RADWIN and Microsoft announced a new strategic partnership to address the rural broadband gap. RADWIN will develop and introduce TV white space solutions to deliver broadband internet to unserved communities.

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Mobile Communications America, (MCA), Motorola Solutions’ largest channel partner in the Southeast region, completed the acquisition of Myrtle Beach Communications (MBC). Financial details were not released.

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Lenoir County, North Carolina, engaged Federal Engineering to evaluate its existing radio system and determine the best approach to improving coverage.

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The FCC denied a waiver request by the Miami-Dade County, Florida, to extend its 800 MHz rebanding deadline and ordered the jurisdiction to complete all rebanding activities with Sprint within 90 days.

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Sierra Wireless announced its AirLink MG90 high-performance multinetwork vehicle router is certified and approved for use on the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) nationwide public-safety broadband network. The product is the first in-vehicle router to achieve the FirstNet Ready designation.

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The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) Next-Generation 9-1-1 Industry Collaboration Event (ICE) series invited participants for the upcoming ninth event. The series provides the opportunity for 9-1-1 equipment and service providers to come together to test products and services in an open, supportive and collaborative environment.

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The first versions of the Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) Open Source software development kit (SDK) and sample MCPTT app were released by the Mission Critical Open Platform (MCOP) project during the second MCPTT Plugtests this week in Texas.

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The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International is seeking comments on candidate American National Standard (ANS) 2.106.1-201x, which addresses site hardening requirements for public safety grade sites.

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The Commerce Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated an audit of the First Responder Network Authority’s (FirstNet’s) deployment of the public-safety core in May.

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The Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications Systems (LA-RICS) finalized its agreement with AT&T — first announced last year — whereby AT&T will pay at least $14.5 million for the region’s public-safety broadband network.

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