Sentrium announced that it is providing additional support for first responders for the VyOS open source community-driven project.

Satellite-to-cellphone company Lynk Global announced that it successfully connected a satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO) to an unmodified standard mobile phone on Earth. The technical breakthrough enabled Lynk to send what it called the world’s first ever text message from space to a mobile phone.

Ipswich, United Kingdom, selected Infinet Wireless to overhaul its closed-circuit TV (CCTV) system to enable high-definition (HD) imaging and video. Ipswich Borough Council (IBC), responsible for governing the town which is home to 140,000 people, required an upgrade to its CCTV platform to meet modern surveillance demands for HD recording and monitoring the town center’s daily activities accurately and dynamically.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) is gaining four new cell sites in North Dakota. The sites — two located in Slope County and one each in McLean and Stark County — are part of a network expansion taking place in North Dakota, which is bringing increased coverage, capacity and capability to first responders across the state, network contractor AT&T said.

Several carriers announced plans to boost communications for first responders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Verizon said it has not seen a measurable increase in data usage since the emergence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) despite some businesses, schools and other organizations asking employees to work remotely and students to take classes online. Verizon’s networks are designed and built to meet future demand and are ready should demand increase or usage patterns change significantly, the carrier said.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) board named Edward Parkinson executive director of the organization.

The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) released new guidelines for the protection of humans exposed to RF electromagnetic fields.

Ericsson signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Genaker, a provider of mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) solutions.

Wireless carriers said they are working to meet the FCC’s proposed April 2020 initial compliance deadline for 9-1-1 location accuracy, but the metrics shouldn’t be made more stringent. The carriers also said more emphasis should be placed on handset-based solutions for delivering Z-axis location data.