Versaterm Public Safety acquired JusticeTrax, a developer of laboratory information management systems (LIMS). With this acquisition, Versaterm extends its platform capabilities to include forensic science operations which currently support more than 100 law enforcement agencies across North America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Australia.

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The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) granted a request from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) for a temporary waiver to allow amateur radio users to transmit at a higher symbol rate to help facilitate relief communications following Hurricane Ida.

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The FCC pushed back the deadlines for applicants to submit upfront payments and resubmit incomplete applications in the 3.45 – 3.55 GHz spectrum auction due to Hurricane Ida.

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HAAS Alert closed $5 million in investment capital. The funding, which will support the expansion of its Safety Cloud product across the country, was led by R^2 and Blu Ventures and was joined by TechNexus, Stacked Capital, UrbanUs, Techstars, Ride Ventures, and Gramercy Fund.

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The Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) elected four new members to its board of directors.

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AT&T and Verizon said that Hurricane Ida has impacted their networks in areas of Louisiana.

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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced the establishment of two broadband-focused offices: the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (OICG) and the Office of Minority Broadband Initiative (OMBI).

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Samsung announced that it expects to release a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards based interworking function that enables interoperability between public-safety LTE networks and legacy LMR networks by the end of the year.

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The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) announced the programming for the 2021 Wireless Leadership Summit that will be held at the Marriott Austin Downtown, in Austin, Texas, November 2-3.

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Born out of necessity 20 years ago in 2001, the Interagency Communications Interoperability System Authority (ICI System) has grown from humble beginnings into one of the most significant wide-area LMR communications networks in the nation.

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