In March 2017, the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) recommended that communications service providers implement certain security measures to help prevent exploitation of carrier Signaling System 7 (SS7) network infrastructure. These recommendations were intended to increase awareness of SS7 signaling vulnerabilities and included risk mitigation strategies for the continued use of SS7.

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National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) version 4.1 beta1 is available for public review and comment. NIEM 4.1 will be a minor release that incorporates content updates to domains, including biometrics, emergency management, human services, justice and military operations.

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Airbus touted its work in mission-critical Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards, noting its work with partners within 3GPP on Long Term Evolution (LTE) Release 15 and 16, set to be complete by the end of 2019.

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PCTEL opened its wireless product development center in Akron, Ohio. The center is dedicated to the development of devices for the industrial internet of things (IoT) and other enterprise-class applications.

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Mobile Tornado, a provider of end-to-end push-to-talk (PTT) solutions over IP networks, and Partner Group, a cellular provider in Israel, signed an agreement under which Mobile Tornado will provide its PTT over cellular (PoC) solutions to Partner customers in Israel.

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Government agencies will soon be able to deliver emergency alerts to more Canadians during threat-to-life situations with the addition of wireless public alerting (WPA) to Alert Ready, Canada's national public alerting system. Beginning April 6, wireless service providers will distribute emergency alerts received from alerting authorities directly to compatible wireless devices connected to Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks.

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The FCC launched a new honors engineer program to recruit current students and recent engineering school graduates to the FCC and into the forefront of the technology and communications fields.

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Nokia and its partners Herkules, Pozbud and Wasko, and Poland's state-owned railway operator PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK) signed a five-year contract to deploy a nationwide turnkey GSM-R and mission-critical backhaul network to enhance railway security and reliability throughout the country.

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FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly requested more information from Rhode Island’s governor on the state’s planned efforts to stop 9-1-1 fee diversion practices.

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Grupo de Transporte Especial (GTE), the special transport group of the Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira), renewed its contract for Rockwell Collins’ ARINCDirect flight support services to cover its fleet of 13 aircraft.

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