Nokia’s board of directors appointed Pekka Lundmark as president and CEO of Nokia. Lundmark is expected to start in his new role Sept. 1.

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The city of Darwin joined Australia’s Orion digital radio network with a nationwide footprint that offers critical uncongested communications and data analysis and display for management for a range industries including aviation, construction, facilities management, security, utilities, transport and logistics.

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Control room technology provider APD Communications won a Home Office contract for the U.K. Emergency Services Network (ESN). APD secured the contract to develop critical software to enable blue light organizations and other public services to integrate with ESN.https://www.rrmediagroup.com/News/NewsDetails/newsID/16746/

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The Senate unanimously passed the Secure and Trusted Telecommunications Networks Act, which includes $1 billion in funding to help small rural telecom carriers to replace existing Huawei and ZTE equipment.

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Nokia and Lufthansa Technik, a provider of technical aircraft services, deployed a 5G industrial-grade private wireless network to accelerate a project that enables remote engine parts inspection for its civil aviation customers.

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Infinet Wireless installed a new high-capacity wireless infrastructure to improve public safety and expand its geographical coverage in the Zacatecas state, located in north-central Mexico.

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The FCC began collecting information from telecommunications carriers on the use of Huawei and ZTE equipment and services in their networks. The information must be submitted by April 22.

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PSEG Long Island shared its storm-tested emergency planning best practices with executives from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), Tokyo’s electric utility as it finalizes its plans to support the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Highways England upgraded its critical communications with Sepura’s TETRA radios to equip its front-line traffic officers.

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U.K. Emergency Services Network (ESN) staff and contractors are working with public-safety officials in the country to trial various services on the network, said Duncan Swan, director with Mason Advisory, during a podcast called ESN Future.

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