A paper published by IEEE found that distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks launched from a mobile phone botnet pose a significant threat to the availability of 9-1-1 service. The authors are Yisroel Mirsky and Mordechai Guri with Ben Gurion University in Israel.

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The Société du Grand Paris (SGP) selected a consortium comprised of Nokia and ENGIE Solutions to deploy an industrial-grade Long Term Evolution (LTE) private wireless network for new automated lines of the Grand Paris Express metro.

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Three U.K. police forces jointly upgraded to Sepura SC20 TETRA radios, improving their front-line officers’ ability to communicate with colleagues. Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Hertfordshire Constabulary made use of their joint purchasing power to equip officers from across all three forces with the radios.

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Nokia announced deployment of the Irish Aviation Authority’s (IAA) next-generation air traffic control network at its new West Ireland disaster recovery center. As part of the deal, Nokia supplied its networking products, which have been specifically designed for this level of mission-critical application.

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Rugged handset maker Sonim Technologies reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, along with a restructuring update.

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Cubic and Kymeta’s collaborated to bring secure, hyper efficient and highly optimized connectivity to industries such as the military, emergency response, transportation, recreational and overland adventure vehicles. The satellite-cellular hybrid package combines Long Term Evolution (LTE) and satellite connectivity using Kymeta’s flat panel electronically steered antenna technology.

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Frequentis will work with the U.K. Home Office to ensure that Frequentis control room operators have access to a fully approved and easy-to-use interface into the new Emergency Services Network (ESN) for all their mission-critical communications.

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The Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies in the United Kingdom purchased 4,000 Sepura SC21 TETRA radios in a joint force investment, equipping their officers with powerful, compact critical communication devices.

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Nokia joined with CENGN and NORCAT to install and operate a private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in NORCAT’s underground center in Sudbury, Ontario.

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The European Emergency Number Association (EENA) postponed its annual conference, scheduled for April in Riga, Latvia, because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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