The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) awarded Jeff Lane, the recently retired chief of Gainesville (Florida) Fire and Rescue, the Harlin R. McEwen Public-Safety Broadband Communications Award.

The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) released Version 3 of its i3 next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) standard. The standard is now available for public review and comment.

The FCC’s annual report to Congress on the collection and distribution of 9-1-1 fees by states found that five states diverted more than $200 million in 9-1-1 fees to uses besides 9-1-1 in 2019.

The FCC authorized the first Wi-Fi device for use in the 6 GHz band. The authorization was made to Broadcom.

TCCA announced that CEO Tony Gray is looking to retire in 2021. The organization has begun the search for Gray’s successor.

Verizon Public Sector and Motorola Solutions announced Group First Response, a mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) solution that leverages LTE to enable first responders to communicate seamlessly via voice, data and video across a variety of devices.

A draft version of the Senate Appropriation Committee’s fiscal year 2021 appropriations bill includes language expressing concern about interference, specifically to electrical transmission activities, from unlicensed use in the 6 GHz band.

The FCC announced the dates that certain types of communications systems must comply with dispatchable location requirements stemming from the Kari’s Law Act of 2017 and Ray Baum’s Act.

US Ignite finalized plans and will shortly begin construction on a dedicated 4G/5G network using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band for internet of things (IoT) research at Fort Carson, Colorado, a U.S. Army installation.

The Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) approved an updated Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) operational and functional requirements document — WINNF-TS-1001 Version 1.2 — that, along with five other specifications, provide self-testing conformance information for multiple CBRS enhanced (Release 2) features.