The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) released an initial determination finding that Hytera Communications infringed four Motorola Solutions patents.

Ericsson established a center of excellence (CoE) and innovation lab for 5G at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. Indian industry and academia can leverage the lab.

KT, a South Korean telecommunications operator, unveiled a next-generation platform for disaster and safety management. The SYSHIP platform operates a special aircraft and a mobile communication center to remotely control drones and robots that carry out search-and-rescue operations for disaster survivors.

Lenoir County, North Carolina, engaged Federal Engineering to evaluate its existing radio system and determine the best approach to improving coverage.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) standard for the TETRA Inter-System Interface (ISI) now includes IP connectivity, allowing the process of interconnecting two separate TETRA networks to become faster, easier and more cost effective, TCCA said.

Aside from an update on staffing and plans for upcoming user pilots, the U.K. Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) received little new information on the Emergency Service Network (ESN) or the details of a budget and timelines report slated to be released by end-July. <

The first versions of the Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) Open Source software development kit (SDK) and sample MCPTT app were released by the Mission Critical Open Platform (MCOP) project during the second MCPTT Plugtests this week in Texas.

The Commerce Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated an audit of the First Responder Network Authority’s (FirstNet’s) deployment of the public-safety core in May.

The Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications Systems (LA-RICS) finalized its agreement with AT&T — first announced last year — whereby AT&T will pay at least $14.5 million for the region’s public-safety broadband network.

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau settled an investigation into AT&T Mobility’s 9-1-1 outages of March and May 2017 with a $5.25 million fine and other conditions. AT&T must implement proactive system changes to reduce the likelihood and impact of future 9-1-1 outages, improve processes for notifying 9-1-1 call centers of any future outages, ensure reliable 9-1-1 call completion, and regularly file compliance reports with the FCC.