Alliant Energy completed its transition to a Tait Communications Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Tier 3 system covering its 54,000-square-mile service area in Wisconsin and Iowa.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has chosen to demonstrate how the CyberX cybersecurity platform can help accelerate adoption of behavioral anomaly detection technology.

The San Luis Valley Regional Airport in Alamosa, Colorado, received a notice of unlicensed operation from the FCC.

The Government Wireless Technology & Communications Association (GWTCA), a trade association that advocate on behalf of public service industries such as public transit, asked the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) to withdraw an FCC petition asking the FCC to provide incumbent preference for the 800 MHz guard and expansion bands.

VicTrack and Dali Wireless announced the deployment of a new digital public-safety communications system for the protective services officers (PSO) working at selected Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM) railway stations in Australia.

Radlink Communications secured a contract with Aurizon, Australia's largest rail freight operator, to deliver one of the largest radio networks in Australia. The network is due for completion early next year and will use TETRA technology, encompassing 79 sites and covering 2,670 kilometers of rail network, linking 50 coal mines and four major ports throughout central Queensland.

The House emergency preparedness, response and communications subcommittee held a hearing titled “Assessing First Responder Communications” that touched on topics from the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to T-band spectrum to the reduction in the number of statewide interoperability coordinators (SWICs).

Kaspersky Lab signed a threat intelligence sharing agreement with Interpol. The legal framework is designed to facilitate and develop cooperation between Kaspersky Lab and Interpol by sharing threat intelligence data on the latest cybercriminal activities, wherever they appear.

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Linc entered into an agreement with Dalton Utilities to transmit distribution data via Southern Linc's new CriticalLinc mission-critical Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The multiyear deal will enable 11 substations in the Dalton, Georgia, area to use Southern Linc's mission-critical LTE network for wireless data transmission.

Several mission-critical communications groups submitted comments to the FCC’s notice of inquiry (NoI) on ways to expand opportunities for mid-band spectrum between 3.7 and 24 GHz. The groups generally oppose expanded use of the 6 GHz bands for unlicensed and licensed broadband wireless fixed and mobile services.