The FCC proposed fines against the nation’s four largest wireless carriers for apparently selling access to their customers’ location information without taking reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to that information. T-Mobile faces a proposed fine of more than $91 million, AT&T faces a proposed fine of more than $57 million, Verizon’s proposed fine is more than $48 million and Sprint’s fine is more than $12 million.

Hytera Communications is providing communications assistance as the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) epidemic continues to break out. The outbreak began in Wuhan, Hubei province.

The FCC proposed a framework for sharing detailed communications outage information with state and federal agencies to improve their situational awareness, enhance their ability to respond more quickly to outages affecting their communities and help save lives while also preserving the confidentiality of this data.

The SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre launched in February and announced details of its first research and development (R&D) projects, prioritizing water security, disaster management and advanced telecommunications innovation.

The FCC proposed changes to its white space device rules that it said will pave the way for improved broadband coverage for rural Americans.

The FCC established application and bidding procedures for the auction of more than 22,000 county-sized priority access licenses (PALs) in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band.

Nokia and Lufthansa Technik, a provider of technical aircraft services, deployed a 5G industrial-grade private wireless network to accelerate a project that enables remote engine parts inspection for its civil aviation customers.

In a pair of briefs, Hytera Communications asked an Illinois court to deny a Motorola Solutions request for a temporary restraining order (TRO), arguing that the scope of the proposed order is too wide and ambiguous.

The FCC began collecting information from telecommunications carriers on the use of Huawei and ZTE equipment and services in their networks. The information must be submitted by April 22.

Marakeb Technologies, an autonomous technology provider, and Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, signed a memorandum of understanding to explore global collaboration opportunities in the field of autonomous technology.