The International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3), a body focused on professional standards for the global information, communications and technology (ICT) industry, launched a new, simplified “Guide for Accrediting Schemes to Recognize ICT Professionals” at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2017 in Geneva.

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The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing examining cybersecurity risks to wireless technologies with a particular focus on wireless networks and mobile devices.

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The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) challenged a public-safety licensee’s claim that only access via waiver to business/industrial land transportation (B/ILT) channels would satisfy its spectrum requirements. EWA filed comments with the FCC stating that Washington County, Oregon, did not meet the FCC’s standard for waiver relief needed to secure two 800 MHz B/ILT pool frequencies as part of a planned upgrade to a Project 25 (P25) Phase 2 system.

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DAMM’s communications solution for São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil consists of a fully redundant TETRA carrier system and secures passenger safety and improves efficiency. The network serves airline customers such as LATAM and Qatar Airways.

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Aviat Networks received $4 million in follow-on orders from five utility customers in the U.S. Southeast. Received in the company's fiscal 2017 fourth quarter, these orders involve upgrades to communications infrastructure to support the addition of new substations and power generation facilities.

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai appointed members to serve on the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC). The CSRIC will hold its first meeting June 23.

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During her opening keynote at the 2017 Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting, First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Chairwoman Sue Swenson touted the contract award to AT&T in March as a historic moment and encouraged the public-safety community to continue to innovate as the network moves forward.

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Motorola Solutions announced it will provide mobile apps, software and services for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) network as part of its role on the AT&T team selected by the U.S. government to deliver the U.S. nationwide public-safety broadband network.

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Europe’s Radio Equipment Directive (RED) becomes mandatory 13 June, and the Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive (R&TTED) can no longer be used to access the European market. This major update of Europe’s single market rules for radio equipment was published in May 2014.

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Lisa M. Fowlkes was selected as chief of the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB), continuing the work she has been doing as acting chief.

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