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NFL, V2X Advocates Back Public Safety, CII in Opposing Unlicensed Use at 6 GHz

March 22, 2019 | Comments

Public-safety and critical infrastructure industries (CII) entities received backing from the National Football League (NFL) and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) proponents in opposing unlicensed operations in the 6 GHz band. However, heavyweights such as Boeing, Apple and other high-tech firms are all advocating for the FCC to open the band to unlicensed users.

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 18, 2019 | Comments

Motorola Solutions entered the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) market with a new product line, dubbed MOTOTRBO Nitro, which will interoperate with its MOTOTRBO two-way radio networks. The company announced the new line at its Channel Partner Expo March 18 and expects channel partners to be the main selling points for the new offering.

March 15, 2019 | Comments

Teltronic CEO Juan Ferro offers an update on the business following Hytera’s 2017 acquisition of Sepura, which came after Sepura purchased Teltronic in 2015.

March 15, 2019 | Comments

ErvoCom chose Damm Cellular Systems TETRA infrastructure as part of its communications solution for the complete city tram lines in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The tram line will link the municipalities of Sacaba, Cercado, Colcapirhua, Quillacollo, Vinto and Sipe Sipe in the Department of Cochabamba, providing transport services to more than 1 million people.

March 14, 2019 | Comments

Nokia announced it will partner with Pöyry, an international consulting and engineering company, and Infosys, which offers next-generation digital services and consulting, to enhance and accelerate the adoption of KRTI 4.0, an artificial intelligence (AI) framework.

March 12, 2019 | Comments

Raytheon signed a teaming agreement with Frequentis, an air traffic communications provider, to modernize civil airport operations in the United States using remote virtual tower (RVT) technology.

March 12, 2019 | Comments

The Utilities Technology Council (UTC) and its global affiliates released a new white paper focusing on the emergence of 5G communications and whether and how utilities, particularly electric utilities, will be impacted.

March 11, 2019 | Comments

The Israel – U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Homeland Security (HLS) program released a call for proposals for advanced first responder technologies and five other topics. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate and Israel’s Ministry of Public Security (MOPS) oversee BIRD.

March 07, 2019 | Comments

The deadline for submitting comments on the Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP) draft Compliance Assessment Bulletin (CAB) was extended to March 31. Issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T), this draft CAB addresses P25 baseline Inter RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI) and Console Subsystem Interface (CSSI) conformance testing requirements.