Polar Power received a $1.3 million purchase order for backup generators from a rural telecom provider engaged in building high-speed rural wireless broadband networks in 14 states to enhance public safety. Telecom companies and the federal government are jointly building the rural networks throughout the nation to provide enhanced high-speed communications across the United States.

A new ATIS report by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) examines the topic of network slicing, which is one way to help network operators enable the services of a diverse range of vertical applications in a guaranteed way on the same network, in a new report. The burgeoning growth in the internet of things (IoT) is driving a wide range of new uses, as well as requirements on network infrastructure.

Beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) unmanned aerial system (UAS) operations are key for future commercial use cases, including public safety, industrial inspection and urban air mobility. Frequentis has partnered with mobile network connectivity specialist and start-up, Dimetor, to enable network connectivity for command and control (C2) and payload data links to ensure reliable and consistent data sharing.

The Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola Solutions, announced a $91,000 grant to benefit the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau entered into a consent decree to resolve its investigation into whether Daytona Aircraft Services out of Daytona Beach, Florida, operated two GPS re-radiators without a license and caused interference to licensee and nearby aircraft at the Daytona Beach Airport.

The FCC is seeking comment on proposed application and bidding procedures for the auction of the priority access licenses (PAL) in the 3.55 – 3.65 GHz band. The commission also scheduled the auction on the Citizen’s Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum to begin on June 25.

The FCC approved $950 million in funding to improve, expand and harden communications networks in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI).

Opensignal performed an analysis of 4G network speeds in rural areas of the United States, which cover 97% of the U.S. land area. The study looked at measures of mobile network experience across three different types of rural America in order of “remoteness” — fringe, distant and remote — using the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) definitions of rural U.S.

WKAR Public Media, Michigan State University and the College of Communication Arts and Sciences opened the NextGen Media Innovation Lab last week. The new lab will explore applications of the newest television broadcasting standard, ATSC 3.0 technology, including public-safety applications.

The Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) released the cybersecurity technical subcommittee report, which includes the initial PSTA recommendations for public safety and industry. The report includes eight best practices and checklists for public-safety agencies based on their size.