The Canadian government released a policy statement saying that it intends to ban equipment from Huawei and ZTE in the country.

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TCCA announced the shortlist for its 2022 International Critical Communications Awards (ICCA). The award winners will be presented 21 June in Barcelona.

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The Utilities Technology Council (UTC) recognized utilities and their personnel who demonstrated initiative, perseverance and innovative thinking throughout the past year.?The awards were given at the 2022 Telecom and Technology Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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A new white paper from SAFECOM and the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC) found that LTE is unlikely to replace LMR in the near future. Instead, the report said, the two technologies are likely to merge.

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The FCC approved a report and order (R&O) aimed at improving priority services for emergency responders.

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In late March, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning that critical U.S. infrastructure sectors might be at risk of cyberattacks by Russian actors. Threats against the nation’s critical infrastructure aren’t new, however; the rapid development of new information and communication technologies (ITC), and their inevitable integration into our critical infrastructure, brings with it the possibility of digital attacks and other new challenges that we must be ready to face.

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On April 21, the FCC adopted a further notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The further notice proposed that commercial mobile service providers that participate in WEA report on key metrics that will help stakeholders develop an understanding of WEA’s end-to-end performance and sought comment on ways to improve WEA’s consistency and the pace at which messages are received. The further notice set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 60 days, respectively, after publication of a summary of the Notice in the Federal Register.

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CTIA Certification and the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA), a working party of ZVEI, announce the signing of a cooperation agreement (COOP) to advance 5G industrial certification requirements. The partners seek to accelerate the certification, adoption and implementation of 5G technology across the industry.

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Utility industry representatives from across the U.S. elected Dewey Day of Pacific Gas & Electric as the new chair of the Utilities Technology Council (UTC) board of directors, effective through May 2023. Day was elected at UTC’s 2022 Telecom & Technology Conference’s Membership Meeting, held on May 18 in Oklahoma City.

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The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International received final approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) on May 20, for a newly created American National Standard (ANS).

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