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Washington, D.C., 911 outage caused by plumbing contractor hitting emergency-shutoff button, officials say

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Secret cameras record Baltimore’s every move from above

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Verizon bringing LTE Advanced to more than 450 markets

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FCC support for hackable wireless routers is a win for all of us

CenturyLink, Minnesota’s heir to the old Bell system, wants to be freed from state oversight

FAA sued for lack of drone privacy rules

M1, Nokia to build out narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network in Singapore during first half of 2017

 

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Project 25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG) elects a new board of directors and officers for 2016-2017

Harrisburg, Va., awards contract to Federal Engineering for upgrade to public-safety dispatch facilities

 

 

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