The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) sent an ex parte letter to the FCC seeking more details on the commission’s proposal to allow states to lease 4.9 GHz spectrum to commercial entities, utilities and other.

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The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) asked the FCC to withdraw a report and order that would allow states to lease 4.9 GHz spectrum to commercial entities, utilities and other from consideration for its Sept. 30 meeting.

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Federal Engineering expanded its Canadian consulting practice.

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GeoComm hired Susan Nelson, an emergency number professional (ENP) and certified public manager (CPM), to their sales team as territory sales manager covering the southeastern U.S.

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) selected 15 more schools to to participate in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI).

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The FCC’s Public-Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is seeking comment from interested parties on a petition for a waiver of 9-1-1 dispatchable location information requirements from GTA TeleGuam Holdings.

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The FCC granted a request from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) for a temporary waiver to permit amateur data transmissions at a higher symbol rate than is currently permitted by the commission’s rules in order to help with hurricane and wildfire relief communications.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is seeking solutions to the communications challenge of encountering weak radio or cellular coverage while conducting life-saving operations. This week, S&T posted a request for information on portable radio repeater products for indoor and subterranean environments for the emergency responder community.

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Ericsson has agreed to acquire Cradlepoint, a provider of wireless edge WAN 4G and 5G enterprise solutions. The investment is key to Ericsson’s ongoing strategy of capturing market share in the rapidly expanding 5G enterprise space.

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Motorola Solutions introduced the CirrusCentral Core, a cloud-based secondary core for ASTRO 25 Project 25 (P25) LMR systems. Available as a subscription service, the core is always current with the latest communication software and eliminates the need for public-safety agencies to maintain a physical, in-building backup core site.

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