As mandated by Congress, the FCC released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to auction the T-band 470 – 512 MHz spectrum. The notice outlines licensing and operating rules, along with a band plan and technical rules, although the NPRM seeks comments on many issues such as where T-band licensees might move and what to do about industrial/business (I/B) licensees also operating in the spectrum.

OMNIQ received an order to provide its artificial intelligence (AI)-based safe city systems for a country in the Himalaya mountain range. OMNIQ’s automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) system can capture license plates of vehicles and motorcycles traveling along selected roads and gateways. OMNIQ expects additional orders to follow.

Honduras 911 Sistema Nacional de Emergencias (SNE) deployed point-to-point products for intercity connectivity and point-to-multipoint products to drive high-definition (HD) video transmission for centralized closed-circuit TV (CCTV) monitoring of Choluteca, Nacaome and San Lorenzo city.

Accenture and AT&T are working with Phillips 66 to develop industrial cellular wireless connectivity with the development of a private cellular network solution for potential future 5G use cases, including support for industrial internet of things (IIoT) and low-latency applications.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic and weather emergencies, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) President Brandon Presley established a new task force focused on emergency preparedness, recovery and resiliency and a special subcommittee to examine the national response to COVID-19. Arkansas Commissioner Kimberly O’Guinn will chair the new task force, and Washington Commissioner Ann Rendahl will chair the subcommittee.

Hytera introduced a carrier-integrated mission-critical version of its push-to-talk (PTT) over cellular (PoC) broadband solution. The HyTalk MC end-to-end solution supports Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) mission-critical PTT (MCPTT), mission-critical data (MCData) and mission-critical video (MCVideo) services for mission- and business-critical communications users.

The second phase of the pan-European public-safety broadband communications tender called Broadway Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) began 6 July. Astrid, the lead procurer of the BroadWay PCP, signed contracts with three successful consortia for the solution prototype phase.

The FCC formally designated two companies — Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE, as well as their parents, affiliates and subsidiaries — as covered companies for purposes of the agency’s November 2019 ban on the use of universal service support to purchase equipment or services from companies posing a national security threat. Money from the FCC’s $8.3 billion a year Universal Service Fund (USF) may no longer be used to purchase, obtain, maintain, improve, modify or otherwise support any equipment or services produced or provided by these suppliers.

The FCC qualified 271 entities to participate in the 3.5 GHz auction of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) priority access licenses (PALs). Seventy-seven applications did not qualify to participate in the auction, set to begin July 23.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to create a new $12 billion federal grant program to upgrade America’s 9-1-1 centers to next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1). The grant program was included in H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, a package of federal transportation and infrastructure bills, approved by the House on Wednesday.

Semotus Solutions announced the company's wireless alerting solution, HipLinkXS, will be used by the county of Stanislaus, Calif., for emergency notification to first responders, the public, civic leaders, and area businesses of events such as severe weather, natural and man-made disasters, toxic or contagious events, or even terrorist