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High Expectations for Brazil’s Two-Way Radio Market

March 01, 2019 | Comments

Brazil is the largest country in Latin America and the fifth largest in the world with the eighth-largest global economy. The country has 210 million inhabitants spread across 5,570 cities and is divided into 26 states plus the federal district of Brasilia. Growth in two-way radio across vertical markets is expected, according to local experts.

March 01, 2019 | Comments

An AT&T executive said that the company expects to reach 60 percent completion of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) broadband network by the end of 2019. That 60 percent completion is the next milestone laid out in AT&T’s contract with FirstNet and would trigger a second reimbursement payment of more than $1 billion, said AT&T Chief Financial Officer (CFO) John Stephens at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference.

February 28, 2019 | Comments

The 9-1-1 Location Technologies Test Bed, an entity established by CTIA, invited vendors of location accuracy technologies to participate in vertical positioning accuracy evaluation — known as Stage-Za — in the 9-1-1 indoor location technologies test bed. This testing round is the next step following the initial Stage-Z tests conducted in 2018.

February 27, 2019 | Comments

Keysight Technologies announced a new alliance with Nordsys to combine the two companies’ cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) and testing competences.

February 27, 2019 | Comments

The deadline for submitting first responder technologies for assessment in the Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) – Birmingham Shaken Fury Operational Experimentation (OpEx) was extended to March 8. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) encouraged participation in the OpEx scheduled for the week of Aug. 18 in Birmingham, Alabama.

February 27, 2019 | Comments

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) announced on Twitter that the fourth mission-critical communications (MCX) Plugtests event will be held 23 – 27 September in Kuopio, Finland.

February 26, 2019 | Comments

Calgary-based TransRail Innovation Group (TRIG) entered into a consortium with multiple energy and rail industry companies and the government of Canada to test and commercialize technology that will increase the safety of transporting hazardous liquids by rail. Canada is providing $1.85 million to TRIG through Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), which works with Canadian companies to bring clean technologies to market.

February 26, 2019 | Comments

Communications International (Ci) and local partner Hurricane Electronics Inc. (HEI) were selected to supply and install an expanded Project 25 (P25) digital public-safety radio system for Jackson County, Mississippi, and its 1,600 users.

February 26, 2019 | Comments

Frequentis and Hexagon partnered to deliver an integrated solution for public-safety control rooms.

February 26, 2019 | Comments

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-8.3 engineering subcommittee on encryption issued a call for interest for document ANSI/TIA-102.AACA-A-1 titled "Project 25 Digital Radio Over-The-Air-Rekeying (OTAR) Messages and Procedures Addendum 1."