A pair of Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International standards received final approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

The FCC announced efforts to make mid-band spectrum in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band available for 5G and other advanced wireless services to a diverse array of operators, including actions that will enable commercial deployments in the 3.55 – 3.65 MHz band segment in Puerto Rico, Guam, and American Samoa for the first time.

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International announced the winners of its 2021 Public Safety Communications Awards and Technology Leadership Awards.

Valid8.com performed a successful live demonstration of an interworking function (IWF) between LTE mission-critical services (MCX) technology and legacy LMR public-safety communications systems using the company’s IWF emulator.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) board passed a resolution updating the board’s bylaws and its Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) charter during its May 5 meeting. The PSAC charter update adds text preventing representatives from any taxing jurisdiction or state that is currently diverting 9-1-1 fees from participating in the PSAC.

The recently auctioned C-band spectrum can provide advantages to public sector applications, a Verizon executive said.

In its bill implementing its 2021-2022 budget, the Florida legislature directed the Florida Department of Management (DMS) to award L3Harris a 15-year contract to continue operating and to upgrade its Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) contract.

The Airborne International Response Team (AIRT) and DRONERESPONDERS announced a combined initiative to develop a global, geo-referenced database of public-safety unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) programs and emergency response remote pilots.

The state of Minnesota Emergency Communication Networks (ECN), a division of the Department of Public Safety (DPS), awarded Federal Engineering a contract to provide consulting and support services for sustaining migration to an “end state” next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) platform for the state.

The BroadGNSS project published a document April 26 that extended the dates for its open market consultation period. The market consultation period will present the challenges and goals of the project as well the pre-commercial procurement process (PCP).