The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announced its reaccreditation with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a standards developing organization.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Industry Specification Group (ISG) for cross-cutting context information management (CIM) released its first specification, GS CIM 004. This specification defines a simple way to send or request data and its context such as the meaning, related information, source or licensing of that data.

Collahuasi Mine in Chile, one of the largest copper extraction deposits in the world, contracted Motorola Solutions to control the operation of its mission-critical communications system.

pdvWireless announced that company Vice Chairman Morgan O'Brien is succeeding John C. Pescatore as the company's CEO. Pescatore will continue to serve on the board of directors as vice chairman.

Raytheon announced an alliance with Virsec to bring commercial cybersecurity tools to global government and critical infrastructure customers. Combined with Raytheon’s decades of cybersecurity defense expertise, Virsec's patented Trusted Execution technology protects networks by detecting deviations in software applications caused by cyber intrusions.

Globalstar introduced Sat-Fi2, a lightweight, portable satellite hot spot providing communications through any Wi-Fi-enabled smart device. The hot spot provides seamless connectivity powered by Globalstar’s satellite network and is the first product using Globalstar’s next-generation ground infrastructure.

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released version 1.1 of its Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, more widely known as the Cybersecurity Framework.

A new white paper from TCCA said new technologies are not yet suitable for mission-critical supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) applications, such as smart grid management, river level monitoring, oil and gas applications or civil defense warnings. This is primarily due to the lack of in-built resilience and the use of unlicensed spectrum.

The Utilities Technology Council (UTC) asked lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee subcommittee on energy to require the FCC to hold regular meetings about spectrum with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Hytera Communications released its 2017 annual report, noting the firm generated revenues of 5.4 billion Chinese yuan (US$860.6 million) in 2017, up 56 percent year-on-year.