The Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) hired John Howes as government affairs counsel.

Globalstar’s board of directors approved a $62 million non-convertible bridge facility to fund June 2019 principal and interest payments to lenders of its senior credit facility guaranteed by BPIFAE and to maintain compliance under the BPIFAE facility. The new bridge facility, subject to completion of definitive documentation, is expected to close June 28 and to be funded by multiple existing shareholders.

Gerald Nolte was named the development manager at Hytera Mobilfunk. The 51-year-old is the new chief technology officer (CTO) and responsible for the research and development department in Bad Münder and Flensburg, Germany.

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-8 engineering committee on mobile and personal private radio standards issued a call for interest for document TIA-102.AABA-C titled Project 25 - Trunking Overview - Digital Radio Technical Standards.

TCCA said its Critical Communications World (CCW) 2019, held 18 – 20 June in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, registered one of the event’s highest turn-outs when taking place in the Far East.

Wireless carriers voiced concerns with providing floor-level data for 9-1-1 calls from indoor multistory locations and urged the FCC to adopt a phased approach for 3-meter Z-axis location accuracy requirements.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, a provider of terminal automation and energy-efficient cargo handling, and Ukkoverkot, a private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network provider, signed a two-year cooperation agreement with Nokia to design, build and operate a private LTE network. Nokia brings a digital automation platform that is well suited for mobile machinery and industrial internet of things.

Ondas Holdings closed its acquisition of licensed spectrum in the 700 MHz band for the state of Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico and multiple counties bordering the Gulf. The company is now offering mission-critical wireless connectivity in these regions consisting of 900,000 square miles of surface area.

Ligado Networks petitioned the FCC to move forward on approvals of its license modification applications, filed in 2015, so it can deploy its planned terrestrial/satellite 5G service to benefit critical infrastructure industries (CII).

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) said the road map announced at is March meeting will be released this summer and will advance the public-safety broadband network. At a June 26 meeting in Indianapolis, the FirstNet board supported the direction of the road map and its alignment with public safety’s communications needs.