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The 2G communications sunset has already begun with reports of cellular carriers shutting down service of 2G towers (GSM and GPRS technology) in certain areas of the country. Many dealers have already been affected by these incidents — forcing them to upgrade customers as service is shut down.

The tremendous market penetration of smart handheld telephones and tablet computers has developed a growing market for the ubiquitous apps: software programs specially written to function on smart devices. Virtually every human endeavor now can be tested, timed, or planned using an app, including where to eat, when your train should arrive, and whether you should listen to ZZTop or Justin Bieber.

Software House, part of Tyco Security Products, is working with Lynx Systems, a solution from Micro Technology Services Inc., to provide universities, healthcare facilities and other heavily populated, dispersed organizations who want a solution to protect students, patients, visitors and employees with duress and instant alert systems.

School security has taken center stage in recent months, and as a result, administrators at all levels have taken a more serious look at further tightening access to their facilities.

Video Mount Products, Stevensville, Md., a provider of mounting solutions for the A/V, communications, and security industries, teamed with Autodesk to provide Building Information Modeling (BIM) content for many of its products.

Talk-A-Phone, Niles, Ill., announced the integration of its VOIP-500 series phone / WEBS® Paging Module with the Rave SafeCampus suite from Rave Mobile Safety.

Quantum Secure, San Jose, Calif., a provider of enterprise software to manage and streamline security identities, compliance and events across disparate physical security systems, announced approval of a U.S. patent covering core elements of the company’s SAFE enterprise software suite.

Keep Your IP, Irvine, Calif., an internet IPv4 forwarding service designed exclusively for the alarm industry, announced during ISC East a reseller agreement with COPS Monitoring. KYI and COPS Monitoring signed an agreement wherein COPS will offer the complete lineup of Keep Your IP services to its approximately 3,500 dealers.

Today, the Burr Ridge, Ill.-based systems integrator has 100 employees in two offices and provides structured wiring, security systems, network solutions and carrier services to clients all over the United States.

North American Cable Equipment Inc. (NACE), West Chester, Pa., now sells the DATATRONIX line of Ethernet connectivity products. The DATATRONIX product line launches with PoE switches, Cat5e and Cat6 bulk cable, pre-made jumper cables, connectors, patch panels, punch down blocks, interconnects, keystone jacks, meters and tools.