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March 21, 2019 | Comments

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) announced plans to develop a road map to enhance the FirstNet network. The board also endorsed a set of principles to guide FirstNet’s financial investments in the network and signed an agreement with a university regarding rural emergency response.

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 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.

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

A regional carrier and public-safety group sent letters of support for the 2018 petition from a Colorado group asking the FCC to address Long Term Evolution (LTE) interoperability among commercial carriers.

March 14, 2019 | Comments

Most of the current 450,000 First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) subscribers were former AT&T customers, but the carrier plans to capitalize on its FirstNet contract by increasing its first responder market share and adding friends and family of FirstNet subscribers, said AT&T Senior Executive Vice President John Stephens.

March 14, 2019 | Comments

A pair of cities located in the southern Dallas metro area said a hacker or group of hackers targeted and activated their combined tornado warning system. As a result, the system is not operational, officials said.