The FCC granted a request from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) for a temporary waiver to permit amateur data transmissions at a higher symbol rate than is currently permitted by the commission’s rules in order to help with hurricane and wildfire relief communications.

Ericsson has agreed to acquire Cradlepoint, a provider of wireless edge WAN 4G and 5G enterprise solutions. The investment is key to Ericsson’s ongoing strategy of capturing market share in the rapidly expanding 5G enterprise space.

As part of the development work of the Virve authority network, Erillisverkot Group has published a request for information (RFI) on devices. The request identifies the types of devices that users want or expect to use and the type of devices that manufacturers intend to provide for future broadband service.

The U.K. Home Office said that Airwave network likely will not be turned off until at least the beginning of 2024 due to delays with the Emergency Services Network (ESN), which is intended to replace the Airwave network for the country’s emergency services.

Sonim Technologies partnered with Push to Talk International (PTTI), a supplier of push-to-talk (PTT) over cellular (PTToC) services in the UK and Ireland.

Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies and U.S. Cellular announced that the companies have successfully achieved the first extended range 5G New Radio (NR) millimeter wave (mmWave) data call in the U.S. on a commercial network.

The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) approved updated or new environmental sensing capability (ESC) sensor deployment and coverage plans for CommScope, Google and Key Bridge Wireless.

As massive wildfires ravage the west coast of the U.S. and hurricanes strike the east coast, first responders combatting the disasters have to deal with the impact these disasters have on their communications.

The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), released the “Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Program Planning Toolkit.”

Critical infrastructure and public-safety organizations filed two separate emergency petitions for stay with U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.