Feb. 17 was the effective date of Kari’s Law, which requires multiline telephone systems (MLTS) to directly route 9-1-1 calls, without the need to dial a prefix to reach an outside line.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Leader Rep. Greg Walden introduced legislation that repeals the mandate to auction the UHF T-band spectrum, clarifies acceptable 9-1-1 obligations and expenditures, and ensure 9-1-1 funds are not diverted for other purposes.

Australia’s industry regulator for heavy vehicles is deploying a new mobile application from Motorola Solutions to increase safety, situational awareness and productivity for its workers.

A jury for the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois found in favor of Motorola Solutions in its theft of trade secrets and copyright infringement lawsuit against Hytera Communications, awarding Motorola $764.6 million in damages.

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said money generated by FCC auctions should be used to upgrade to next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) systems nationwide.

The FCC denied a License Acquisitions (LA) request for waiver of a filing deadline and dismissed the enhanced SMR’s (ESMR) late-filed renewal applications.

The FCC approved petitions for waiver of obligation to receive and process Emergency Alert System (EAS) alerts formatted in the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) from CableAmerica, KJAY and West River Cable Television. The commission also denied similar waivers for Argent Communications and Universal Cablevision.

The FCC will consider a public notice that would establish application and bidding procedures for the auction of priority access licenses (PALs) in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) in the 3.65 GHz band at its Feb. 28 open meeting.

In a report on the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) made three recommendations, including that the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) create a process for prioritizing pending IPAWS applications.

At the end of 2019, positive train control (PTC) technology was in operation on 98.5% of the required Class I route miles, according to newly released data from the Association of American Railroads (AAR). The nation’s largest railroads remain on track to meet the final deadline for full implementation of the critical safety technology by the end of the year.