A nonprofit organization created in association with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will provide new sources of capital to fund research activities and create additional scholarship and STEM opportunities.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) Industry Specification Group on Encrypted Traffic Integration (ISG ETI) concluded the early part of its work, by identifying problems arising from pervasive encrypted traffic in communications networks.

COVID-19 cases are surging as a result of the fast-spreading Delta variant. Slowing vaccination rates and large gatherings are also contributing to the strain’s rapid rise, threatening a return to normalcy. On top of that, guidance and recommendations are changing yet again, along with concerns about the rise of mental health issues, leaving people uncertain about what they should do to protect themselves and their loved ones.

In a drive to enhance public-safety agency communications, Systel, a French and U.K.-based provider of communications systems and products to civil security forces, and mission-critical communications (MCX/MCC) solutions enabler Softil, announced that Softil’s BEEHD technology will be used to upgrade Systel’s control room solutions to connect to the U.K.’s Emergency Service Network’s (ESN’s) mission-critical services (MCX) network.

HAAS Alert closed $5 million in investment capital. The funding, which will support the expansion of its Safety Cloud product across the country, was led by R^2 and Blu Ventures and was joined by TechNexus, Stacked Capital, UrbanUs, Techstars, Ride Ventures, and Gramercy Fund.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced the establishment of two broadband-focused offices: the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (OICG) and the Office of Minority Broadband Initiative (OMBI).

The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) announced the programming for the 2021 Wireless Leadership Summit that will be held at the Marriott Austin Downtown, in Austin, Texas, November 2-3.

Born out of necessity 20 years ago in 2001, the Interagency Communications Interoperability System Authority (ICI System) has grown from humble beginnings into one of the most significant wide-area LMR communications networks in the nation.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $500,000 to Planck Aerosystems of San Diego, California, for further testing and deployment of its autonomous small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operational settings.

The Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) membership approved its 2022 operations plan, which includes the goals of its four committees for the next 12 months.