Amazon Web Services announced a managed service that it said will help organizations scale and set up private 5G mobile networks.

Keysight Technologies joined the Anterix Active Ecosystem program to help advance private Long Term Evolution (LTE) broadband deployments in the United States.

The U.S. military awarded Comtech Telecommunications a $2.2 million contract to maintain a 9-1-1 system deployed across multiple locations.

XL Axiata, a converged network operator in Indonesia, selected the Viavi Solutions ONMSi optical network management system to increase visibility into its fiber network.

The National 911 Program selected Mission Critical Partners (MCP) to pilot and evaluate the first subset of the 911 DataPath data exchange model.

Kymeta and OneWeb, a provider of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite solutions, announced a joint development agreement (JDA) to develop a flat panel electronically steered user terminal that is compatible with the OneWeb network to support land fixed applications and leading the way to various mobility applications like land mobile, maritime and other mobility needs of the future.

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) announced the election of Igal Elbaz, senior vice president, engineering and operations at AT&T Services, as chair of its board of directors.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) awarded Verizon Public Sector two contracts worth $34.6 million through the federal government’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract vehicle. Verizon will provide voice and data services and will supply a number of DOE facilities, including its Washington, D.C., headquarters.

Anritsu announced that it has successfully verified the radio capability signaling optimization (RACS) feature for 5G New Radio (NR). This industry-first achievement was verified on the ME7834NR 5G NR mobile device test platform.

Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown discussed an extension for its Airwave contract with the U.K. Home Office and a U.K. investigation into its dual roles in Airwave network and the Emergency Services Network (ESN) project during an appearance at the Credit Suisse conference November 30.