Verizon implemented an enhanced compensation plan for the company’s employees who must deploy outside their homes to meet critical customer needs. The mission-critical employees are unable to work remotely as they fulfill and repair broadband orders and connection issues, maintain networks and offer products to customers immediately and in person when deemed essential.

The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) asked the FCC to waive the requirement that site-based and mobile-only wireless systems complete construction of facilities with buildout deadlines between March 15 and Aug. 31 until Aug. 31.

T-Mobile US officially completed its merger with Sprint to create the New T-Mobile, which will deliver a transformative 5G network, the company said. The combined company will operate under the name T-Mobile.

Windy City Wire (WCW), a low-voltage cable and cable management solutions provider, become a preferred distributor of Advanced RF Technology (ADRF) in-building wireless solutions for commercial and public-safety use cases. Per the agreement, WCW will only distribute ADRF distributed antenna system (DAS) and repeater products to customers.

AT&T announced that it is the winning bidder for spectrum licenses covering more than 99% of the U.S. population following the close of FCC Auction 103. The company said its winning bids will allow continued improvements and advancements to its wireless network.

Vertel, Australia’s largest privately owned telecommunications carrier, and Ondacomms, an Australian wireless communications company, partnered to supply Grasshopper Environmental with a wide-area radio solution for its fleet vehicles.

Several suppliers are offering free products to first responders to help in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

UPS said it would collaborate with German drone maker Wingcopter to develop the next generation of package delivery drones for a variety of use cases in the United States and internationally. Wingcopter’s unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology can deliver a variety of goods over long distances in multiple international settings, the companies said.

The FCC pushed back the start of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) Auction 106 until July 23 and postponed indefinitely Auction 106 given the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Project 25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG) highlighted accomplishments and work in progress for 2020 from the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-8 committee. New work includes addressing interference with 700/800 MHz cellular systems and security features, among others.