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House committee approves bill with $10 billion for NG911

homeMembers of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today voted unanimously to send a bill to the House floor that would extend the FCC’s spectrum-auction authority and dedicate $10 billion from a future auction to fund emergency call centers’ transition to IP-based, next-generation 911 (NG911) technology. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), chairman of the committee, noted […]

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Newscan: Canada’s Internet outage caused by Rogers ‘maintenance’

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Canada’s Internet outage caused by Rogers ‘maintenance’ How much cyber insurance does government need? Ask the risk models CISA urges FCC to prioritize national security in Internet-routing probe U.S. court charges CEO of 19 firms with selling fake Cisco devices worth $1 billion Privacy advocates fear Google will […]

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LMR licensing sees uptick during first half of year

Land-mobile-radio (LMR) licensing activity during the first half of the year is on pace to result in increases in both the public-safety and business/industrial sectors, which would mark the first time in a decade that both segments of market would see LMR licensing increases, albeit at much lower levels than in 2012. According to the […]

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Newscan: The results are in: U.S. moves toward paper-based elections

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations The results are in: U.S. moves toward paper-based elections The spy war in your pocket FBI Director Wray, MI5 chief raise alarm over China spying China poses ‘biggest long-term threat to economic and national security,’ FBI Director Wray warns Regulatory agency issues first document addressing AI in nuclear […]

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Judge orders Hytera to make large royalty payment this month to Motorola Solutions

Hytera Communications must make a lump-sum royalty payment—estimated to be $45 million—by the end of this month, based on the China-based company’s sales of DMR products that utilize Motorola Solutions trade secrets and copyrighted software during the past three years, according to a federal judge’s order. U.S. Federal District Court Judge Charles Norgle yesterday also […]

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Sesame Solar leverages mobile solar, hydrogen to power efforts beyond the grid

Michigan-based startup Sesame Solar recently launched the latest version of its easily deployable nanogrids that promise to deliver electric power indefinitely—without the need for diesel-powered generation—via complementary solar and hydrogen-fuel-cell technologies, according to company co-founder and CEO Lauren Flanagan. “What we’re announcing is the world’s first 100% renewable, mobile emergency-response nanogrid,” Flanagan said during an […]

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Newscan: On front lines, communications breakdowns prove costly for Ukraine

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations On front lines, communications breakdowns prove costly for Ukraine Recording between dispatcher, firefighters gives new insight into human-smuggling tragedy Updated digital forensics database speeds criminal investigations Frontier Communications facing questions after rural Arizona 911 outage 911 center software can interpret any language used in text message CISA: Switch […]

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Final cases made about Airwave, ESN, before CMA issues provisional decision on Motorola Solutions

Key players in the United Kingdom (UK) plans to deliver public-safety communications via the Airwave TETRA system or the much-delayed LTE-based Emergency Services Network (ESN) offered very different opinions on what should be done as UK competition watchdog prepares to make it provisional decision on the roles played by Motorola Solutions in both networks. Yesterday, […]

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Polaris Wireless: Manlio Allegra talks 911 Z-axis tech, future IoT opportunities

Manlio Allegra, co-founder and CEO at Polaris Wireless, outlines the latest developments in 911 location, including recent announcements of industry compliance with FCC requirements to provide Z-axis vertical-location information for all 911 callers, even when calling wirelessly from inside a multi-story building. In addition to providing this Z-axis location for feature-phone makers like Schok, […]

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Southern Linc official discusses MCPTT migration, interoperability with new partner Catalyst

Southern Linc—the wireless-communications carrier that is subsidiary of the Southern Company electric utility—is nearing completion of its internal migration to LTE-only mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) and is preparing to implement the LMR-LTE interoperability solution of new partner Catalyst Communications throughout its network. Ritesh Desai, product engineering manager for Southern Linc, said that Southern Company workers use the […]

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House committee approves bill with $10 billion for NG911

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Newscan: Canada’s Internet outage caused by Rogers ‘maintenance’

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LMR licensing sees uptick during first half of year

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Newscan: The results are in: U.S. moves toward paper-based elections

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Judge orders Hytera to make large royalty payment this month to Motorola Solutions

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Sesame Solar leverages mobile solar, hydrogen to power efforts beyond the grid

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Newscan: On front lines, communications breakdowns prove costly for Ukraine

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Final cases made about Airwave, ESN, before CMA issues provisional decision on Motorola Solutions

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Polaris Wireless: Manlio Allegra talks 911 Z-axis tech, future IoT opportunities

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Southern Linc official discusses MCPTT migration, interoperability with new partner Catalyst

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