TCCA announced the shortlist for its 2022 International Critical Communications Awards (ICCA). The award winners will be presented 21 June in Barcelona.

The Canadian government released a policy statement saying that it intends to ban equipment from Huawei and ZTE in the country.

CTIA Certification and the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA), a working party of ZVEI, announce the signing of a cooperation agreement (COOP) to advance 5G industrial certification requirements. The partners seek to accelerate the certification, adoption and implementation of 5G technology across the industry.

On April 21, the FCC adopted a further notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The further notice proposed that commercial mobile service providers that participate in WEA report on key metrics that will help stakeholders develop an understanding of WEA’s end-to-end performance and sought comment on ways to improve WEA’s consistency and the pace at which messages are received. The further notice set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 60 days, respectively, after publication of a summary of the Notice in the Federal Register.

GlobalFoundries and Motorola Solutions announced a long-term agreement to safeguard the supply of innovative chip solutions for Motorola Solutions’ radios.

Celona selected Keysight Technology’s Keysight Open RAN Architect (KORA) solution portfolio to validate the quality and reliability of 5G private network deployments for enterprises.

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found that transmission performance is consistent across different bands of the millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum, which is targeted for high-speed, data-rich 5G systems.

In a meeting with the FCC, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) urged caution with moving forward with any changes to the rules governing the T-band as requested by a petition of rulemaking from the National Wireless Communications Council (NWCC).

The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) hired Tim Snyder as senior director of software engineering. In this capacity, he will have responsibility for EWA’s software development and information technology strategies.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DoC) National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Committee (NAIAC) launched May 4.