The Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola Solutions, announced more than $10 million in grant funding this year to charitable organizations around the world. The grants will benefit more than 2 million students, first responders, teachers, veterans and community members in 32 countries, with a focus on nonprofit organizations that provide education in technology, engineering and public safety.

RadioResource Media Group released a new e-book that offers details on the status of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and how the public-safety broadband network will interwork with Project 25 (P25) and other LMR networks.

L3Harris Technologies Chairman and CEO William M. Brown signed the Catalyst CEO Champions For Change pledge, joining leaders from more than 60 other global companies committed to furthering gender equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

The Public Safety Communications Europe (PSCE) bi-annual conference took place in early December in Paris and was co-organized with the French Ministry of Interior. The event brought together around 140 participants from 18 countries including public-safety practitioners, policymakers, academic researchers and industrial experts. Representatives from European organizations and institutions also contributed to the discussions.

Lack of funding and resources such as expert staff are the biggest challenges facing public-safety IT and communications managers, according to a recent survey.

Amanda Palmer, a student at Old Dominion University (ODU), will receive the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA)-Joseph B. Vestal Endowed Scholarship, which awards financial aid to a full-time student at ODU enrolled in electrical engineering technology or information systems management who intends to pursue a professional career in wireless applications or telecommunications.

Purdue University’s College of Engineering is working with AT&T to create a test bed for 5G-based research and development at its Purdue Research Lab. Located in the newly launched Indiana 5G Zone, the lab will use AT&T’s 5G+ millimeter wave (5G+) and commercially available multiaccess edge computing (MEC) technologies to help solve societal challenges such as disaster recovery in rural, agricultural areas and smart cities.

Indiana University created a lab to help first responders use emerging technologies on the front lines of disasters and emergency response. Using data science and engineering, the lab will deliver practical resources and solutions to first responders and research ways technology can help us prepare for, respond to and recover from hurricanes, wildfires, floods and other disasters.

The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) announced that it donated more than $10,000 to Old Dominion University (ODU) for the EWA-Joseph B. Vestal Endowed Scholarship.

The FCC released four reports from its Intergovernmental Advisory Committee. The reports aim to assist officials by offering recommendations and best practices.