In a letter to new U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan Jr., FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly asked the governor to help end the territory’s practice of diverting 9-1-1 fees to other purposes, suggesting that additional universal service fund (USF) dollars to support the territory’s damaged communications infrastructure may not be available while the fee diversion continues.

The CBRS Alliance and the Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) jointly announced the approval by the WInnForum to support the 5G New Radio (NR) air interface in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band. This approval is a key step in providing a solid foundation for 5G NR in the 3.5 GHz band and sets the stage for the first mid-band 5G deployments in the U.S.

In a letter to the FCC, the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) recommended that the FCC grant T-band license renewals conditioned on the outcome of the ongoing T-band proceeding.

Anterix, formerly pdvWireless, proposed a modification to the FCC’s temporary 900 MHz freeze that it says will provide greater flexibility.

Chinese company Huawei filed a patent infringement lawsuit against L3Harris Technologies in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging that L3Harris Long Term Evolution (LTE) products infringe five Huawei patents.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would change the federal classification of 9-1-1 professionals July 12.

The Utilities Broadband Alliance (UBBA), formed earlier this year and spearheaded by founding member Anterix, formerly pdvWireless, is addressing the business case for private Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks for utilities, along with use cases and technology considerations.

The U.K. Emergency Services Network (ESN) announced it demonstrated the new Interworking functionality between the ESN and Airwave networks with Motorola Solutions.

Motorola Solutions acquired mobile video provider WatchGuard. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

A 5G demo center for testing promising technologies and city services is to be set up in Moscow. The center will be accessible for both Russian and foreign companies.