The city of Oakland, California, selected Federal Engineering to assist it with an upgrade of its CAD and records management system (RMS).

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The Butte County (California) Fire Department chose RadioMobile’s IQ Mobile App for its mobile data communications, digital dispatching and automatic vehicle location (AVL) solution.

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TCCA has launched registration for Critical Communications Week (CCWeek), its new free-to-attend event aimed at bringing the global sector together to network and learn within a virtual space.

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A variety of public-safety and industry entities argued that an auction of the T-band spectrum will not be successful and finding spectrum to relocate incumbents will be costly and difficult in comments to the FCC.

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Nokia announced that the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the largest utility company in the world, will deploy a programmable and agile optical network using Nokia’s IP/optical solutions.

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The FCC released a public notice detailing the results of and next steps related to the recently concluded auction of 70 megahertz of priority access licenses (PALs) in the 3.55 – 3.65 MHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band. Verizon Wireless Network Procurement led all bidders with total winning bids of $1.89 billion, while Wetterhorn Wireless won the most PALs with 5,492.

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First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Board Chair Tip Osterthaler named Chief Richard Carrizzo vice chair of the board, effective immediately.

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The Radio Club of America (RCA) is hosting its first ever Virtual Technical Symposium and Awards Program on Saturday, November 21. The date has shifted one day from when it was scheduled as an in-person event to allow more people to participate in both events. Both virtual-only events will be offered at no charge and will even feature prizes for attendees.

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At the PSCR 2020: The Digital Experience held by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division senior executives from Polaris Networks gave a sneak peek of the latest offering from the company’s product portfolio: the Mission Critical Test Platform (MCTP), a certification test suite for ensuring mission-critical push to talk (PTT), video, data (MCX) devices conform to MCX standards.

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Sepura hired Sergei Yarushin to head up its sales operations in the Nordic region to further cement its position as market leaders for critical communications in the territory. Yarushin will be supported by Martin Nordlöf, based in Sweden as a dedicated technical resource for Nordic customers.

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