America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) and two regional carriers filed ex parte comments in the FCC’s proceeding on petitions for a declaratory ruling and rulemaking filed by the Boulder (Colorado) Regional Emergency Telephone Service Authority (BRETSA) last year.

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DroneUp and the state of Montana signed a participating addendum for the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) ValuePoint contract for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) services.

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Barrett Communications supplied high-frequency (HF) radio communications equipment to the Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management for use by the Bureau of Fire and Rescue and Bureau of Forest Fires.

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Times Microwave Systems inaugurated a new distribution facility in the Netherlands, the company’s first in Europe.

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Locution Systems, which offers a fire station alerting system, announced that nine cities and counties went live with the PrimeAlert system in 2019.

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Samsung Electronics America is working with Microsoft and Verizon to bring the new Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro to the U.S. market for business-critical markets.

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Radio console supplier Modular Communication Systems (ModUcom) is back in business under new ownership after closing its doors in 2018.

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More than 30% of cell sites were down Jan. 8 in Puerto Rico following a 6.4 earthquake Jan. 7. By Jan. 9, the number of cell sites down had improved to 19.5%, according to data from the FCC.

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Alaska announced two initiatives, wireless 9-1-1 and consolidation of emergency communication services (ECC), to improve law enforcement services to all Alaskans.

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai presented his colleagues with final rules to launch a $20.4 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The rules, which will be voted on by the commission at its Jan. 30 open meeting, would establish a two-phased process to provide funding for the deployment of high-speed broadband in areas of the United States where there is not fixed broadband service that meets the FCC’s minimum speed standard 25/3 Megabits per second (Mbps).

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