Sonim Technologies commenced an underwritten public offering of $20 million of shares of its common stock. All of the shares of common stock to be sold in the offering will be offered by Sonim.

As hurricane season begins, C Spire reminded consumers that they can receive free, location-based notifications on capable mobile phones under a national public-safety warning system designed to alert consumers during emergencies.

Polaris Wireless submitted a petition requesting the FCC to release an emergency declaratory ruling reaffirming the deadlines established in the fifth report and order on 9-1-1 location technology. Polaris said the Z-axis proceedings have reached a critical point that necessitates such clarity if the deadlines set by the commission are to be met. Polaris said the FCC should dismiss without prejudice the “alternative proposals belatedly and hastily advanced by certain interests.”

The FCC’s report and order permitting unlicensed operations on 1,200 megahertz of spectrum in the 6 GHz band was published in the Federal Register May 26, setting July 27 as the effective date for the new rules.

Basil “Bill” Pagones of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, passed away May 15 after a long illness. He was 81 years old. Pagones was the former Project 25 (P25) Technology Interest Group (PTIG) executive director and a friend and colleague to many involved with Project 25.

The State of Wisconsin selected GeoComm to complete a next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) geographic information system (GIS) consulting project. The project will assess the current GIS data used at local, regional and statewide agencies throughout Wisconsin.

Aviat Networks announced a public-safety communications project with the Virginia State Police. As a new customer, Virginia State Police will use Aviat's microwave hardware, software and services to upgrade its mission-critical network, enhancing communications for law enforcement and 20 other agencies across the commonwealth of Virginia.

Ligado Networks announced more than $100 million in new investments to begin taking the necessary steps to build 5G internet of things (IoT) networks that serve mission-critical industries such as public safety and emergency response, commercial transportation, energy and manufacturing.

The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International filed two formal petitions regarding the FCC’s new 6 GHz rules, approved last month.

The city of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department selected Veoci, an emergency management software as a service (SaaS) provider, to help in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The city will rapidly build and implement a solution to easily field resource requests with essential elements of information (EEI) internally and across departments, agencies and other partners working with the city.