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AT&T’s Mobile 5G Network Goes Live, Service to Launch Dec. 21

AT&T promised mobile 5G before the end of 2018 and is set to deliver, though cutting it close to the self-imposed deadline. AT&T lit up the first mobile 5G network in the U.S. today, with service launching in select parts of 12 cities on Friday. This is not a full-blown launch, and AT&T acknowledged initial […]

Judge: State must prove cellphone tracing technology in Zimmerman murder case

BLOOMINGTON — The state must provide more information that cellular technology used to gather potential evidence against a Bloomington man accused of killing his ex-wife is reliable, a judge ruled Tuesday. The hearing in the Kirk Zimmerman murder case pitted dueling experts against each other on technology used to pinpoint the path Kirk Zimmerman’s vehicle […]

Despite Cell Data Privacy Right, Kidnapping Defendant Can’t Suppress Location Evidence

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed its previous denial of defendant Jay Goldstein’s motion to suppress his cell site location information, reasoning Goldstein had no reasonable right to privacy. By P.J. D’Annunzio | January 22, 2019 at 01:09 PM While recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent states that a search warrant must be obtained in […]