During the spring meeting of the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) board of directors, Catherine Leonard, CEO of Comtronics Corporation, was honored for her service as chair of the board from 2015 to 2017.

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Iridium Communications announced that COMSAT, Gilat Telecom, Globecomm, MetOcean Telematics, NSSLGlobal, Trace Systems and Wireless Innovation, were added as Iridium Certus service providers for land-mobile applications. The addition of these seven companies brings the total number of service providers for land-mobile applications to 20

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Island Tech Services (ITS), a provider of technology, mobility and vehicle solutions, expanded its geography throughout the East Coast and Midwest. This includes five regional sales offices and four regional facilities in addition to the company headquarters in Ronkonkoma, New York, which provides both sales and vehicle upfit support.

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Federal Engineering announced Thomas A. Miller joined the firm as business development manager, continuing the expansion of the consulting firm’s next-generation 9-1-1/emergency communications center (NG 9-1-1/ECC) practice.

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting 5 (GEO 5) Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) navigation payload, developed by Raytheon, is now operational and fully integrated into the WAAS network.

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Genesis PULSE partnered with RapidSOS to provide public safety with a single display that integrates real-time first responder positions with precise locations of 9-1-1 smartphone callers.

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said the commission will further streamline and modernize its cellular rules at its July 12 meeting.

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KGPCo entered into a non-binding agreement to buy select assets and assume certain operating liabilities of Hutton Communications of Canada. The move comes as part of KGPCo's vision of expanding its diverse range of services and offerings for the communications industry into the Canadian market.

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The number of “FirstNet Ready” certified smartphones has increased to seven from the original four. The phones are available to subscribers of First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) services.

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A dispute in Vermont that has left a significant portion of the state without cellphone service — and in turn 9-1-1 service — might require FCC or other federal action.

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