The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) joined the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) in voicing concerns about satellite use of the 460 – 470 MHz band to the FCC.

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The Project 25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG) announced Leonardo Critical Communications, formerly Selex, as a returning PTIG corporate member.

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The Boston Police Department will deploy the full suite of NICE public-safety solutions for quality assurance, multimedia incident reconstruction, and IP telephony and radio recording. The software will be deployed at three sites, including its primary and backup 9-1-1 centers.

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The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) announced a new board. Rob McMullen was sworn in as president of the board of directors.

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The bidding war for Norsat International continues. Norsat International received an updated unsolicited proposal from Privet Fund Management to acquire the company for cash consideration of $11.50 per share. The proposal is not subject to due diligence or financing conditions.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awarded $1.3 million to 12 small businesses for 13 phase one contract awards to develop technology solutions to homeland-security challenges.

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Verizon held a major disaster response exercise for first responders and state and local government officials in Perry, Georgia. The exercise, supported by partners, demonstrated how a variety of technologies can support first responders in emergency situations such as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and terrorist attacks.

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Siyata Mobile signed a vendor agreement and received a purchase order from a leading global two-way radio vendor. Siyata will provide the vendor with both rugged devices and commercial vehicle devices with push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) capabilities.

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Ligado Networks formed a collaborative partnership with Harris to enable beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations (BVLOS) for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

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pdvWireless reported its fourth quarter and fiscal-year results for the period ended March 31.

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