In a future powered by 5G, the world is expected to look very different. The 5G platform promises to be a catalyst for a technology and digital revolution that will take place across various industries, redefining collaboration, operational and business patterns, and user experiences. Service and application landscapes across a host of sectors, including healthcare, manufacturing, energy, public safety, transport and smart cities, will be immensely impacted.

Ericsson completed its acquisition of Cradlepoint, a provider of wireless WAN edge 4G and 5G solutions for the enterprise market. The investment is key to Ericsson’s ongoing strategy of capturing market share in the rapidly expanding 5G enterprise space.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), awarded $2 million to the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI), a DHS Center of Excellence (COE) led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), to develop a plan that CISA can execute to build a national network of cybersecurity technical institutes.

Motorola Solutions reported its earning results for the third quarter of 2020.

The FCC approved Liberty Latin America’s acquisition of AT&T’s Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) operations, following an agreement between Liberty and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that allowed the acquisition to move forward.

Airbus is working with local partner Vertexmon to provide a complete TETRA digital radio communications solution to the Mongolian capitol of Ulaanbaatar.

Cape May County, New Jersey, hired V-COMM to continue the expansion of its 700 MHz Project 25 (P25) system in conjunction with New Jersey’s Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PISC) network.

Erillisverkot announced that it will present the first findings from its request for information (RFI) on devices for the Virve 2.0 network during the Critical Communications Week 2020 (CCWeek2020) virtual event.

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) Wireless Technologies and Systems Committee began work on refining discretionary parameters that can help improve enhanced Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) geotargeting.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) started a new initiative to assess and analyze the risks and problems associated with preventable law enforcement distracted driving events.