Polte, which offers internet of things (IoT) location technology, raised $12.5 million in strategic funding from private investors. The Series A-2 funding will enable the company to focus on deployments of commercial and industrial applications of Polte’s patented “alternative to GPS,” the company said.

U.S. Cellular announced all customers in California whose U.S. Cellular wireless service is disrupted or degraded, within an area that is declared to be a state of emergency by the governor or president, will be covered by several protections.

The FCC modified the temporary freeze on the acceptance of certain applications related to LMR services operating in the 896 – 901/935 – 940 MHz band following a request from pdvWireless, doing business as Anterix. The commission said the freeze will provide greater flexibility for 900 MHz band incumbents to relocate out of the broadband segment that the commission has proposed in a pending rulemaking proceeding.

AT&T plans to sell its wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) to Liberty Latin America, while retaining its First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) responsibilities.

Connectivity Wireless today announced a pioneering deployment of OnGo Long Term Evolution (LTE) connectivity based on the 3.5 GHz Citizen Broadband Radio Services (CBRS) in Times Square in New York City.

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau launched a new interference complaint intake portal for public-safety and enterprise service providers.

A new report from IHS Markit Technology said there is steady growth across sectors for TETRA terminals. The increase in demand is led by the industrial user vertical, where 8% increase in compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is predicted to 2023. Other markets with more than 5% anticipated growth include transport and utilities, while the public-safety market is predicted to grow its TETRA installed base by more than 4% in the 12 months to December 2020.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) published an open letter to Facebook from international law enforcement partners from the United States, United Kingdom and Australia in response to the company’s publicly announced plans to implement end-to-end-encryption across its messaging services.

TomTom and Verizon announced a 5G innovation project focused on making intersections safer for emergency vehicles.

Apple executives outlined two new 9-1-1-related features introduced in iOS 13 in an FCC filing. The features include location-based routing (LBR) of 9-1-1 calls and text to 9-1-1.