xG Technology announced that its IMT Vislink business received orders valued at more than $750,000 for high-definition (HD) airborne video downlink system (AVDS) equipment and related services from law enforcement agencies in Virginia, Massachusetts, Oregon and California.

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George Wakileh, former vice president of business development at Tii Technologies, joined Westell as vice president, global business development and mergers and acquisitions.

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The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announced its reaccreditation with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a standards developing organization.

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pdvWireless announced that company Vice Chairman Morgan O'Brien is succeeding John C. Pescatore as the company's CEO. Pescatore will continue to serve on the board of directors as vice chairman.

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AT&T and CitySwitch signed an agreement for building new cell towers to suit based on future wireless network needs. CitySwitch will begin tower construction plans as early as the second half of 2018 and will lease completed sites to AT&T.

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The architecture for interworking between mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) and legacy LMR systems was completed and approved at the latest Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) meetings 19 – 23 March in Chennia, India.

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In its newly released report on public-safety distributed antennas systems (DAS) and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), ABI Research examines the features being implemented by AT&T for FirstNet, discusses the requirements for in-building FirstNet wireless coverage and makes strategic recommendations to building owners/managers, equipment vendors, system integrators and neutral hosts.

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Radio manufacturer Shenzhen Kirisun Communications opened a new business unit and branch office to cover the North American, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean market. Industry veteran Carlos Chajin, with more than 30 years of experience in the radio and telecommunications industries, will head the new company, Kirisun Americas.

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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Board Vice Chairman Jeff Johnson resigned from his position as a member of the board of Sonim Technologies.

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The National Council on Public Safety UAS (NCPSU) is working on a variety of projects to help push forward the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by public-safety organizations.

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