
Kyle is a Senior Operations Engineer for a large regional electric utility. Kyle has been tasked with leveraging 5G to improve utility operational efficiency, safety and security. Additionally, it falls to him to implement new network technologies that will speed up the integration of sources of renewable energy into… Read more…
Critical ALEOS 4.15.0 Update
It has been determined that certain configurations of North American AirLink® GX450 and RV50 devices, that use active combination GPS + cellular antennas, can lead to the emission of spurious radio signals that may impact the performance of other nearby GPS receivers. This issue only affects GX450 and RV50 devices that use… Read more…