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Texas A&M University Expands Research to 5G in Public Safety

January 14, 2020 | Comments

Texas A&M University (TAMU) is expanding its research focus into public safety’s use of 5G technology following an investment from the state of Texas.

Mutualink Hires Chester

January 14, 2020 | Comments

Mutualink hired former AT&T employee Tina Chester as senior vice president of sales, contributing to business strategies to deliver Mutualink’s mission for safe, interconnected communities.

January 13, 2020 | Comments

Samsung Electronics America is working with Microsoft and Verizon to bring the new Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro to the U.S. market for business-critical markets.

January 13, 2020 | Comments

Locution Systems, which offers a fire station alerting system, announced that nine cities and counties went live with the PrimeAlert system in 2019.

January 13, 2020 | Comments

DroneUp and the state of Montana signed a participating addendum for the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) ValuePoint contract for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) services.

January 13, 2020 | Comments

America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) and two regional carriers filed ex parte comments in the FCC’s proceeding on petitions for a declaratory ruling and rulemaking filed by the Boulder (Colorado) Regional Emergency Telephone Service Authority (BRETSA) last year.

January 10, 2020 | Comments

The latest Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) plenary standards meetings set final work items to be standardized in Release 17 (R17), including several public-safety features. LMR to Long Term Evolution (LTE) interworking made big strides as well.

January 10, 2020 | Comments

More than 30% of cell sites were down Jan. 8 in Puerto Rico following a 6.4 earthquake Jan. 7. By Jan. 9, the number of cell sites down had improved to 19.5%, according to data from the FCC.

January 10, 2020 | Comments

Radio console supplier Modular Communication Systems (ModUcom) is back in business under new ownership after closing its doors in 2018.

January 09, 2020 | Comments

Alaska announced two initiatives, wireless 9-1-1 and consolidation of emergency communication services (ECC), to improve law enforcement services to all Alaskans.