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.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) released its 2018 Mobile Security Research and Development (R&D) Program Guide that introduces the technology projects, goals and objectives and their alignment with DHS and federal mobile security strategies and priorities.

CommScope and Ericsson completed interoperability testing of their Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) equipment, one of the first successful interoperability tests using the Wireless Innovation Forum’s release 1.2 specifications.

The Utilities Technology Council (UTC) asked for federal funds to research and develop technologies that would ensure utilities have resilient communications systems to recover from black sky events in a letter to Congress. UTC said various federal agencies should be encouraged to understand the cross-sector interdependencies that exist so solutions can be developed to address these interdependencies.

Bane NOR, the state-owned agency responsible for the Norwegian national railway infrastructure, contracted Siemens to upgrade the signaling equipment of the entire Norwegian rail network to the European train control system (ETCS).

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is supporting the development and deployment of the first two Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) research platforms, based in Salt Lake City and New York City.