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NTIA Report Summarizes Themes on Cybersecurity Comments

September 22, 2017 | Comments

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a report summarizing the themes found in the responses to its “Request for Comments on Promoting Stakeholder Action Against Botnets and Other Automated Threats.”

September 21, 2017 | Comments

The TCCA added two new board members, Philippe Agard and Ari Toivonen.

September 18, 2017 | Comments

The TCCA is under new leadership and looking toward new initiatives including a mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) open platform and market adoption of of Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standardized equipment.

September 18, 2017 | Comments

Chemung County, New York, completed installation of a TETRA network for use in its C TRAN bus system. PowerTrunk, part of the Hytera Group, supplied the system, which replaces an analog radio system and will be used to deliver voice and data communications for controlling and managing the transit service.

September 15, 2017 | Comments

The FCC is requesting comment on a PHI Service Co. request for an extension of time or waiver of the performance requirement applicable to certain of its 931 MHz paging geographic area licenses.

September 15, 2017 | Comments

New FCC rules permitting fixed amateur radio operations in 135.7 – 137.8 kHz (2,200 meter) and 472 – 479 kHz (630 meter) bands adopted in March became effective Sept. 15.

ATIS Releases Report on GPS Disruptions

September 15, 2017 | Comments

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) released a major resource to help better understand and address a formidable telecommunications industry challenge: the vulnerabilities in GPS.

September 15, 2017 | Comments

Avtec and Alcon Engenharia de Sistemas were chosen by the PAULISTA Metropolitan Trains Co. (CPTM) to provide a dispatching solution for the railroad’s new suburban metro line 13. Scheduled to begin operations in 2018, the 12.2-kilometer metro line will be the first link between downtown São Paulo and Guarulhos International Airport (GRU), Brazil’s busiest airport.

September 14, 2017 | Comments

Intracom Telecom announced that it is working on a project to supply its 26 GHz technology to ProRail, the national Netherlands railway infrastructure operator, with a network of about 3,000 kilometers as backhaul to closed circuit TV (CCTV) and security/surveillance assets at the railway stations.

September 14, 2017 | Comments

Amtrak plans to equip about 310 locomotives to operate using positive train control (PTC) technology and comply with the federal requirement by Dec. 31, 2018.