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Also, Cbeyond unveiles cloud-based phone system for smaller enterprises; Amped Wireless introduces Wi-Fi range extender; Colorado city chooses Intergraph CAD solution; Black & Veatch names procurement lead; Q4 Cloud's Einstein platform dramatically reduces customer service costs; FirstNet calls for special meeting on Sept. 12; Waco dispatchers honored; Massachusetts county wins 911 grant; and New York county's 911 center praised.

  Dereck Orr, chief of the Public Safety Communication Research (PSCR) division within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),  highlights some of the notable keynotes, educations and technology demonstrations that will be part of the 11th annual Broadband Stakeholder Meeting. This year’s event will be conducted July 9-11 in Chicago.    

  Walt Magnussen, director of the Texas A&M University Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC), outlines some of the cutting-edge communications tests of data interoperability and the interface between FirstNet and a next-generation 911 (NG911) system during the upcoming Winter Institute. The Winter Institute, which will be conducted March 25-29 in College Station, Texas, was rescheduled […]