Citizen, a mobile safety app provider, will acquire disaster preparedness technology firm harbor, in a deal that is set to expand the product offerings of Citizen for its rapidly growing base of 10 million users.

The reply comments in the FCC’s continuing 4.9 GHz proceeding showed a divide over whether the band should be managed on a national level or on a local level.

Nokia is working with Alstom to deliver a private wireless network for the National Capital Regional Transport Corporation’s (NCRTC) Delhi to Meerut regional rapid transit system (RRTS) in India. It will support European Train Control System (ETCS) level 2 signaling to maintain safety for commuters on the high-speed rail route, currently under construction.

Anterix and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) jointly published a white paper documenting the application of falling conductor protection (FCP) for wildfire mitigation when enabled by a private LTE network using Anterix's low-band 900 MHz spectrum.

Final scoping of the Release 18 (R18) feature content was the major topic of interest at last month’s quarterly 3GPP Plenary e-meeting. With the support of AT&T and multiple international public safety partners, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) worked to assure that the top features important to public safety will be part of R18. The agreed R18 schedule will result in a December 2023 completion target date.

Intelsat in cooperation with Telstra and Spark deployed emergency communications services to support humanitarian aid to Tonga and the archipelago for Digicel Tonga and Tonga Communications Corporation.

The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) will continue to focus on its advocacy efforts and strong customer service following its leadership transition, new CEO Robin Cohen said.

Airbus, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) jointly announced that they have begun studying the feasibility of collaborating on future high-altitude platform stations (HAPS)-based connectivity services as part of a future space-based wireless connectivity ecosystem.

Firefighters and other emergency responders relied on a variety of communications solutions to fight a fast-moving wildfire that ripped through Boulder County, Colorado, at the end of December.

The FCC announced winning bidders from its 5G spectrum auction of flexible-use licenses in the 3.45 GHz band.