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FCC Proposes Sweeping 900 MHz Band Changes, Including Voluntary Broadband Exchange

March 19, 2019 | Comments

The FCC proposed sweeping changes to the 900 MHz band, suggesting a realignment to create broadband licenses and moving incumbent narrowband licensees to other spectrum within the band. The proposal is a win for pdvWireless CEO Morgan O’Brian, who has been advocating for 900 MHz broadband for more than four years.

March 19, 2019 | Comments

Nokia announced that Room40, a company specializing in audio security monitoring, has adopted Nokia Scene Analytics in its video and audio security monitoring analytics solution to increase security and safety in various sites across Belgium. The solution will use machine-learning algorithms to identify anomalies in thousands of simultaneous streams of video, audio and sensor information, and flag incidents in real time.

March 19, 2019 | Comments

The Tennessee Highway Patrol will roll out 700 Axon Fleet 2 in-car camera systems backed by a digital data management solution. The order was received in the first quarter of 2019 and will ship in multiple phases.

March 19, 2019 | Comments

Hytera supplied a Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Tier 2 solution for Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief (EMERCOM) to provide radio communications and secure public safety during Winter Universiade 2019, which took place 2 – 12 March in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

March 18, 2019 | Comments

FRoSTA, a European frozen foods company, selected Motorola Solutions to optimize its supply chain processes with highly effective communications technology. The communications solutions will be implemented in collaboration with Motorola Solutions’ local partners: Telemann, a systems house for communications solutions, and Seamcom, a distributor of professional analog and digital radio technologies.

March 18, 2019 | Comments

Franklin Township (New Jersey) Fire District 1 awarded Federal Engineering a contract to provide FCC licensing assistance for the district’s public-safety radio system.

March 18, 2019 | Comments

GeoLinks, a California-based telecommunications provider and competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) public utility, installed and provided high-speed, low-latency, symmetrical data connections to 88 high-definition, pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras throughout Southern and Northern California to provide critical situational awareness during wildfire events. In collaboration with ALERTWildfire; University of California San Diego; University of Nevada, Reno; CENIC; Southern California Edison (SCE); and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), the multihazard camera technology provides data related to fire ignition points critical in informing situational awareness and wildfire response.

March 18, 2019 | Comments

Bernhard Klinger is the new executive chairman of PMeV, the German federal association for professional mobile radio (PMR). Klinger is vice president of business development of Hytera Mobilfunk Deutschland.

March 18, 2019 | Comments

Iowa state legislators overruled a local county board decision that would have stopped construction of an AT&T cell tower to be part of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) network in the state.

March 18, 2019 | Comments

NII Holdings agreed to sell its 70 percent interest in its operations in Brazil, Nextel Brazil, to América Móvil through the sale of one of NII's Luxembourg-based subsidiaries. The sale represents the disposition of NII's sole remaining operating asset. Additionally, AI Brazil Holdings agreed to sell its 30 percent interest in Nextel Brazil so that América Móvil will be the sole owner of Nextel Brazil following the transaction.

November 07, 2006 | Comments

Cognio and MobileAccess Networks partnered on interference protection technology. MobileAccess will complement its Universal Wireless Network with Cognio Spectrum, allowing customers to receive real-time spectrum analysis capabilities to detect foreign causes of interference that can degrade network performance.