Multiple industry organizations submitted filings supporting the First Responder Network Authority’s (FirstNet Authority) application for renewal of its license for the 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum. The National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) also filed comments expressing some concerns about the FirstNet Authority and industry partner AT&T.

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Verizon a $11.5 million Tranche 2 award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to construct a private 5G network inside an aircraft maintenance hangar on Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (JBPHH).

Federated Wireless announced a strategic partnership to innovate and deploy private 5G wireless in National Landing in Northern Virginia.

Alstom selected Teltronic to supply and integrate the on-board equipment, radio terminals and control center solution that will provide mission-critical services (MCX) for the Delhi to Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), a high-speed commuter rail currently under construction that will link the two Indian cities via an 82 kilometers rail corridor.

Future Technologies Venture and Anterix launched an alliance to integrate Anterix’s 900 MHz spectrum with Future Technologies’ end-to-end digital transformation solutions.

The European and Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and O-RAN announced that ETSI adopted the first O-RAN specification as ETSI TS 103 859, namely “O-RAN Fronthaul Control, User and Synchronization Plane Specification v7.02.”

No time for back tracking. No time for second guessing. An Alzheimer’s patient had wandered off from a local residence into a densely forested area of surrounding Boone, North Carolina. The terrain was hilly, radio coverage was sparse, and temperatures were dropping. The patient was elderly and wasn’t dressed for the weather; that’s about all Fire Chief Jimmy Isaacs knew about him. The other thing the chief knew was that if the patient wasn’t found in a matter of hours, the weather could prove deadly.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded a total of $4,479,195.95 in competitive research contracts to 30 small businesses across the United States to participate in phase one of the DHS Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. These awards, which were competitively sourced, were developed in collaboration with program managers and stakeholders across DHS to address homeland security research and development needs.

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International issued a technical bulletin for public-safety microwave operators in the 6 GHz band. The bulletin suggests that agencies conduct baseline measurements in anticipation of interference from new unlicensed devices.

In a letter to members of the U.S. Senate, the National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators (NASNA) expressed concern about a bill that would fund NG 9-1-1 that the Senate is currently considering.