The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) denied a petition from ZTE asking for reconsideration of its designation as a company posing national security threat to U.S. communications networks and/or the supply chain.

The NG 9-1-1 Interoperability Oversight Commission (NIOC) released a request for proposals (RFP) for the forest guide. The forest guide is a core functional element in Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) standards to allow for transfer of calls between disparate emergency services IP networks (ESInets).

RCA Communications Systems added North Mississippi 2Way Communications and Professional Technical Assistance to its network of authorized two-way radio dealers.

The future of the Florida Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) is still uncertain as the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) continues to negotiate with L3Harris on a contract extension and the state legislature on the budget for the new system.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improvement (READI) Act of 2020. The bill would update how Americans receive emergency alerts through wireless and broadcast emergency alert systems.

Welcome to November 2020. The election is finally behind us, COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in the United States, and the number of wildfires, major storms, and hurricanes continue to make our first responders’ work even more essential. When FirstNet was created in February of 2012, it was a result of the public-safety community having banded together across disciplines. The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) sought and received support from a variety of organizations including governors, mayors and most LMR venders.

The municipality of Padova, Italy, deployed more than 300 Sepura SC20 radios for the city’s police force. These are the first Sepura radios to be deployed in the Padova region, with the radios being chosen to replace existing TETRA units after a successful user trial.

Erillisverkot, the Finnish state-run body responsible for national communications networks, for public authorities, emergency services and other critical services added Ericsson Security Manager to its Virve 2.0 5G core network public-safety network. The move is part of a mission-critical public safety partnership with Ericsson.

Wisconsin selected Federal Engineering to provide statewide radio network consulting services, which will include assistance with the development of requirements and specifications to be used in a request for proposal (RFP) for the next iteration of the Wisconsin Interoperable System for Communications (WISCOM).

The Fifth European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) MCX Plugtests saw a 95% success rate in its testing. While three of the previous four plugtests events were held in person and the fifth was originally planned to be in-person, the fifth event was held virtually because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.