International

Sahgal Named President of Nokia Enterprise

May 05, 2020 | Comments

Nokia announced that Kathrin Buvac, president of Nokia Enterprise, will leave the company at the end of May to take a leadership position at a global technology company. Buvac will be succeeded by Raghav Sahgal, currently senior vice president of Nokia Software with responsibility for global sales and market services.

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Barak to Step Down from Carbyne’s Board, Elichai Named Chairman

April 30, 2020 | Comments

Carbyne announced that former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will step down from the board. Barak has served as chairman of Carbyne since 2015, helping steer the company through multiple funding rounds and the expansion of its technology into several new countries.

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ThinKom Completes Interoperability Tests with LEO Network

April 30, 2020 | Comments

ThinKom Solutions completed a series of interoperability tests that demonstrated the compatibility of its core antenna technology with a low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network.

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Motorola Solutions Announces Pronto Apps to Help with U.K. Social Distancing

April 30, 2020 | Comments

Motorola is offering new Pronto mobile applications in the United Kingdom to allow engagement with the public, while respecting 2 meters of social distance, with the first application going live last week.

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GCF Partners with 450 MHz Alliance on Mission-Critical IoT Interoperability

April 30, 2020 | Comments

Global Certification Forum (GCF) and 450 MHz Alliance formalized a new partnership and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will see a GCF certification initiative extend to users of the 450 MHz band.

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Norway Conducts Virtual Site Acceptance Test for Control Room Technology

April 29, 2020 | Comments

Norwegian public-safety agencies completed a virtual site acceptance test of new control room technologies. Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) collaborated with public-safety agencies and suppliers on the acceptance.

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Iridium Releases Financial Results

April 28, 2020 | Comments

Iridium Communications reported financial results for the first quarter of 2020 and updated its full-year 2020 outlook. Net loss was $31.7 million for the first quarter of 2020 compared with a net loss of $18 million for the first quarter of 2019.

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Finnish Public-Safety Operator Summarizes Broadband Responses

April 24, 2020 | Comments

Erillisverkot, the provider of Finland’s planned Virve 2.0 public-safety broadband network, published a summary of the responses to its request for information (RFI) on Virve 2.0 mission-critical services it released in November. The primary goal was to get a clear picture of the maturity and interoperability of solutions to guide in shaping the related procurement strategy.

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Australian Mining Firm Deploys Backup TETRA Network from Motorola Solutions

April 23, 2020 | Comments

Motorola Solutions announced it is helping Rio Tinto design and roll out a backup communications solution for Rio Tinto Aluminium’s integrated operations center (IOC), in Brisbane, Queensland.

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JVCKENWOOD Gains ISO/IEC Certifications for Public Service Sector Businesses

April 23, 2020 | Comments

JVCKENWOOD acquired the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) 27001:2013 international standards for information security management system (ISMS) and Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) Q 27001:2014 certifications for its public service sector.

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