The Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) are seeking comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking that would implement regulations for the 911 Grant Program, which will offer $115 million in grant funds intended to help states and local jurisdictions upgrade their 9-1-1 call centers and systems to next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) capabilities.

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The TCCA added two new board members, Philippe Agard and Ari Toivonen.

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The FCC said 95 percent of Puerto Rico’s wireless cell sites are out of service in a Sept. 21 statement.

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Airbus TETRA technology is part of the next-generation electronic verification system to transmit data and information of vessel locations off the coast to the Atlas telecom company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It will be used to integrate confidential data, such as GPS positioning and text messages, into the Atlas vessel identification system, which is run by a government agency.

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn visited Florida Sept. 18 to get a firsthand assessment of the damage caused by Hurricane Irma.

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Motorola Solutions opened an innovation center in London that the company said sets a vision of “smart public safety for a digital society.”

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Airbus provided local and independent radio networks for critical telecommunications provider Bravo to cover events during the Hajj pilgrimage event. Bravo supported a governmental client in the western part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 30 August to 4 September.

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Radical Systems won the 2017 Motorola Solutions public-safety hackathon in Australia. The Darwin-based business systems developer won the 48-hour challenge with a solution designed to capture vital data for emergency services while maintaining the integrity of highly secure and covert communications.

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Davicom, a division of Comlab, announced two new technical sales representatives. Louis-Charles Cuierrier is the company’s new technical sales rep for the United States and Canada. He has extensive sales experience in the wireless telephony market, and he recently completed a degree in electrical engineering at Laval University.

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Since Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida Sept. 10, Communications International (Ci) and Harris have deployed multiple resources to get critical communications restored to those areas severely impacted by the storm.

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