The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced a review of parts of an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) initial determination, which found Hytera Communications infringed claims of four Motorola Solutions patents. The commission will also review a pair of orders ALJ Mary Joan McNamara released during the investigation.

The CBRS Alliance, an industry organization focused on 3.5 GHz spectrum solutions, announced the results of its inaugural OnGo Interoperability Test Event. Hosted by CableLabs and attended by government dignitaries, the initiative drew more than 20 member companies.

The FCC opened PS Docket No. 18- 261, captioned “Implementing Kari’s Law and Section 506 of RAY BAUM’S Act.”

The unsealed version of a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) judge’s initial determination in Motorola Solutions’ patent infringement case against Hytera offers more insight into the judge’s decision and the alleged theft of Motorola trade secrets by Hytera employees.

Sprint and Ericsson announced a global agreement to build a core network dedicated specifically to internet of things (IoT) and an IoT operating system. The new environment is designed to create an optimal flow of device data, enabling immediate, actionable intelligence at the network edge for end users and enterprises, the companies said.

Market research firm IHS Markit predicted that revenues generated by the mission-critical Long Term Evolution (LTE) market are set to increase across all major sectors to 2021. Leading the way is the utilities market, with 120 percent growth, followed by public safety, where revenues are set to double.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) announced a third Plugtests event to test interoperability among mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) technology at the end of the year. The event — dubbed MCX Plugtests 3 to incorporate MCPTT, mission-critical (MCData) and mission-critical video (MCVideo) — will be the first remote testing session following two in-person events.

The South Korean government released a request for proposals (RFP) for its nationwide public-safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) network following its second pilot project, which ended in March.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) announced final allocations of $345 million for six fiscal year (FY) 2018 DHS competitive preparedness grant programs. These allocations, together with the more than $1.3 billion in noncompetitive grant funding announced by DHS in June, total more than $1.6 billion in FY 2018 granted to assist states, local areas, tribal and territorial governments, nonprofit agencies, and the private sector with preparedness efforts.

In an ex-parte filing with the FCC, 9-1-1 Z-axis location accuracy technology provider NextNav questioned CTIA’s characterization of the recent test results for Z-axis technology in a report to the commission. The technology supplier said the FCC should adopt a vertical location metric.