Zetron announced that Carrier & Gable, which provides transportation solutions, joined the Zetron Collective Brilliance program. As a program partner, Carrier & Gable is authorized to deliver and service Zetron solutions within its respective markets.

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Telent Technology Services partnered with Digital Global Systems (DGS), provider of RF perimeter monitoring technology, to provide critical asset protection for authorities.

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Critical Infrastructure Coalition members met with the FCC to discuss the cost and technical challenges with reconfiguring the 900 MHz band. They said the commission should wait on a 900 MHz rulemaking until after interference testing takes place.

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Several public-safety entities conducted a pilot project that tested the use of social media data in emergency response in September. The project included collaborators from the Penn State University (PSU) College of Information Sciences’ 3C Informatics: Crisis, Community and Civic Informatics; Charleston County (South Carolina) Consolidated 9-1-1 Center; Mission Critical Partners (MCP); RapidSOS; and RapidDeploy.

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Defence Research and Development Canada’s (DRDC) Centre for Security Science (CSS), working with Motorola Solutions and Ericsson, completed a research trial of a dedicated public-safety broadband network using Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. The Canadian Safety and Security Program, a federal program led by DRDC and in partnership with Public Safety Canada, funded the trial.

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai appointed members to serve on the FCC’s Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group of the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC). The BDAC provides advice and recommendations to the FCC on how to accelerate the deployment of high-speed internet access.

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Navajo County, Arizona, contracted with Federal Engineering to develop a communications road map that identifies the current state and desired end-state for regional interoperable communications.

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Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) Telco Authority announced a request for proposals (RFP) for a proof of concept for a national public-safety mobile broadband (PSMB) capability.

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The National Toxicology Program (NTP) concluded there is clear evidence that male rats exposed to high levels of radio frequency radiation (RFR) such as that used in 2G and 3G cellphones developed cancerous heart tumors, according to final reports released Nov. 1.

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Motorola Solutions reported its earnings results for the third quarter of 2018. Sales increased $217 million, or 13 percent from the year-ago quarter, driven by growth in the Americas and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Asia-Pacific revenues decreased 1 percent.

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