Airbus, which supplies Mexico’s nationwide mission-critical Tetrapol network Red Nacional de Radiocomunicación de Misión Crítica Tetrapol (IRIS), wants to create the first broadband virtual mobile operator for public safety in Mexico.

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The FCC will consider an order on reconsideration and further notice of proposed rulemaking that would address licensed and unlicensed wireless microphone operations in the TV bands and various other frequency bands at its July 13 open meeting.

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San Luis Valley 9-1-1 in Colorado selected the Solacom 9-1-1 call-handling solution for next-generation call handling and management. The emergency telephone authority, responsible for 9-1-1 calls from residents in six counties in southwestern Colorado, needs to be able to pinpoint any call.

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Following Hytera’s acquisition of the Sepura Group, Qingzhou Chen, Hytera’s founder, chairman and CEO, and senior leadership team travelled to the United Kingdom, Spain and Germany for meetings with Sepura Group leadership and professionals and Hytera’s local teams in Europe.

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The FCC proposed adding an alert option to the nation’s emergency alert system (EAS) to help protect the nation’s law enforcement officers. Called a “blue alert,” the option would be used by authorities in states across the country to notify the public through TV and radio of threats to law enforcement and to help apprehend dangerous suspects.

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The Zigbee Alliance, an association for global standards for the internet of things (IoT), announced the availability of Zigbee PRO 2017, a mesh networking technology designed to connect and facilitate interoperability between smart devices. Zigbee PRO is the underlying network technology that supports full-stack interoperable devices certified under Zigbee 3.0.

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Hytera delivered a TETRA solution to Ras Al Khair Plant of Saline Water Conversion Corp. (SWCC) in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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EchoStar Mobile and Thales are collaborating to jointly develop advanced mobile satellite voice and data services to meet the needs of security forces and first responders dealing with emergency situations in France and throughout Europe.

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Redline Communications partnered with Future Technologies Ventures to offer Future Technologies' military customers Redline's mobile Long Term Evolution (LTE) product line for tactical rapid deployment purposes. Future Technologies also positioned Redline's LTE product across its private network customer base of vertical markets including rail, first responders, military, utility, maritime, and oil and gas.

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Rosemary C. Harold will be appointed chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said. Harold is an attorney with experience both within the agency and in private practice, as well as a former journalist.

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