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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.

FirstNet Seeks New Board Member, CEO

March 19, 2019 | Comments

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), on behalf of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), is seeking a new board member for a seat that will become vacant in August. Board member Teri Takai’s position expires in August.

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 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

Sonim Technologies launched its XP3 rugged flip phone on the Sprint network. The phone was built for extreme conditions with clear audio regardless of the work environment, the company said.

March 15, 2019 | Comments

The FCC sided with public safety and proposed a vertical (Z axis) location accuracy metric of ±3 meters relative to the handset for 80 percent of indoor wireless 9-1-1 calls. The new rules will help first responders more accurately locate people who make wireless 9-1-1 calls from multistory buildings.

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

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.