A new report from ICASA , an IT industry trade organization, offered a look into the state of cybersecurity for smart cities and the critical infrastructure systems they depend on.

Public television is ready to embrace the next-generation Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3 broadcast standard and is experimenting with new service and business opportunities the new standard makes possible.

The FCC agreed to allow Sprint to deploy its 800 MHz wideband operations in certain portions of the San Antonio National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) region 53 before 800 MHz band reconfiguration has been completed in that region. Granting the request will permit Long Term Evolution (LTE) deployment in a total of 39 counties — including 30 counties where the FCC has granted similar waiver relief — in addition to nine counties where Sprint has yet to deploy LTE.

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-8.1 Engineering Committee on Equipment Measurement Procedures issued a call for interest for five standards projects related to LMR performance.

The United Tower Alliance launched a national unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) tower inspection service. The UTA and its 18 performance partners are ready to fly UAV tower surveys across the United States.

The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) told the FCC it is concerned about how the wireless industry is interpreting “dispatchable location” for 9-1-1 location accuracy purposes, within the framework of the FCC’s fourth report and order.

The FCC granted a limited waiver of its emergency alert system (EAS) and wireless emergency alert (WEA) rules to permit EAS participants and participating commercial mobile service (CMS) providers to participate in a test to be conducted by the state of Minnesota, Department of Public Safety, Emergency Communication Networks (DPS-ECN).

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau entered a consent decree to resolve its investigation into whether Digital Outdoor, doing business as Lightking Outdoor, marketed LED signs used in digital billboards and other commercial and industrial applications without the required labeling and user manual disclosures in violation of FCC rules.<

The Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions (ATIS) Network Reliability Steering Committee (NRSC) announced the first deliverable from a joint initiative to improve public-safety answering point (PSAP) notification in the event of a service outage will be available in June.

China and the United States are negotiating a deal to relax U.S. sanctions on China’s ZTE, which last week said it would close operations following a U.S. government decision to bar U.S. firms from exporting parts to the Chinese smartphone company, according to press reports.