Public Safety Communications Europe (PSCE) released a white paper addressing new 5G capabilities and potential benefits for public protection and disaster response (PPDR) users.

Engineers at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) completed performance certification lab testing of environmental sensing capability (ESC) equipment. ESC are the sensors that will help enable dynamic sharing in the 3.5 GHz band between U.S. Navy radars and Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) devices.

AT&T announced it is working with Cradlepoint to help first responders and businesses prepare for the evolution to 5G technology. Cradlepoint's latest in-office and rugged in-vehicle 5G Evolution routers are available only on the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and AT&T network.

Hytera America made available a firmware update that upgrades legacy products to the capabilities of the company’s new i-Series products. The firmware update was released in response to the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) decision to implement limited exclusion orders (LEO) and cease-and-desist orders (CDO) against Hytera Communications and its Hytera America subsidiaries.

Public Safety Communications Europe (PSCE) and the Australian Radio and Communications Industry Association (ARCIA) signed a memorandum of understanding to share information regarding the development and use of wireless and associated communications technologies by public-safety agencies.

The FCC took steps toward a 5G spectrum auction in 2019 by adopting new rules around availability of high-band millimeter wave spectrum for the next generation of wireless connectivity.

The U.K. Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP) released a contract notice for aircraft communications system (ACS) devices for the Emergency Services Network (ESN).

A magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court of New Jersey transferred an anticompetitive practices lawsuit Hytera Communications and its subsidiaries filed against Motorola Solutions to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Tait Communications CEO Garry Diack said the company’s focus on research and development (R&D) in convergence technologies and Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) platform helped attract a minority investment from JVCKENWOOD.

The Tait Foundation sold a minority share of its subsidiary, Tait International, to JVCKENWOOD from Japan. The deal was first announced in August.