Everbridge Holdings completed the voluntary offer to acquire the entire issued share capital of Unified Messaging Systems. Payment of the offer price is being made to the UMS shareholders who accepted the offer. At the same time, 184.7 million tendered shares are being transferred to Everbridge. As a result, Everbridge now holds 186.4 million shares, representing about 94.2 percent of the total shares in UMS, on a fully diluted basis.

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The network operations center (NOC) for Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications Systems (LA-RICS) opened at the sheriff’s office communication center in east Los Angeles. The location will monitor the more than 60 public-safety broadband network (PSBN) sites.

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The FCC proposed a penalty of $22,000 against Full Spectrum for apparently willfully and repeatedly causing harmful interference to more than 200 Verizon Wireless base stations in San José, California, operating radio transmission equipment without a license on frequencies 785 MHz – 790 MHz, and operating radio frequency equipment without an FCC equipment authorization.

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The Radio Club of America (RCA) announced its latest named endowment fund, dedicated to support RCA operations. The Howard and Micheline Rosen Fund is funded by long-time members, Howard (VE2AED) and Micheline (KM6FOH) Rosen.

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The FCC provided guidance to commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) providers on filing certifications of compliance with the three-year E9-1-1 location accuracy benchmark as required by the commission’s rules. The three-year benchmark requires CMRS providers to provide, as of April 3, dispatchable location or X/Y location (latitude and longitude) within 50 meters for 50 percent of all wireless 9-1-1 calls.

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LGS Innovations, a technology company and a member of the National Spectrum Consortium, received a three-year, $14.5 million award for the Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) Policy Development project.

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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that as of April 6, all wireless service providers must distribute wireless public emergency alert messages on their Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks.

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will open a new application period for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) providers to provide Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) services.

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The FCC approved an application by Space Exploration Holdings, doing business as SpaceX, to provide broadband services using satellite technology in the United States and around the world. With this action, the Commission takes another step to increase high-speed broadband availability and competition in the United States.

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Rivada released statements this week reminding the industry that it holds patents related to Long Term Evolution (LTE) priority and pre-emption. The company gained two new patents last November.

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