Nokia and Telefónica Peru signed a contract with Minera Las Bambas, the world’s ninth-largest copper mine, to enable digitalization and automation projects at its site in Apurimac, Peru. The contract will build and deploy a private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network 4,600 meters above sea level, then assess the mine applications to begin service migration to the new network.

The FCC denied a waiver request from a Midwest utility but granted a separate waiver request from a Texas oil refinery.

Airbus was granted an order by the Hungarian government communications service provider, Pro-M, to supply a TETRA network for the operation of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant. The scope of the frame contract includes the connection to the Hungarian nationwide TETRA network Unified Digital Radio Communications System (EDR) and the maintenance of the plant network.

The Department of Interior (DOI) laboratory in Denver, which is on track to conduct Project 25 (P25) Inter RF Subsystem (ISSI) and Console Subsystem Interface (CSSI) conformance testing, should be accredited by the first quarter of 2020. The lab partnered with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) and will use the Valid8 test tool to verify conformance for CSSI/ISSI users.

Intenna Systems, a provider of indoor wireless distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cell solutions, is certified to design and deploy Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) Long Term Evolution (LTE) solutions.

The FCC is seeking comment on procedural changes that, if adopted, the commission said would streamline many administrative hearings under the Communications Act of 1934.

The Project 25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG) announced 2,350 Project 25 (P25) trunked and conventional systems in countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Hytera announced it has operated its intrinsically safe radio repair service center in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, since November 2018, in cooperation with local platinum partner Space Top. The center is distinguished as the first and only intrinsically safe service center that is certified and approved by FM Approvals in the Middle East region.

New Jersey Transit (NJT), the largest statewide transit agency in the United States, entered into a maintenance contract with PowerTrunk for an additional three years.

Piper Networks filed a request for waiver of FCC rules to allow Piper to obtain equipment authorization for installation and operation of its enhanced transit location system (ETLS), a train positioning system for use on subway and commuter trains in urban and outdoor areas.