First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) officials are developing a process to verify AT&T’s nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) coverage. FirstNet also received its first sustainability payment from AT&T.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting 5 (GEO 5) Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) navigation payload, developed by Raytheon, is now operational and fully integrated into the WAAS network.

A new study from TCCA highlights the need for commercial mobile network operators to participate in delivering next-generation critical communications solutions for societal and potential business benefits.

Apple announced iOS 12, set for public release later this year, will allow U.S. iPhone users who call 9-1-1 to automatically and securely share their location data with public-safety answering points (PSAPs).

Artificial intelligence (AI) provider Nuance Communications announced a strategic partnership with Nexgen Public Safety Solutions, a CAD and records management system (RMS) vendor. The partnership will make it easier for law enforcement, emergency transportation services and 9-1-1 operators to quickly and accurately document and share information, a statement said.

Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) released a new funding opportunity around mission-critical voice. PSCR is seeking applications for activities to measure the impact of impairments to mission-critical voice (MCV) systems and quantify the quality of experience (QoE) for first responders.

AT&T and the city of San Jose, California, are teaming up in a public-private partnership that will foster the creation of a smart city with AT&T’s internet of things (IoT) technology. In April, AT&T and San Jose announced a strategic collaboration for the deployment of small cells.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) announced a workshop on rail transport 4 – 5 July in Sophia Antipolis, France.

A National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) report describes emission spectrum and time domain measurements of a contraband wireless device microjammer operated temporarily in four commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) bands at a federal correctional institution (FCI) in Cumberland, Maryland. The four jammed CMRS bands were between 730 MHz and 2.155 GHz.

The stand-alone (SA) Release 15 5G specifications were completed at the most recent Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) meetings in La Jolla, California, USA. The stand-alone standards follow the release of the 5G new radio (NR) specifications for non-stand-alone (NSA) operation in December 2017.