Lauttamus Communications & Security purchased Interstate Communications and Electronics. Interstate Communications & Electronics is located in Beaver, Pennsylvania and has been in business since 1975, providing two-way radio sales, installation and repair services.

Nokia hired Chris Johnson from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to lead the push into vertical industries. Company veteran Mike Calabrese will oversee the webscale and large enterprise customer segments.

The FCC granted an experimental license for Project Loon, led by Google's parent company Alphabet, to help provide emergency cellular service in Puerto Rico.

New Hampshire’s Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) voted unanimously to recommend opting out of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) state plan for New Hampshire. The recommendation will go to the commissioner of safety and then Gov. Chris Sununu, who will make a final decision.

Hytera Mobilfunk in cooperation with its distributor Nexus Technology and Tactical IT deployed a TETRA network for the city guards of the provincial municipality of Puno in Peru.

The FCC formed the FCC Hurricane Recovery Task Force, an internal task force to continue the commission’s work in support of the restoration of communications services in areas affected by this season’s hurricanes, with an emphasis on addressing the challenges facing Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Iowa Communications Network (ICN) will partner with Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management (HSEMD) to provide a private and secure network for 9-1-1 wireline calls. ICN will provide infrastructure and services for merging the existing wireline carrier network, consisting of all the state’s wireline service providers, onto HSEMD’s next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) IP network.

The FCC granted a request filed by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) for a temporary waiver to permit amateur data transmissions at a higher symbol rate than is permitted by the commission’s rules to facilitate hurricane relief.

Two Vermont citizens filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Commerce pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. The DOC oversees the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

Responding to the destruction of communications networks wreaked by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the FCC took steps to immediately provide up to $76.9 million to help restore service.