The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the proposed membership for its Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC).

PCTEL announced receipt of certification from the FCC for its industrial-grade internet of things (IoT) access point.

The Federal emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the FCC, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this summer.

Jeffrey Stoops, president and CEO of SBA, was elected to serve as chairman of the Wireless Infrastructure Association’s (WIA) Board of Directors. A new slate of officers was also elected.

The FCC released coordination procedures for the 3.45 – 3.55 GHz bands. In March, the FCC announced a planned auction of new flexible use licenses in the band.

The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) filed an ex parte letter urging the FCC to provide business-critical entities access to the 4.9 GHz band noting that the record at the FCC already supports primary critical infrastructure industry (CII) access to this band.

FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced agreements with America’s three largest mobile phone providers to start delivering vertical location information in connection with 9-1-1 calls nationwide in the coming days. This information will help first responders quickly locate 9-1-1 callers in multistory buildings, which will reduce response times and ultimately save lives.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) published a white paper titled “MEC Security: Status of Standards Support and Future Evolutions,” which was written by several authors participating in multi-access edge computing (MEC) and other related ETSI groups.

The FCC granted a petition for a stay of the implementation of its new framework for the 4.9 GHz band requested by the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA).

The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) elected three new members to its board of directors during the first day of its spring meeting May 26.