The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would direct the FCC to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) and to make improvements to network outage reporting.

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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) issued a request for information (RFI) seeking information on innovative solutions to enable dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) within the DoD’s currently allocated spectrum with the goal of accelerating spectrum sharing decisions and 5G deployment.

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed an act that would repeal the mandate that the FCC auction off the T-band spectrum 2021.

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Skyward, a Verizon company, a temporary waiver that allows company pilots to fly the Percepto Sparrow drone from their homes to inspect critical communications infrastructure near the Big Hollow wildfire in Washington. The waiver permits operations 24 hours a day, with less than 3 miles of visibility and no pilot or observer on site.

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Nokia’s public-safety artificial intelligence (AI) prototype won first place in an app challenge held by AFCEA International’s Emerging Professionals in Intelligence Committee (EPIC).

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Tyler Technologies, a provider of public-safety and government software solutions, experienced what it called a “security incident.”

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Sonim Technologies partnered with goTenna to enhance optimal reliability and connectivity for the Sonim XP8 ultra-rugged smartphone in off-network situations. goTenna's innovative mesh networking protocol is embedded into lightweight, low-cost tactical-grade radio devices and paired with easy-to-use mobile devices and applications enabling mobile, long-range connectivity even without cell, Wi-Fi or satellite.

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Advanced RF Technologies announced the deployment of its ADXV public-safety distributed antenna system (DAS) and PSR series repeaters at Indianapolis International Airport. The public-safety solution empowers first responders with robust wireless connectivity across the 1.2 million square foot airport terminal and parking garage.

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As the number of cybersecurity threats to the U.S. commercial and government organizations increase, there is a critical need to implement new and effective information sharing tools. To address this challenge, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awarded $1 million to California-based small business InferLink to develop a collaborative and effective peer-to-peer tool for sharing cybersecurity information and lessons learned.

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The state of Minnesota selected Inteliquent as the state’s next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) services provider to ingress all 9-1-1 calls on behalf of the state. This is the latest statewide announcement in the initiative to advance NG 9-1-1 solutions nationwide.

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