LeadsOnline Acquires Hawk Analytics

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LeadsOnline, LLC, a nationwide provider of data, technology and investigation tools used by law enforcement agencies and businesses, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Hawk Analytics, Inc., a provider of mapping and analytics technology built for law enforcement. Together, LeadsOnline and Hawk Analytics aim to provide law enforcement with expanded coverage and enhanced tools to advance cases faster and deliver justice to more victims.

Mike, Nicole, Tom, and the rest of the Hawk Analytics team will join LeadsOnline and are committed to maintaining the same high level of service for which both companies are known.

To read the full press release click HERE

For more information about LeadsOnline click HERE

As always, if you have any questions please contact us at support@hawkanalytics.com

T-Minus 3, 2, 1 and We Have Shut Down of AT&T’s 3G Network!

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Tues. Feb 22, 2022 | By Brett Molina | USA Today |

End of 3G service: AT&T will shut down its 3G network Feb. 22. How will it affect you?

AT&T is about to take the first step toward the end of 3G service.

On Tuesday, [Feb 22, 2022], the wireless carrier shut down its 3G network, which means multiple older smartphones and countless other devices will no longer work.

Verizon was the first to launch a 3G network in the U.S. in 2002, during a time when the BlackBerry was the top smartphone to own and we were five years away from the arrival of the iPhone.

Twenty years ago, consumers used their phones for basic tasks like checking email, sending text messages, and of course, for making phone calls. But with smartphones, we do so much more: take pictures, watch TV, play games, scroll through social media, and beyond.

3G SHUTDOWN AND CARS:  Will it impact your car’s navigation system?

The added features mean having wireless networks to support them, which is why AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are shutting down 3G to make room for faster 5G networks.

Here’s what you should know about how the 3G shutdown might affect you…

Continue reading more here

Coffee with Hawk – a Live Chat with Subject Matter Experts

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Take your morning coffee break with Hawk!

Join  Senior Subject Matter Experts Tom Bruce and Nicole Poser in an unscripted and live webinar as we give you some quick updates on Hawk happenings, and answer your questions live time. The conversation goes where the viewers take it! Join us for a some jokes, fun, and learning!

Register Here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7385942290443577872

Sprint & T-Mobile Merger Update

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Hawk Analytics continues to closely assess the ever-changing dynamics of the Sprint & T-Mobile merger. Here is what we have learned most recently:

  • The Sprint CDMA (aka 3G) network will likely be shut down in early 2022.  All legacy Sprint customers will be switched over to the T-Mobile network.  This will result in all call detail records for Sprint and T-Mobile customers to be provided in the standard T-Mobile “CDR Mediations” report format.
  • The Sprint L-Site will remain for the foreseeable future.  Access to the L-Site is still being granted and managed.
  • All of the Sprint fax numbers have been decommissioned.  You will need to submit requests through T-Mobile’s fax and/or email addresses, which are available on the Hawk Toolbox Compliance Center website. (https://support.hawkanalytics.com/resources/compliance-centers/)
  • Timing Advance information is being provided in two report formats.
    1. The more common version is the typical T-Mobile Timing Advance file with several header rows at the top with the T-Mobile logo. These records are provided in UTC.
    2. The less common Excel file we’ve seen since the merger was generated by a system called “Quantum”. The Quantum system is no longer in use, but T-Mobile still occasionally provides Timing Advance information in an Excel spreadsheet with only one header row (beginning with columns for “imei” and “imsi”). Typically the information in this file should also be provided in UTC. However, sometimes the data is given in local time.  Hawk Analytics strongly encourages you to follow up with T-Mobile to verify the time zone of the records when you see this file format before you upload the report and begin your analysis.
  • We continue to see call detail records provided in both the typical Sprint and T-Mobile report formats. More importantly, we are increasingly seeing cell site location information from both networks in the same record.  You will need to refer to cell site lists from both Sprint and T-Mobile in order to correctly map all of the data. Some files make it more obvious to determine if a cell site occurs on the T-Mobile or Sprint network, while other files give no indication at all.  You will need to review the records carefully to ensure all of the mappable data is mapped.  If you are a CellHawk customer, the File Upload Report can assist you with this.  Hawk Support has several white papers for the different file types that can help you load the records so all of the mappable information shows up on the map in CellHawk.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact us at support@hawkanalytics.com

Free Hawk Education Tracks

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Our Subject Matter Experts have compiled hours of free education resources designed to expand community knowledge regarding call detail records, their analysis, and cellular theory. We have built a library of 20+ hours of webinars, blog posts, white papers, and instructional videos – it can be hard to know where to start! Knowing this, our Subject Matter Experts have developed suggested education tracks based on experience level with call detail records.

To Access the Hawk Education Track Handout please click HERE