Ribbon Communications announced that it entered into an agreement to acquire, through a merger, ECI Telecom Group (ECI) for 32.5 million shares of Ribbon common stock and $324 million in cash. ECI stockholders will also receive approximately $31 million from ECI's sale of real estate assets.

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During the first week of November, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) marked the 15-year anniversary of cooperation with the United Kingdom for collaborative research and development efforts aimed at both nations’ mutual homeland security challenges.

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The FCC denied a waiver request from a Texas manufacturer to allow it to modify its license during a 900 MHz freeze the FCC announced in 2018.

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The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Canada, the European Emergency Number Association (EENA), British APCO (BAPCO) and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) announced a partnership to promote next-generation emergency communications services.

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A group of associations and companies representing public safety; first responders; railroads; electric, water and natural gas utilities; and oil and gas producers across the U.S. sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai opposing the commission’s proposal to allow unlicensed use in 6 GHz spectrum.

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The trial for a theft of trade secrets lawsuit Motorola Solutions filed against Hytera Communications in 2017 began last week with jury selection.

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Sendai City, Japan, and Nokia successfully conducted a test flight of a Nokia drone on a private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network provided by Nokia Digital Automation Cloud. The test examined the potential use of drones during a tsunami or other disasters to help in prevention and mitigation efforts.

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Police Scotland have begun the rollout of Motorola Solutions’ Pronto digital policing application suite as part of an overall mobile working solution for officers in Glasgow. The rollout, which began earlier this year in Dundee, Perth and Kinross, marks a major milestone in strategic plans to introduce the technology to 10,000 Police Scotland officers.

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The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Public Safety Communications office selected Nokia to upgrade the California Public Safety Microwave Network (CAPSNET), which is operated by Cal OES Public Safety Communications and supports the communications needs of many key state and local government public-safety agencies.

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Ribbon Communications deployed an emergency calling service (ECS) with location information for Colt Technology Service in Japan. Available since March 1, the ECS fully complies with Japanese regulatory requirements.

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