The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) will host its Fifth Mission Critical Services (MCX) Plugtests event remotely from 21 September to 2 October. The event was originally planned to be a face-to-face event in India but was changed to remote testing because of the COVID-19 pandemic, ETSI Project Manager Saurav Arora said during a webinar sponsored by ETSI and TCCA.

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CommScope filed patent infringement lawsuits against SOLiD, a manufacturer of distributed antenna systems (DAS) based in South Korea. Two actions were filed, one in the Northern District of Texas and another in the United Kingdom.

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Sepura partner Consort Digital deployed a complete communications solution to the island of Mauritius, providing voice and data communications via Sepura TETRA radios to the new Mauritius Metro Express.

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German critical communications association PMeV urged the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to grant long-term use of the 410 – 430 MHz frequency range for narrowband trunked radio. The association said voice communications in TETRA networks remains an urgent need.

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The U.K. Emergency Service Network (ESN) reviewed the Telit LM960A18 PCI Express Mini Card (mPCIe) Gigabit LTE module for use by the network. The internet of things (IoT) module can be integrated into handheld devices and wireless routers for gigabit cellular communications.

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SF Airlines, which operates China’s largest cargo fleet, selected Thales and ACSS, an L3Harris Technologies and Thales joint venture, as the exclusive avionics suppliers to retrofit its fleet with Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Out-compliant airborne equipment. This selection is an active response to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) promotion of ADS-B technology.

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French telecom regulator Arcep issued a call for expressions of interest from public-safety organizations and businesses about the development of multinetwork mobile plans.

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Rajat and Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia are improving operational safety and productivity through the use of autonomous haulage systems in an Australian coal mine. Hitachi selected Rajant Kinetic Mesh as its industrial wireless network enabling vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, which allows autonomous vehicles to talk directly to each other, providing enhanced coverage and reliability.

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NICE announced results for the first quarter ended March 31. First quarter 2020 total revenues increased 8.9% to $410.4 million compared with $377 million for the first quarter of 2019.

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The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) proposed optimizing and allocating the 850 MHz expansion band and 900 MHz band, using a market-based process in the fourth quarter of 2021, to facilitate the efficient allocation and use of these bands.

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