TCCA CEO Phil Kidner announced his retirement after 11 years of leading the industry association. Tony Gray, founder and first chair of TCCA’s Critical Communications Broadband Group (CCBG), will take over as CEO on Sept. 1.

Cambium Networks appointed Tabatha von Kölichen as its regional sales director for the regions of Germany, Austria, Switzerland (DACH). She will report to Alessio Murroni, senior sales director for Europe.

Gold mining company Minera Yanacocha chose Hytera Mobilfunk to supply and install a new TETRA system and emergency command-and-control center for Cajamarca, Peru.

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) published two resources on securing critical network infrastructure against growing and evolving cyber threats.

The FCC requested comment on a petition filed by the WiMAX Forum that proposed service rules for the Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communications System (AeroMACS). AeroMACS refers to a collection of high data rate wireless networks that are used in accordance with international standards for airport surface operations to provide broadband communications between aircraft and other vehicles, as well as between fixed critical assets.

Asia is a key market for critical communications systems for transport. Many developing countries are investing massively in transit systems. China, for example, adds 450 subway stations on average every year. By 2020, Beijing and Shanghai will have 1,050 and 970 kilometers of subway, respectively, making their networks among the longest in the world.

Full Spectrum elaborated on its participation in the development of the new IEEE 802.16s wireless standard for the industrial internet of things (IIoT). The standard enables secure wireless connectivity for critical applications such as electric grids, nuclear facilities, water, gas and hazardous pipelines, transportation such as rail and autonomous vehicles, and homeland security.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information on the scope and sufficiency of efforts to educate and train the nation’s cybersecurity workforce and recommendations for ways to support and improve that workforce in both the public and private sectors. Responses to a request for information (RFI) are due Aug. 2.

The FCC took action to revise and clarify its rules to promote more effective spectrum access for wireless microphone operations in the TV bands, the repurposed 600 MHz band and other frequency bands. The commission also proposed to address the wireless microphone needs of certain small professional theater, music, performing arts and similar organizations.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Singapore Technologies (ST) Electronics and GomSpace signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the application and deployment of space-based VHF communications for air traffic management (ATM) in and around the Singapore Flight Information Region (FIR).