USTelecom said its pilot program to more accurately map broadband coverage pinpointed flaws in the current mapping and found that using state-of-the-art technology and datasets can help precisely identify and geocode every structure in a geographic area that can receive broadband.

An Illinois district judge denied a motion from Hytera Communications to dismiss a patent infringement suit brought against it by Motorola Solutions in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) selected four contractors to help the office in upgrading California’s outdated 9-1-1 system to a next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) platform. The effort to modernize the 9-1-1 system across the state will introduce proven state-of-the-art technology to ensure California is better prepared to assist those in need during emergencies and natural disasters.

Multiple systems will work together to provide seamless communications from the professionals reporting incidents to those dispatched to respond to the incidents. This network of integrated networks is all IP based, so voice, data and video flows freely from one pipe to another, and capacity and voice follow the optimal path to reach first responders.

Hughes Network Systems, in partnership with Virtual Network Communications (VNC), announced new joint solutions to extend mobile network connectivity using an integrated combination of VNC's deployable Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology with Hughes satellite systems.

The Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) approved a charter for a new committee to study sharing arrangements in spectrum proposed for unlicensed operation within the 6 GHz band. The committee will provide technical input to inform the FCC’s 6 GHz rulemaking.

Support for a pair of 9-1-1-related bills is growing in Congress, an Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International official said during APCO’s annual conference in Baltimore last week.

The FCC plans to move quickly on a decision on proposed changes to the 6 GHz band but officials declined to provide a timeline of when that decision might be made.

The first Russian pilot zone for 5G launched in Moscow. Tverskaya Street, from the Kremlin to the Garden Ring, falls under the solid outdoor coverage of the first 5G pilot area.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) board approved an $82 million budget for operations in fiscal year 2020 (FY20), with a focus on supporting public-safety engagement, continued oversight of the deployment of the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) and future investments in the network.