Spectrum Communications is among the local businesses named a Motorola Solutions Empower Circle winner for 2016. The honor recognizes local independent distributors, resellers and dealers of its products, known as channel partners, for outstanding sales performance and customer service.

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Emergency Response Assistance Canada, with the help of RST, conducted a rail emergency exercise as part of ongoing responder training in the event of an incident involving railcars or trucks carrying flammable liquids or gas.

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xG Technology was awarded a new patent covering an innovative method for enhancing the resilience of communications systems in the face of harmful interference. The patent “Interference-Tolerant Multi-Band Synchronizer” describes an approach that enables a wireless network to maintain performance despite adverse operating conditions.

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Federal Resources, a provider of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) solutions, partnered with Orion Labs, a push-to-talk (PTT) communications company. The partnership allows Federal Resources to offer Orion Labs’ PTT solution to federal, state and local government organizations throughout the United States and Canada.

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The Relm Wireless board of directors approved the repurchase of 500,000 shares of the company's common stock in addition to the 500,000-share authorization announced May 19, 2016, for a total repurchase authorization of 1 million shares. The repurchase program has no termination date.

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The International Critical Control Rooms Alliance (ICCRA) launched a project to drive the standardization of critical control room technical interfaces for public protection and disaster relief (PPDR) organizations.

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The SAFECOM program released its annual guidance on 2017 grants. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) earlier this month released $1.6 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2017 notices of funding opportunities for 10 grant programs.

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The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing examining cybersecurity risks to wireless technologies with a particular focus on wireless networks and mobile devices.

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The International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3), a body focused on professional standards for the global information, communications and technology (ICT) industry, launched a new, simplified “Guide for Accrediting Schemes to Recognize ICT Professionals” at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2017 in Geneva.

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President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate Jessica Rosenworcel to serve as a member of the FCC. Rosenworcel was a commissioner at the FCC from 2012 until January 2017.

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