Iridium Communications reported financial results for the first quarter of 2021 and reiterated its full-year 2021 outlook.

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The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) is seeking volunteers to participate in a new working group that is establishing guidelines, best practices and requirements for non-conventional means of communicating with E9-1-1 systems.

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PCTEL, a provider of wireless technology including purpose-built antennas and test and measurement solutions for public-safety communications, joined TCCA, a global representative organization for the critical communications sector.

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The FCC asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to deny a variety of public-safety and industry organizations’ petition for reconsideration of its decision to allow unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band. The groups meanwhile asked the FCC to vacate the order allowing unlicensed use and remand it back to the commission for improvement.

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The Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) selected Federal Engineering to be on the state’s management consulting services contract.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded CACI International a five-year, single award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract, with a ceiling value of $48 million, to provide sustainment, decommissioning, construction, modernization, and environmental and historic preservation to the National Public Warning System (NPWS).

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Airborne International Response Team (AIRT), a 501(c)3 organization supporting drones for good for emergencies and disaster response, was awarded a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to support drone operations within federal, state and local public-safety agencies and emergency services organizations.

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The Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) filed in opposition to the request of KTUL to substitute its current channel 10 with channel 14 in the Digital Television (DTV) Table of Allotments for Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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The Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) will cease operation. PSTA Board Member Jeff Johnson confirmed that the organization plans to shut down soon.

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The New South Wales government in Australia selected TPG Telecom to deliver a multi-operator public safety mobile broadband (PSMB) network proof of concept (PoC) trial in partnership with Nokia.

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