The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) and Televate executed a formal agreement to provide technical consulting services to EWA members.

Kairos announced the acquisition of Comprod.

Outgoing FCC chairman said that as the presidential administrations change, the new FCC leadership needs to “stand its ground” on recent FCC spectrum decisions, such as allowing unlicensed use in the 6 GHz band.

The FCC denied a request for a stay of its decision to authorize Ligado Networks to deploy a low-power terrestrial nationwide network. The request was made by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

In courts document, attorneys for Hytera Communications and Motorola Solutions told a district judge that they have not reached agreement on issues surrounding a royalty for Hytera’s continued use of Motorola trade secrets.

In comments on the FCC’s decision to allow commercial use in the 4.9 GHz band, public-safety entities continued to oppose the decision and push the FCC to vacate, while other industry organizations showed support for the effort but said strong FCC oversight is needed for the new rules to succeed.

The National Public-Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) submitted a petition for reconsideration of the FCC’s new 4.9 GHz rules.

The FCC officially terminated its proceeding on auctioning the T-band spectrum. The action follows the repeal of the mandate that the FCC auction off the spectrum by 2021.

An outage on a communication provider’s network caused some disruptions to 9-1-1 services in eight Minnesota Counties January 11.

French radio communications specialist ETELM was recognized for its work to help establish a COVID-19 mobile medical facility in Italy. The project, which was a deployment of a mobile laboratory called the Biological Light Field Laboratory for Emergencies (B-LiFE), won at the International Critical Communications Awards 2020 in the category of “Best use of critical communications in public safety.”