The FCC issued a notice of violation to Snapchat, licensee of trunked LMR station WQVZ814.

Numerous group submitted reply comments to the FCC’s request for comments on the future of the 4.9 GHz band, spectrum that is currently exclusive to public safety.

Full Spectrum announced its corporate name change to Ondas Networks. The new name, Ondas, reflects the company’s expanded mandate to become a worldwide leader in industrial internet connectivity for mission-critical internet of things (IoT) applications and critical infrastructure providers in multiple sectors including electric, gas and water utilities, oil and gas, government and transportation.

pei tel Communications announced that it had joined Bundesverband Professioneller Mobilfunk (PMeV), the German federal association of professional mobile radio (PMR).

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau entered into a consent decree to resolve its investigation into whether Absen, based out of Florida, violated the commission’s rules by marketing LED signs used in digital billboards and other commercial and industrial applications without the required equipment authorization, labeling and user manual disclosures, and failing to produce certain required test records.

The FCC granted a limited waiver of its wireless emergency alert (WEA) rules to permit commercial mobile service (CMS) providers to participate in an end-to-end test to be conducted by the city and county of Denver's Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. This test will be conducted Sept. 5 with a backup date of Sept. 13.

In response to the Aug. 3 announcement by China’s Ministry of Commerce to propose retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) issued a statement.

Sens. Edward J. Markey, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Bob Casey and Elizabeth Warren introduced legislation that would repeal a provision of the 2012 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, which directs the FCC to auction the T-band spectrum (470 – 512 MHz) by 2021.

The FCC released a citation and order notifying Amcrest Industries, selling Baofeng radios, that it is marketing an unauthorized RF device — a handheld two-way radio — in violation of the FCC’s rules.

The FCC established the application and bidding procedures for the upcoming auctions of upper microwave flexible use service licenses in the 24 and 28 GHz bands.