ALERTWildfire, a consortium of three universities — the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR); University of California, San Diego (UCSD); and the University of Oregon (OU) — partnered with California-based GeoLinks, a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), to deploy wildfire detection, prevention and situational awareness systems across the state of California.

The National Wireless Safety Alliance (NWSA) announced that Jim Coleman, national tower safety manager at AT&T, and Paul Roberts, vice president of compliance at American Tower, were appointed to serve as chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the organization’s board of governors.

Barrett Communications was awarded a contract to supply the Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) with HF radio communications for its national parks and conservation areas.

ETELM announced a strategic partnership with Halys and ENENSYS to provide a full end-to-end infrastructure solution that will fill the operational requirements of tactical Long Term Evolution (LTE) deployments.

Nokia and Philippine mobile operator Smart Communications are collaborating with the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to bring Long Term Evolution (LTE)-connected drones and a portable network into areas struck by disaster.

Airbus and Samsung partnered to establish next-generation terminal and collaboration platforms for professional users in Germany. The solution is intended to facilitate German public safety’s future multimedia communications. The companies will create secure end-to-end solutions based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.

The French Ministry of Interior (MoI) selected Gemalto to deliver connectivity and security in next-generation cellular networks used by officers from law enforcement and national security units for critical communications.

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau called on marketers of light-emitting diode (LED) signs to ensure these lights comply with FCC rules. Since March, the agency has entered into 21 settlement agreements with companies that marketed noncompliant LED signs in violation of the Communications Act and FCC rules

Motorola Solutions plans mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) trials on commercial networks in Australia early in 2019.

The U.K. Emergency Service Network (ESN) started testing its Long Term Evolution (LTE) public-safety network with the first ESN product, ESN Assure, across England and Wales, according to a LinkedIn post.