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AT&T Exec: Most 450,000 FirstNet Subscribers Were Former AT&T Customers

March 14, 2019 | Comments

Most of the current 450,000 First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) subscribers were former AT&T customers, but the carrier plans to capitalize on its FirstNet contract by increasing its first responder market share and adding friends and family of FirstNet subscribers, said AT&T Senior Executive Vice President John Stephens.

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Report Updates Mexican Border 800 MHz Rebanding Progress

March 14, 2019 | Comments

800 MHz reconfiguration on the Mexican border continues with all of the 127 frequency reconfiguration agreements (FRAs) anticipated for Mexican border licensees negotiated and submitted to the Transition Administrator (TA). Three National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) regions — one in California and two in Texas — are still clearing channels, according to the TA’s quarterly report for end-2018 submitted March 1 to the FCC.

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Dutch MVNO PrioCom Joins TCCA

March 13, 2019 | Comments

PrioCom, the Dutch critical communications virtual mobile network operator (MVNO), announced its membership of TCCA, the global representative organization for the critical communications sector.

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APCO Announces 2019 Leadership in Policy Award Winners

March 13, 2019 | Comments

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International announced the recipients of its 2019 Public Safety Communications Leadership in Policy Awards, who will be honored during APCO's 15th annual Public Safety Communications Leadership in Policy Awards Dinner May 21 in Arlington, Virginia. The dinner commemorates leaders who have made outstanding contributions to public-safety communications.

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Telit Releases 2 Band 14 Modules for FirstNet Device Integration

March 13, 2019 | Comments

Telit announced that the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) added Telit’s first embedded Long Term Evolution (LTE) band 14 internet of things (IoT) modules in LTE categories 1 and 4 to its lineup. Telit now has a total of four LTE modules in the FirstNet device ecosystem.

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U.K. Ambulance Trust Deploys Motorola TETRA Pagers

March 13, 2019 | Comments

The North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) NHS Trust, the second-largest ambulance trust in England, selected Motorola Solutions to equip 450 community first responders with TETRA two-way pagers as part of the TPG Messenger managed service. The new Motorola Solutions TETRA pagers will modernize the mission-critical alerting of volunteer first responders on the Airwave public-safety network.

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Aviat Networks Launches Online Store in Europe

March 13, 2019 | Comments

Aviat Networks launched the Aviat Store in Europe, a self-service online marketplace for the company's newly introduced all-outdoor product line along with associated antennas, accessories and software. The Aviat store was launched in late 2018 in the United States and contributed to the company's growth.

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Ohio Jurisdictions Join Statewide P25 Network, Deploy Motorola Software

March 13, 2019 | Comments

Springfield and Clark County, Ohio contracted Motorola Solutions to provide command center software to take incoming 9-1-1 calls, share and manage critical incident information, and communicate across agencies to coordinate a response.

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Metropolitan Police Service Invests in Sepura TETRA Terminals in Refresh

March 13, 2019 | Comments

The Metropolitan Police Service selected Sepura’s SC2 series of TETRA terminals to replace its existing fleet in an agreement forming one of the largest single orders ever received by the U.K.-based TETRA device manufacturer.

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PSTA Partners with TCCA, Different Views on U.S. LTE Interoperability Progress

March 12, 2019 | Comments

The Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TCCA. Both groups are focused on public-safety standards and open interoperability, executives said.

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