During its August meeting, the FCC created new innovation zones in and nearby North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts to allow for advanced wireless communications and network innovation research.

Thales and Hitachi Rail entered into exclusive negotiations on the sale of Thales’s Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) global business unit for an enterprise value of 1,660 million euros.

Wireless carriers and public-safety organizations weighed in on the FCC’s proposal for changing its rules governing notification of disruptions to 9-1-1 service to public-safety answering points (PSAPs).

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) launched the 2021 Girl Scout Cyber Awareness Challenge, a new initiative to encourage girls across the country to learn about cybersecurity and increase related awareness within their own communities, particularly around the growing threat of ransomware.

In a letter to the FCC, the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) asked the commission to announce a filing window for accepting applications for 12.5 kilohertz channels in the 800 MHz band, following completion of rebanding.

The Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) approved a new project on passive and active spectrum sharing (PASS).

The FCC announced its intent to re-establish the Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) on or before August 20 and asked for nominations for membership and a chair.

Cambium Networks announced that it has deployed more than 100,000 point-to-multipoint (PMP) fixed wireless access solutions leveraging the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) frequency band in the United States and its territories in the 18 months since the FCC made the spectrum available.

AT&T reported second-quarter results that showed continuing customer growth in wireless and fiber, as well as strong cash flows.

The Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) and the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET), a personnel certification authority for various technical fields, collaborated on a new in-building public-safety communications (IB-PSC) certification program, which is now available.