The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) leadership announced that the next plenary meetings (TSG #88), scheduled June 15 – 19, will be e-meetings. The leadership are considering proposing a three-month delay to the Release 17 timeline, which would put the Release 17 ASN.1 and OpenAPI specification freeze to December 2021.

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UPS said it would collaborate with German drone maker Wingcopter to develop the next generation of package delivery drones for a variety of use cases in the United States and internationally. Wingcopter’s unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology can deliver a variety of goods over long distances in multiple international settings, the companies said.

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Rescue 42 said its PodRunner division entered into an exclusive supplier agreement with AT&T to provide the SatRunner Satellite communications platform configured with Wi-Fi internet and band 14 cellular for the nationwide First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) network.

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American Petroleum Institute (API) members called out Anterix for not providing enough information on how it plans to remedy interference concerns in the 900 MHz band and said refineries can’t give up critical spectrum until the issues are addressed.

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Nokia completed the first phase of a 5G-ready, industrial-grade private wireless network deployment for the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. The platform will provide private wireless connectivity to more than 100 endpoints across the entire port operations

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CalAmp announced the retirement of Michael Burdiek from his roles as president, CEO and a member of the board of directors. Current member of the board, Jeff Gardner, will become CalAmp's interim president and CEO, and Burdiek will remain a senior advisor to the CEO through May 31, 2021.

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The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and other public-safety and related industry organizations wrote to congressional leaders urging action to repeal the T-Band auction mandate on the nation’s largest municipalities as part of any coronavirus emergency stimulus spending package.

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JVCKENWOOD USA won the “best communications company” award for 2020 as the result of a national survey. The survey was conducted by facility management publication, Facility Executive.

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Nordic Telecom, a Czech telecom operator, announced its membership in TCCA. The carrier, with the support of 450 Alliance, also published a request for proposals (RFP) for the supply of rugged LTE band 87 hand terminals optimized for 3GPP mission-critical communications use.

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The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program plans to launch its First Responder UAS Endurance Challenge April 1.

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