International

Inmarsat Supports HF, Amateur Radio Communications for Antarctic Expedition

April 10, 2020 | Comments

Inmarsat Government provided mobile communications support to the South Orkney Expedition. This multidisciplinary expedition, supported by the research vessel RV Braveheart, took place on Signy Island Feb. 21 – March 6. The South Orkney Islands are located in the Southern Ocean about 375 miles northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Hytera Donates 1M Masks to Countries Worldwide

April 09, 2020 | Comments

Hytera donated a total of 1 million masks to Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar, Russia, South Africa and other countries.

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Elisa, Ericsson Win Finland’s 10-Year Public-Safety Broadband Contracts

April 09, 2020 | Comments

Erillisverkot, the provider of Finland’s planned Virve 2.0 public-safety broadband network, will acquire the broadband radio access network (RAN) as a service from Elisa and the core systems from Ericsson.

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Airbus to Supply TETRA Network for New Fujian Metro Line

April 07, 2020 | Comments

The capital of the Fujian province, China, signed a contract with Airbus for the supply of secure communications technology, this time for its newest metro line, which is under construction.

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Nokia Supplies 450 MHz Private Wireless Network for Polish Energy Firm

April 07, 2020 | Comments

Nokia announced that Polish energy sector company PGE Systemy chose its 5G-ready, industrial-grade private wireless solution, following the successful trial of a 450 MHz proof-of-concept network in operation since April 2019.

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Industry Group Condemns U.K. Arson at Mobile Phone Masts, 5G Misinformation

April 06, 2020 | Comments

Police and counter-terrorism authorities are investigating acts of arson against mobile phone masts in the United Kingdom. Industry association GSMA said it condemns these acts of violence designed to weaken communications networks in a time of crisis.

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Trump Creates Committee to Assist FCC in Reviewing Foreign Participation Licenses

April 06, 2020 | Comments

The White House established a committee “to assist the FCC in its public interest review of national security and law enforcement concerns that may be raised by foreign participation in the United States telecommunications services sector.”

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Samsung Demos Mission-Critical Video Call on Amazon Cloud Platform

April 06, 2020 | Comments

Samsung Electronics demonstrated what it called the world’s first video call on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform using mission-critical push-to talk (MCPTT), data and video (MCPTX), a communications capability developed for first responders.

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DAMM Appoints Riesen Senior Solutions Manager

April 03, 2020 | Comments

DAMM appointed Simon Riesen as senior solutions manager.

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New Initiative to Accelerate Mission-Critical Broadband Testing

April 02, 2020 | Comments

A critical new initiative is underway to accelerate the development and adoption of mission-critical services (MCS) including mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT), mission-critical data (MCData) and mission-critical video (MCVideo) for critical broadband.

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