Portugal’s emergency services adopted its suite of communications solutions to transform the country’s existing systems in preparation for eCall, the next-generation automated vehicle aid system.

Two Radio Club of America (RCA) board members received international awards for their contributions to amateur radio.

The Argentine Railway, the eighth-largest railway in the world, chose RADWIN's train-to-ground solution after a proof of concept.

The Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) launched to ensure open standards for all broadband wireless communications and related technology used by public safety, a statement said. The alliance’s leaders are generally the same as the Public Safety Network consulting firm.

Polaris Networks and Nemergent Solutions announced completion of interoperability tests between Polaris Networks’ NetEPC and Nemergent’s Mission Critical Services (MCS) application server.

Seven additional service providers signed agreements to provide the Iridium Certus service for maritime applications. Globecomm, Network Innovations, Pivotel, MVS USA, IEC-Telecom, MetOcean and Samsan Enterprise now will offer Iridium’s next-generation L-band broadband service.

The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) board approved a report from its unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and robotics working group on using UAS for communications support.

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) said that the FCC should ban the use of federal subsidies for products from suppliers deemed to pose a national security risk, including Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE.

National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) version 4.1 release candidate 1 (RC1) is now available for review and comment. Feedback is due June 8.

Last month at a cybersecurity conference, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen previewed the May unveiling of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new cybersecurity strategy and issued a stern warning to cybercriminals. The new DHS Cybersecurity Strategy was released May 15.