Although the industry is undergoing unprecedented change, two-way radio technology isn’t going away, said representatives from five different radio manufacturers during the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) Wireless Leadership Summit in Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 24.

Verizon said from Oct. 28 – Nov. 3 it is providing unlimited calling, texting and data to Los Angeles, Marin, Napa and Sonoma consumer and small business customers impacted by the Tick and Kincade wildfires in California.

Airbus completed tests between 5G smartphones and terminals for the Guangzhou Government Shared Radio Network, which connected with China Telecom’s 5G network in Guangzhou for the first time.

United Parcel Service (UPS) received a two-year special temporary authority (STA) experimental license for the Billings, Montana area, to test 900 MHz and 3.5 GHz broadband services.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said the FCC will take action on 9-1-1 indoor location rules in November.

Dell announced the Latitude 7220 Rugged Extreme tablet, built to meet the demands of workers in harsh environments, and said the tablet has access to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) network.

AT&T announced its three-year financial outlook and capital allocation plan, along with quarterly financial results.

Rep. Jerry McNerney introduced H.R. 4856, the Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improvement Act of 2019 (READI Act). Reps. Gus Bilirakis, Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Olson also sponsored the bipartisan legislation to help ensure more people receive critical emergency alerts on their mobile phones, televisions and radios.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai circulated a two-part proposal, which the FCC will vote on at its Nov. 19 meeting, to protect U.S. communications networks from national security threats.

The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), the international treaty-making conference governing the global management of RF spectrum and satellite orbits, opened 28 October in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The conference is held every three to four years.

The Czech Ministry of Defence (MoD) is the first Czech authority to select TETRA for its communications needs. Sepura and Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) were chosen as TETRA suppliers. The TETRA equipment will be deployed to a special task force unit of the Czech Air Force, which will