The FCC issued a notice of violation (Notice) to the city of Cleveland, licensee of marine coast station license KJA414 in Cleveland.

A coalition of industry organizations urged the FCC to revise draft rules on 800 MHz interstitial channels. The groups commented on two items — the placement and currency of the Adjacent Channel Reciprocal Interference Matrix and a recommendation by the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) to use an F(50/50) curve for the interference contour.

For the first time in years, new spectrum opportunities are opening for the critical infrastructure industries (CII) and private wireless communications users, although the FCC has not yet released final rules.

The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) elected six new members to its 51-member board of directors. The new directors are James Backeland, Icom America; Stacy Brown, SunTalk; Eddie Faith, Shreveport Communication Service; David Gottlieb, Goosetown Enterprises; Bill Jenkins, pdvWireless; and James Potter, Harris.

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau entered into a consent decree with Adaptive Micro Systems (AMS) to resolve its investigation whether the company violated the FCC”s rules for marketing LED signs.

Hurricane Michael had knocked out 18.8 percent of cell sites in an area covering parts of Florida, Georgia and Alabama as of Oct. 11, according to the FCC’s Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS). One public-safety answering point (PSAP) was reported down as well.

Jeremy Sklute, a student at Old Dominion University (ODU) will receive the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA)-Joseph B. Vestal Endowed Scholarship.

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau entered into a consent decree to resolve its investigation into whether Hyoco Distribution of California marketed LED signs used in digital billboards and other commercial and industrial applications in violation of FCC rules.

Officials with ASTRID, Belgium’s national radio communications network operator for emergency services, said its TETRA network will continue to support public-safety users through at least 2025-2030.

The CBRS Alliance and Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) commended the businesses that introduced the first set of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) devices certified by the FCC. Ericsson, Nokia, Sercomm and Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company, achieved certification for the CBRS 3.5 GHz band, which will use shared spectrum for wireless connectivity.