Utah awarded Federal Engineering, Inc. a contract to support the Utah Communication Authority (UCA) during the implementation of statewide next generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1).

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Mission Critical Partners (MCP) appointed Darrin Reilly CEO. Kevin Murray, the former CEO, was appointed executive chairman of the firm’s board of directors. The changes take effect February 1.

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Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its second quarter of fiscal 2021, Comtech Solacom Technologies, a division of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment received a next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) services contract to provide its Guardian call-handling solution to the Toronto Police Service, supporting the largest 9-1-1 center in Canada and one of the largest cities in North America.

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The National Public-Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) submitted a petition for reconsideration of the FCC’s new 4.9 GHz rules.

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The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation announced awards for two collaborative projects totaling $1.5 million to develop advanced homeland security technologies in the areas of threat detection and 3D mapping.

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The Arlington County (Virginia) Emergency Communications Center (ECC) became one of the first centers in the nation to implement capabilities that allow fire and EMS dispatchers and supervisors to deliver critical emergency communications services no matter where they are.

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The FCC officially terminated its proceeding on auctioning the T-band spectrum. The action follows the repeal of the mandate that the FCC auction off the spectrum by 2021.

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An outage on a communication provider’s network caused some disruptions to 9-1-1 services in eight Minnesota Counties January 11.

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Anterix announced that it has begun an initial deployment of 900 MHz spectrum with Xcel Energy for a private LTE network. Motorola Solutions will provide the network at two existing Xcel sites in Minneapolis.

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An Illinois judge reduced the total amount of damages that Hytera Communications owes Motorola Solutions in a theft of trade secrets case from $764.6 million to $543.7 million.

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