Atos announced that energy company Orsted selected it to supply critical communications solutions based on TETRA technology for two offshore wind farms off the coast of Changhua County in Taiwan.

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SMR technology was revolutionized by Nextel Communications when it established its digital system in 1987. With its overwhelming success, Nextel continued to build out sites throughout the United States and expanded worldwide using an LMR-based system developed by Motorola Solutions.

Energy firm Cleco selected Nokia to modernize its microwave communications network to support about 290,000 customers Cleco serves through its retail business and those it supplies wholesale power to in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Globalstar and Nokia touted the benefits of band 53 time division duplex (TDD) Long Term Evolution (LTE) for private network applications geared to utilities.

About 18 companies or groups of companies submitted responses to a Department of Transportation (DOT) request for information (RFI) on a GPS backup system demonstration.

The FCC granted Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) modification applications for permanent authority to operate 228 positive train control (PTC) wireless radio base stations under Automated Maritime Telecommunications System (AMTS) licenses WRAN721 and WRAN723.1.

pdvWireless announced a new operating name and brand, Anterix. The company said the adoption of the Anterix name underscores the heightened focus and new priorities that have been established.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is beginning work on the next generation of TETRA security features to ensure the standard remains fully protected into the future against the increasing levels of threats from cyber criminals. The enhancements will include additional encryption algorithms designed to resist cryptanalysis into the 2030s and beyond.

The Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity-NRC Cybersecurity Collaboration Consortium (CNCCC) opened in Fredericton, New Brunswick. This innovative hub, established by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the University of New Brunswick's Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (CIC), will lead to discoveries and advances in cybersecurity including publications, patents and the commercialization of technology, as well as provide training opportunities for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.