The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), postponed a nationwide test of the emergency alert system (EAS) and wireless emergency alerts (WEA) until Oct. 3.

Polaris Wireless executives met with FCC officials to discuss a CTIA report and cover letter that the company said “obscure Polaris Wireless’ success in achieving highly accurate Z-axis fixes.”

The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) submitted comments specific to the Spectrum Pipeline Act, which requires the FCC to provide an opportunity for public comment before submitting a report to Congress that analyzes the results of the 2015 3.5 GHz rule changes and proposals to identify additional spectrum between 6 and 57 GHz.

Hytera Communications filed a motion to dismiss a copyright infringement claim that Motorola Solutions recently added to its theft of trade secrets lawsuit in Illinois district court.

The FCC announced a temporary freeze, effective Sept. 13, on the acceptance of certain applications related to Part 90 services operating in the 896 – 901/935 – 940 MHz spectrum band until further notice.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) filed ex parte comments urging the FCC to continue with Commercial Band Radio Service (CBRS) rules that allow small tracts for licenses.

A Florida administrative law judge (ALJ) recommended that the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) dismiss a protest from Harris over the award of a contract for a new statewide Project 25 (P25) network to Motorola Solutions. ALJ J. Bruce Culpepper additionally recommended that the department award the contract to Motorola.

The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is seeking comment on the vertical accuracy (Z-axis) test bed report submitted by CTIA and a proposal for a Z-axis accuracy metric submitted with the report.

The FCC granted a limited waiver of its emergency alert system (EAS) and wireless emergency alert (WEA) rules to permit EAS participants and participating commercial mobile service (CMS) providers to participate in a test to be conducted by the Puerto Rico Emergency Management Bureau (PREMB). This test will be a combined live EAS and end-to-end WEA test, scheduled for Sept. 12, with a backup date of Sept. 13.

Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris called on the FCC, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile to guarantee service to first responders during emergencies and clarify policies regarding unlimited data plans.