US Ignite and the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) completed phase-one development of the Smart Cities Data Exchange framework, a project started in September to create a blueprint for the secure and interoperable exchange of data beyond city operational boundaries.

Axon announced that Canada’s Kingston, Treaty Three, South Simcoe and Tsuu T'ina Nation police services deployed its digital evidence management system. The orders were received in the first quarter and will deploy in multiple phases.

Carbyne is working with Cisco to deliver cloud-based and internet of things (IoT)-enabled solutions for emergency dispatch centers. As a Cisco solution partner, Carbyne's emergency services technology will be offered as an integrated part of Cisco Kinetic for Cities, a secure IoT data platform that provides automated data sharing across platforms and devices.

Utility, a law enforcement technology company, announced that its Rocket IoT XLE is an AT&T FirstNet Ready certified device on the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) network.

Ericsson and ABB signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enable enhanced connected services, industrial internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence technologies in the future.

The European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission reached a political agreement on the Cybersecurity Act, reinforcing the mandate and competences of the European Union Agency for Network and Information and Security (ENISA). Moreover, the political text is set to create a certification framework for products and services.

Together with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) internet of things (IoT) working group, UL is seeking input from industry on the state and value of IoT cybersecurity.

Kathy Nelson, Ondas Networks director of technical product marketing and industry relations, was appointed as a board member of the WiMAX Forum.

Public-safety and critical infrastructure industries (CII) entities received backing from the National Football League (NFL) and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) proponents in opposing unlicensed operations in the 6 GHz band. However, heavyweights such as Boeing, Apple and other high-tech firms are all advocating for the FCC to open the band to unlicensed users.

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) released a new report that provides the fundamentals needed to perform risk assessments for internet of things (IoT) applications and services. As the IoT accelerates, there is a growing need to protect all assets involved from attack and from maliciously being turned into a source of attack on other users.