AT&T is meeting or on track to meet all nationwide, contractual network coverage and adoption milestones for the nationwide public-safety broadband network, but public-safety officials expressed frustration with the lack of transparency and information from First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) officials, according to a new federal oversight report.

Iridium Communications announced that Iridium CloudConnect, a satellite cloud-based solution offering global coverage for internet of things (IoT) applications, is actively serving customers. This new service combines Iridium IoT capabilities with Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT and cloud services, extending customers’ IoT reach to the more than 80 percent of the Earth that lacks terrestrial coverage.

The FCC certified four spectrum access aystem (SAS) administrators, paving the way for full commercial operations in the 3.5 GHz band. Last year, the FCC approved these SAS administrators for initial commercial deployments, and the current action allows for full commercial use of the 3.5 GHz spectrum for broadband connectivity and 5G.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Industry Specification Group on Securing Artificial Intelligence (ISG SAI) appointed Alex Leadbeater from British Telecom (BT) as its chair. Kate Reed with the National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) was appointed first vice chair, and Tieyan Li from Huawei was appointed second vice chair.

Two Anterix representatives spoke with officials in the FCC’s Office of Economic and Analytics about “methodologies the FCC might use to address the value of spectrum in the FCC’s inventory and evolution in 900 MHz band technology.”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate’s (S&T) updated its Information Sharing Assessment Tool (ISAT). Updates include optional scenarios and expanded question sets.

Three AT&T executives held two meetings with FCC staff last week, encouraging the commission to dismiss the petitions filed by the Boulder Regional Emergency Telephone Service Authority (BRETSA) calling for interoperability and FCC oversight of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).

Members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure told the FCC they are alarmed by its proposal to reallocate more than half of the 5.9 GHz spectrum (Safety Band) to unlicensed operations, such as Wi-Fi. The FCC's proposal undercuts the potential to prevent many of the 37,000 traffic fatalities each year by impeding the development and deployment of safety-critical technologies, a letter said.

The Ad Hoc Refiners Group met with FCC officials to discuss the proposal to realign the 900 MHz band to establish a Long Term Evolution (LTE) operations. The group highlighted challenges in securing narrowband 900 MHz channels in high-density markets.

Australia’s government officials and industry leaders gathered to discuss network resiliency during the country’s severe bushfires, noting that access to power was critical. Most network outages following the bushfires were because of loss of power, not direct bushfire damage to network facilities.

The Virginia Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee submitted comments to the FCC supporting a proposal to allocate to public safety an additional 30 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band to allow for development of a new nationwide public-safety broadband network. Last month, the FCC put on