Geoverse announced a partnership with Orion Labs. When integrated with Geoverse’s private LTE/5G network, the Orion Voice Platform helps enterprises transform how and where jobs are performed, enabling a mobile-first workforce for industry verticals such as hospitality, facilities services and energy.

GRID Communications launched GRIDTalk, a new push-to-talk (PTT) service plan that provides high-priority dedicated service on Singapore's largest telco network.

i.safe MOBILE, provider of industrial mobile communication devices, and AMA, remote support solutions supplier, announced a strategic partnership to improve safety, efficiency and productivity of field teams in explosive hazardous industrial environments.

Relativity Space announced that Iridium Communications signed a launch contract to deliver satellites to orbit. The contract includes flexible timing for up to six dedicated launches to deploy Iridium’s ground spare satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO).

Because of the ongoing coronavirus public health emergency response, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will not conduct a national test of the integrated public alert and warning system (IPAWS) this year.

Swedish telecom operator Telia signed a contract with Motorola Solutions to provide its customers with a next-generation, Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard-compliant and future-ready, mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) solution.

The FCC is seeking comment on a June 15 T-Mobile USA outage that prevented customers from making calls, receiving calls and in some cases, sending text messages over T-Mobile’s voice-over LTE (VoLTE) network. According to social media reports, the outage also affected 9-1-1 calling for T-Mobile customers.

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) joined the Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC). The groups signed a memorandum of understanding to support collaboration on standards and best practices that are key to advancing the safety of the public in the built environment, with a specific focus on smart technologies and wireless communications inside of buildings.

The FCC has permitted unlicensed devices to share the 6 GHz band with public-safety and critical infrastructure industries (CII) microwave systems. By permitting such sharing without first demonstrating that co-existence can work in the field, there is a dangerous risk with disastrous consequences.

Indoor public-safety equipment provider Fiplex Communications published a call to action to inspire a renewed industrywide commitment for achieving emergency first responder communications. The call to action urges the public-safety ecosystem to expand and accelerate the deployment of in-building public-safety communications networks by focusing innovation and technology that overcomes the underlying challenges of all stakeholders.