Syniverse and AiRXOS, a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Aviation, announced they are working together to provide a communications infrastructure that manages drones and other unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operating at low altitudes.

The Ad Hoc Refiners Group met with FCC officials to discuss the proposal to realign the 900 MHz band to establish a Long Term Evolution (LTE) operations. The group highlighted challenges in securing narrowband 900 MHz channels in high-density markets.

Australia’s government officials and industry leaders gathered to discuss network resilience during the country’s severe bushfires, noting that access to power was critical. Most network outages following the bushfires were because of loss of power, not direct bushfire damage to network facilities.

The Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) approved a new Release 2 specification defining enhancements to the baseline Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) operational and functional requirements. The specification defines optional features and functionality that can be incorporated at any time, with special focus on supporting specific vertical markets and their deployments.

Audi of America, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and Qualcomm Technologies, announced plans for initial deployments of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communications on northern Virginia roadways. Initial deployment is expected to take place on select roadways in Virginia beginning in the third quarter.

AT&T said it has added coverage in the Miami area ahead of Super Bowl LIV, investing more than $85 million to boost its network through permanent and temporary upgrades in the city.

Cypress Creek EMS, a 9-1-1 EMS provider in North Harris County, Texas, will deploy 37 Axon in-car video systems across the agency's emergency service vehicles. Each in-car video system includes a forward-facing and rear-facing camera and is backed by the firm’s digital evidence management system.

Motorola Solutions announced its ongoing development of a 900 MHz private broadband solution that the vendor said will offer critical infrastructure industries (CII) entities high power and interoperable communications. The announcement anticipates a regulatory proceeding by the FCC to realign the 900 MHz band to allow for broadband use.

Sonim Technologies hired Randy Denny as executive vice president of sales and John Graff as chief marketing officer.

The Global Certification Forum (GCF) and TCCA announced a joint task force that will move certification forward for mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT), mission-critical data (MCData) and mission-critical video (MCVideo) implementations. The initial actions of the task force will be completed during the first half of 2020.